Canal+ has joined the growing ranks of broadcasters ramping up their OTT operations by appointing Manuel Alduy – currently Director of Cinema for the Canal+ Group – as Director of Canal OTT, a new division in the group with responsibility for mobile and personalised offers. In this role, he will be responsible for web, mobile […]
Time Warner Cable has added A&E, History and Lifetime network apps as part of its TV Everywhere offerings. Available immediately, Time Warner Cable and gtom next week, Bright House Networks customers in the US will have access to shows from these networks on iOS and Android phones, tablets and on desktop via the web at […]
Dailymotion has launched its new and improved Android app. The new design offers smoother navigation and uninterrupted playback of videos. The app, developed by the mobile team Dailymotion in Palo Alto, is suitable for use on all mobile and tablet devices, ensuring optimal viewing and Full HD support across all screen sizes. The application is […]
Scripps Networks is set to launch its Fine Living channel for the Italian market during this current quarter. Scripps already supplies Fine Living to some 70 European markets. Scripps is entering into a partnership with streaming specialists EffeTV, which is owned by a Feltrinelli, to help drive progress. EffeTV supplies programming to Italy’s digital terrestrial […]
Eurosport has signed the live TV and digital rights for the 2014-2016 seasons of the FIM Motocross World Championship (MXGP) and the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations (MXoN). The three-year agreement includes the 54 countries and 133 million homes covered by Eurosport in Europe as well as 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The […]
TikiLIVE has revealed it now offers Adaptive Bitrate Streaming for VoD accessed from Roku set-top boxes. With adaptive bitrate streaming, Eyepartner’s TikiLIVE starts at the lowest bitrate first which minimises loading time and continually adjusts to the viewer’s Internet connection to limit buffering and unexpected skipping. Adaptive streaming automatically senses changes in the stream that’s […]
Buoyed by its success in international net additions and shrinking contribution losses, Internet entertainment streaming service Netflix has announced plans for what it describes as “a substantial European expansion”. It made the comments in a letter to shareholders as it revealed its Fourth-Quarter 2013 Financial Results. The company said it ended 2013 with over 44 […]
ABI Research’s latest Pay TV ARPU and Revenues Market Data report has found that worldwide pay-TV market reached 903.3 million subscribers in 2013, generating $249.8 billion in service revenue. IPTV operators enjoyed significant growth (18.5 per cent YoY) in 2013 to 92 million subscribers with a total of $37.2 billion in service revenue. “Increasing FTTH […]
Japan’s NHK has successfully broadcast long-distance DTT signals for its Super Hi-Vision 8K format, sending huge amounts of data over UHF airwaves, but despite this test, it’s unclear if many Japanese will be watching 8K TV by the time Tokyo hosts the Olympics Games in 2020. The public broadcaster’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories conducted […]
Shares at Sky Deutschland are down dramatically over the past month, and there was a further sudden drop on January 22nd (from €7.18 to €6.91) adding to shareholder anxieties and which have seen Sky Deutschland’s price tumble from $8.14 just before the Christmas holiday by €1.25. The news prompted Patrick Wellington and his media team […]