Walmart’s Vudu streaming service is getting ready to unveil a HDMI stick – Vudu Spark that will give users access to Vudu. An SEC filing has been done on behalf of the device’s South Korean manufacturer Inktel Corporation, and describes the pretty straightforward functionality of the Spark streaming stick: Upon starting it for the very […]
The proliferation of streaming video alternatives, while still posing a long-term competitive challenge for traditional pay-TV providers, may also be producing beneficial results across the service category, as indicated by a recent consumer survey from global research consultancy TNS. As the economic climate has improved, the quantity and diversity of video content entering the home […]
South Africa’s digital TV switchover is in a dire state said William Stucke, an outgoing advisor (councillor) to the country’s media regulator ICASA. Stucke was speaking at DISCOP’s 2014 event in Johannesburg on Nov 5. Stucke reminded delegates that countries such as the UK had taken up to 12 years to organise their analogue transition […]
Telecoms operators can be sure to keep only about half of their existing customer base over the next 12 months, according to Ovum’s major global survey, 2014 Telecoms Customer Insights. About a quarter of all users globally say they will definitely change providers, with another quarter indicating they may do so. “The research provides one […]
Members of AAPA, the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance, have briefed delegates at a Eurojust-Europol-OHIM seminar on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights on the Internet of the additional threats posed by more ubiquitous access to higher broadband speeds throughout the world and the growing problem of illegal streaming of pay audiovisual media content which damages rights holders […]
Swisscom, Sunrise, upc cablecom, Orange and the cable network companies’ association Swisscable have formulated a code of conduct on net neutrality. Standing up together for an open Internet, they are also establishing an ombudsman’s office which will engage independent experts. The five co-signatories to the code of conduct are working to keep the Internet in […]
Watchup, the Stanford startup for TV news, has raised a new $2.75 million round led by Tribune Media with participation from The McClatchy Company and existing investors Knight Enterprise Fund, Stanford-StartX Fund, Ned Lamont, Gordon Crovitz and Jim Friedlich. This round brings Watchup’s total capital raised to $4.25 million. “Watchup extends our vision of expanding […]
Tiny Bahrain is to export its main channel overseas. In an agreement structured between Arabsat and Globecast, the channel will be seen over the USA, South America, Asia and Africa. Bahrain TV, says the country’s Information Affairs Authority, will now be able to project the nation’s voice worldwide. The channel will be seen over North […]
Eutelsat Communications has sealed a ten-year contract with Crystal TV, Ghana’s leading commercial broadcaster, for capacity connected to the African service area of the Eutelsat 16A satellite. The capacity enables Crystal TV to benefit from countrywide coverage of Ghana for its digital platform of pay-TV and free-to-air channels. Access to Eutelsat 16A transforms Crystal TV […]
Bavaria-based sports and film producer Constantin Media, in a preliminary 9-months earnings statement said trading for the period were better than expected. Constantine also expects additional cash to flow from a “cost reimbursement” related to the long-running Formula 1 actions and Bernie Ecclestone, and expected in this current Q4 period. Constantin, perhaps better known under […]