A consumer behaviour study by Ericsson and CNN has revealed that the international business elite are increasingly accessing the Internet while on the move. The growing need for flexible viewing options to fit with changing lifestyle habits means that top executives are increasingly viewing TV content on lap-tops, desktop computers and mobile devices. The survey, […]
The rising tide of piracy of live video streams of major sporting action, using peer-to-peer technologies, has prompted MLB Advanced Media, among others, to mount a coordinated defence strategy. Several major US sports properties, including the NFL, NBA, NHL and NCAA, and major media outlets including Walt Disney Co., News Corp. and NBC Universal, have […]
Mobile TV and video solutions provider QuickPlay Media's second annual independent Market Tools survey – focused on mobile TV and video consumption in the US – shows that consumers are confident in the uptake of mobile TV and video, with 78 per cent expecting an increase in usage by 2010. Additionally, the number of people […]
The Shenzhen Bureau of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine revealed that the European Union’s new environmental regulations for simple set-top boxes (STBs) will directly affect China’s STB export business, which is valued at nearly RMB 10 billion (E1.14bn). A spokesperson for the bureau said that China currently produces more than 50 million STBs every year […]
Verizon's FiOS TV is adding more content to its video-on-demand library through programming deals with Turner Networks and Sony. Programming from eight Turner channels – Adult Swim, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, CNN, TBS, TNT, TruTV and Turner Classic Movies – now provides fresh content to Verizon’s robust VOD lineup. Verizon’s agreement with Sony means FiOS TV […]
SeaChange subsidiary the On Demand Group has released details of the VOD and subscription VOD content line-up for the Hellenic Telecommunication Organisation (OTE) 'conn-x TV' IPTV launch. OTE's FilmExpress transaction VOD (TVOD) service includes blockbuster movies from major Hollywood studios including Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and Warner Bros. OTE's FilmClub subscription VOD (SVOD) […]
OEDN (The OCAP/EBIF Developer Network) has confirmed that its charter sponsor – Time Warner Cable – has been joined by four additional cable multiple system operators (MSOs) in its efforts to promote interactive television (ITV) application development for digital cable. Those four companies are: Bright House Networks, Cablevision Systems, Charter Communications, and Liberty Global, Inc
Anevia, a video service infrastructure provider, plans to make VOD more accessible to the hospitality market, with the launch of its Flamingo 700 gateway solution gathering VOD and Live TV. Flamingo 700 simultaneously delivers Live TV channels and on-demand video content such as movies or music concerts, to TV or computers. Back to top
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research has released the fourth quarter edition of its Broadband CPE and Subscribers report. “In the fourth quarter of 2008, a slowdown in broadband subscriber growth caused worldwide manufacturer revenue to decline five per cent for DSL CPE, and two per cent for cable CPE. 2009 will be a challenging […]
Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the twenty largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 94 per cent of the market – acquired over 5.4 million net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in 2008. Annual net broadband additions were down compared to the 8.5 million in 2007, and the peak of […]