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Online video drives fibre investment

The proliferation of online video services is boosting global broadband subscriptions and provider investment in fibre according to ABI Research.  “Broadband Subscribers Market Data,” found that worldwide fixed broadband subscriber totalled 503 million at the end of 2010 with nearly 48 million subscribers added in the fourth quarter. South Korea, Hong Kong and France were […]

March 25, 2011

Corsair solutions signs new deal with TV One

Corsair Solutions, a distributor of professional video and multimedia solutions, has signed a new deal with TV One, a pioneering brand in the field of video conversion and image processing. Brad Morton, Sales Director at Corsair Solutions, said: “TV One has some fantastic solutions that are ideal for the rental, staging and fixed installation markets. […]

March 23, 2011

Grupo Iusacell selects Sezmi to deliver personalised home and mobile video services in Mexico

Sezmi Corporation and Grupo Iusacell, one of Mexico’s leading communications and television services companies, have announced that Grupo Iusacell has chosen Sezmi’s proven hybrid broadcast-broadband television platform to deploy multiple next-generation video services for its mobile businesses and its fiber-to-the-home business Totalplay. “Grupo Iusacell is committed to providing its customers with the most advanced video […]

March 22, 2011

US pay sector reverses subs loss

The US multichannel sector succeeded in reversing two consecutive quarters of video subscriber losses to achieve positive net adds in the fourth-quarter 2010. The combined gain of 65,000 customers, though weaker than year-ago results, helped boost the industry to a full-year increase of 211,000 customers, according to SNL Kagan estimates of total US video subscribers […]

March 16, 2011

Youku upgrades video fingerprinting

Youku.com, China’s leading Internet television company, has begun offering copyright holders increased protection against copyright infringement through upgrades to its video fingerprinting system—the biggest upgrade since Youku launched its own copyright identification management platform in January 2010. The update to Youku’s copyright identification management platform comes on the heels of the company’s agreement with major […]

March 8, 2011

Video consumption: DTO still rules

While streaming from “the cloud” is all the rage, when it comes to consumers managing and storing their electronic home video libraries, downloading and viewing digital video on the PC still rules the day. According to In-Stat’s consumer survey, nearly 50 per cent of US broadband households report that they store their electronic video home […]

February 25, 2011

Online video delivers 47.1% growth

Professional video produced, published and hosted by US online-only media brands rose by 47.1 per cent in 2010 to 72.3 billion views, the highest annual growth rate seen since 2007, according to a report published by AccuStream Research. Growth in 2010 was driven in part by increased episodic TV viewing (over 10 billion total long-form […]

February 18, 2011

‘AllVid’ home net alliance underway

Seven companies from the electronics and IP industries have announced the formation of the AllVid Tech Company Alliance. The organisation was formed to lobby on public policy in the Federal Communications Commission’s “AllVid” rulemaking. Founding members of AllVid include Best Buy, Google, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics, Nagravision, SageTV, Sony Electronics and TiVo. All are said to […]

February 17, 2011

76% of online users will watch TV by 2015

eMarketer estimates that in 2011, 68.2 per cent of US Internet users, or 158.1 million people, will be watching video content online each month. By 2015, that figure will increase to 76 per cent of Internet users, or 195.5 million people. In the same period, online video advertising spending will surge from $1.97 billion to […]

February 17, 2011

AOL gets goviral

AOL Europe, part of web services giant AOL, has acquired the video distribution network goviral in a $74.1 million deal. In addition, $22.6 million of consideration will be deferred and paid over two years following completion. goviral distributes branded video content across the Internet for brands, media agencies, creative agencies, and content producers. goviral is […]

January 31, 2011