Advanced Television

iPlayer receives 318m requests in October

October saw 318 million programme requests on BBC iPlayer, the second highest monthly request figure ever (only March 2014 has beaten this, with 320 million). Average daily requests increased in October to 10.2 million, also close to record-beating. The proportion of requests across the 4 screens remained fairly stable in October, with computers delivering 30 […]

November 27, 2014

Netflix 5m LatAm subs

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, speaking at a press event, revealed that the streaming service has surpassed five million subscribers in Latin America. Netflix launched in the region in 2011 and initially had issues with payment methods in various territories, but has introduced gift-card and other new payment systems including branded products. Hastings did not reveal […]

November 27, 2014

ITV commercial director steps down

ITV’s commercial director Fru Hazlitt has stepped down citing personal reasons, triggering the broadcaster’s first senior management change for over three years. Hazlitt has overseen the company’s advertising and digital activities since August 2010, shortly after Adam Crozier took over as chief executive. Crozier said that Hazlitt had been “a terrific member of the management […]

November 27, 2014

Majority of FTA Arab satellite TV channels still SD

The number of FTA satellite channels in the Arab World reached 762 channels by September 2014. The Arab Advisors Group researched and analysed the 762 channels that broadcast on Arabsat, Nilesat, Noorsat and Yahlive. Fully operational channels reached 724. The majority of the analysed FTA satellite channels broadcast in Standard Definition (SD), while 10.5 per […]

November 27, 2014

High-end gateways and STBs crowding out broadband routers

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its latest Home Networking Devices report, which tracks broadband routers; residential gateways; STBs; multimedia over coax (MoCA) optical network terminals (ONTs); and HomePlug Powerline, MoCA coax-Ethernet, and HPNA/G.hn adapters. “In the more mature broadband markets of North America and Western Europe, service providers are deploying higher-end […]

November 27, 2014

ADB platform for nc+

ADB has announced that nc+, the Polish satellite operator, has selected ADB’s new platform, set-top box software, and associated software integration services to underpin its multi-room and multi-screen strategy. nc+, an ADB customer since 2006, chose ADB to create the next generation product (line), which began deployment this month, becoming the first ADB customer to […]

November 27, 2014

Motors TV on Virgin Media’s M+

Motors TV has joined Virgin Media’s M+ TV package on channel 545. The channel moves from Virgin Media’s XL TV package to the more widely accessed M+ TV package. Following its recent expansion to Freeview and YouView, Motors TV has expanded its total reach to 19 million and strengthened its long-standing reputation as the country’s […]

November 27, 2014

Watchup launches on Xbox 360

Watchup has confirmed that its video aggregator news app is now available on Xbox 360. With Watchup on Xbox 360, users can watch videos from some of the most credible names in news like The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Sky News and CNET, among others, without a cable subscription. “Watchup on Xbox 360 […]

November 27, 2014

Anevia partners with Cedexis

Anevia, a global player in the development of software infrastructure for delivering live television and VoD services over the Internet, has announced a partnership with CDN load-balancing specialist Cedexis. A newly signed agreement between the two companies sees Cedexis technology implemented by Anevia to enhance the quality-of-service monitoring capabilities of ViaMotion Plus. Integrating Cedexis technology […]

November 27, 2014

Fox reorganises Turkish ops

Fox International Channels is combining FIC Turkey and Fox Turkey into a single operational business unit. Both companies currently report to Jan Koeppen, President of Fox International Channels Europe and Africa. “By combining our pay-TV business and our Free-to-Air Channel in Turkey, we make them a more integral part 21st Century Fox, one of the […]

November 27, 2014