Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays and smart-phone/tablet screens are going to see “spectacular” growth rates over the next few years according to a stud from Infiniti Research/TechNavio. The analyst firm say that the global OLED display market will grow at a CAGR of 36.7 per cent in the period to 2018. The global OLED […]
Over three billion people are now online and information and communication technology (ICT) growth remains buoyant in just about every country worldwide, according to ITU’s flagship annual Measuring the Information Society Report. The latest data show that Internet use continues to grow steadily, at 6.6 per cent globally in 2014 (3.3 per cent in developed […]
Last week a last-minute deal was brokered between CBS and DBS operator Dish Network allowing subscribers to continue watching CBS for a few more days. Now, a similar “short-term extension” means that Dish Network viewers can again watch eight returning Turner Broadcasting channels, including CNN and Cartoon Network. The TBS channels went dark a month […]
South Africa’s On Digital Media, which until recently traded as TopTV but is now – in effect – owned by China Times Group’s StarSat, is to appeal an order which prohibits transmissions of adult TV channels. ODM/StarSat is broadcasting three channels including Playboy TV. ODM/StarSat says the hearing will be before Judge Lee Bozalek on […]
Kenya’s The Star newspaper is saying that its analogue TV signals are ready to be switched off. Quoting Francis Wangusi, director general of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), as saying the exact date migration to digital television transmission will be decided in a meeting between stakeholders. “…. the switch off must happen before the […]
TV production company Bear Grylls Ventures and UK independent factual content provider Barcroft Media have teamed up to launch a new YouTube channel. ‘Bear Grylls Adventure’ will launch on November 28th and will feature adventure-themed content from around the world. ‘Bear Grylls Adventure’ features all new and original Bear Grylls content with clip introductions and […]
Online video firm Octoly has published a report showing that by June 2014, videos featuring content from video-game Minecraft had been watched 30.8 billion times, with only 183 million of those views coming from the channel of Mojang, the game’s publisher. That’s nearly three
Kabillion, the independently-owned free kids’ VoD network in the US, has finalised a deal with Cablevision’s Optimum TV and is now available in over 50 million homes in the US. This marks a threefold increase since launch for Kabillion, an Emmy Award-winning network owned by Splash Entertainment, with views for 2014 now over 65 million. […]
Conviva, an expert in real-time big data, viewer-centric video optimisation, has announced a deal with Liberty Global to provide its global intelligence and real-time audience and quality reporting for Horizon TV. Liberty Global’s multi-screen product Horizon Go offers its customers the possibility to watch live TV and on demand content on their laptop, tablet and […]
SVoD platform icflix has picked up the rights to Red Arrow International mobster series “Lilyhammer” for 23 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Carlos Tibi, CEO and founder of icflix, says: “Lilyhammer is an exceptional series with international appeal and we are positive that our members across MENA will enjoy it as much […]