California-based satellite broadband operator ViaSat says it intends to offer an unlimited bandwidth service to subscribers once its upcoming ViaSat-2 is in orbit. Launch of ViaSat-2 is due in mid-2016. VCEO Mark Dankberg said his intention is to challenge cable and DSL service providers which are often unable to manage demand from users for higher […]
TalkTalk TV has worked with ITV to create a package offering homes more of their favourite ITV shows on demand. Collections from ITV gives YouView from TalkTalk homes access to over 200 hours of shows such as Birds of a Feather, The Bletchley Circle, Celebrity Juice, Hell’s Kitchen USA and all 7 season of Lewis as well as much more. […]
Atresplayer, Atresmedia’s Spanish OTT and VoD platform, has been launched on Google’s Chromecast, as part of its strategy to become available across all screens. The Chromecast video app allows users to play the app on a TV screen via tablets, smartphones and computers. Atresplayer currently has 2.5 million unique visitors a month and has served […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its Q3 PON, FTTH, and DSL Aggregation Equipment and Subscribers report. “PON (passive optical network) was the only broadband aggregation equipment category to grow in the third quarter of 2014, and it was up just 1 per cent sequentially, led by
NATPE||Content First and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) have for a second consecutive year jointly commissioned a consumer research study, this time to gather insight into the content discovery process and alternatives to live TV viewing. Findings from the two-phase study will be presented in two co-branded research reports at the 2015 International CES and […]
The percentage of available subscribers accessing YouTube via existing STBs in UPC Hungary has risen substantially to 80 per cent, according to Arpad Jordan, CTO, UPC Central and Eastern Europe. Addressing delegates at the OTTtv World Summit in London, Jordan admitted that from previous experience, UPC expected something around 30 per cent to 40 per […]
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat is establishing a “unified” broadcasting neighbourhood for Africa with Tel Aviv-based Spacecom, which operates the Amos fleet of satellites. The long-anticipated agreement sees the two companies establish a framework for cross-commercialisation of Ku-band capacity connected to the high-power African service areas of Eutelsat’s Eutelsat 16A satellite at 16° East and Spacecom’s […]
Motive Television has been informed by Siyaya Free To Air TV of Johannesburg, South Africa that Siyaya has received an official letter from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) advising “that Siyaya TV has officially satisfied all the requirements to be issued an Individual Commercial Subscription Broadcasting Service Licence”. According to Siyaya, among […]
Opera Software’s Skyfire unit has announced a strategic partnership with Huawei in which Skyfire’s Rocket Optimizer platform will be made available to mobile operators in Huawei’s Cloud Edge Virtual Multi-Service Engine (vMSE). Rocket Optimizer, Opera and Skyfire’s mobile video optimisation and experience assurance solution, is the first such solution to become part of Huawei’s vMSE […]
Starz has announced that Encore Play and Movieplex Play, the authenticated online TV Everywhere services for Encore and Movieplex premium subscribers respectively, launched successfully today on Xbox One. The Encore Playand Movieplex Play launches today follow the associated August 2014 debut of Starz Play on Xbox One. All three premium pay TV Everywhere services are also available on Xbox 360, […]