Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specialist in premium video publishing, analytics and monetisation, has released its Q3 2014 Global Video Index Report, showing consistent daily patterns in the way people consume TV and video across different devices throughout the day. The report also shows that mobile and tablet devices reached
Russia’s Mobile Tele Systems (MTS) is test broadcasting 4K signals on its satellite-based pay-TV service. MTS says that it will debut full transmissions once reception equipment is available for consumers. According to Comnews.Ru the broadcaster plans to use the more efficient DVB-S2 transmission standard, and to also boost the number of HDTV channels carried. MTS […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has unanimously approved the creation of an Olympic Channel. It adopted the recommendation following a Feasibility Study that suggested the creation of an Olympic Channel was a viable opportunity for the IOC: To provide a platform for the continuous exposure of Olympic sports and athletes beyond the Olympic Games period […]
As on-demand video services such as Netflix and Amazon spend heavily to try and attract subscriptions, the latest official figures show that 88 per cent of TV in the UK continues to be watched live, as it is broadcast. And new research by IpsosMediaCT for Thinkbox has revealed the reasons why people choose live TV. […]
Sports channel Eurosport will withdraw from the French pay DTT market when Discovery Communications’s shares in Eurosport France surpass the 51 per cent mark. TF1 CEO Nonce Paolini confirmed the plan of action at a press gathering, adding that the request will be brought to media regulatory body CSA before the end of the year. […]
Findings released by Australian consumer advocacy group CHOICE suggest that most Australian don’t download, stream or watch pirated TV shows or movies, but about a third have illegally downloaded or streamed content online. CHOICE suggests this is because Australian consumers can’t find what they are looking for at a fair price. Nevertheless, they are willing […]
Worldwide broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) shipments are expected to reach 151.9 million by the end of 2014, according to findings from ABI Research. “The residential gateway segment continues to grow at a rapid pace: ABI Research expects global shipments will grow more than 9 per cent in 2014,” comments Jake Saunders, VP and Practice […]
Video and visual technologies are becoming increasingly important for interacting with customers and each other, according to information technology research and advisory specialist Gartner. The firm predicts that by 2017, live video broadcasting will be the new ‘selfie’ and recommends that product managers start creating a ‘visual’ strategy straight away to accommodate this trend. “The […]
Namibia’s public broadcaster, NBC, will terminate its analogue transmissions on January 31st 2015. The original plan was for broadcasts to end next week on December 15, but local appeals for a modest delay saw the deadline slip to the end of January next year. “It is not about the date, but rather about ensuring that […]
Civolution, the solutions specilaist for identifying, managing and monetising content and the European streaming service Wuaki.tv, part of Rakuten Group, the world’s third largest e-commerce company, have conformed the integration and deployment of Civolution’s content protection technology NexGuard, which is enabling Wuaki.tv to roll out session-based watermarking for Ultra HD movies. The Wuaki.tv platform aims […]