Nearly one out of every six homes in the Netherlands had a subscription to Netflix in the third quarter, according to research conducted by Telecompaper. This equates into 1.2 million homes and, up from the 1.1 million recorded in the second quarter (which was roughly 1 in 7 homes). About 43% of the subscriptions are […]
Nickelodeon, the kids’ entertainment brand, and OSN, the MENA pay-TV network, are making family entertainment more accessible with the arrival of Nickelodeon Play. The app is available immediately as a free download, but OSN subscribers will have access to exclusive full episodes of Nickelodeon shows. Both English and Arabic content is available on Nickelodeon Play, and OSN subscribers will receive exclusive access to […]
ABOX42, a supplier of IPTV, OTT and Hybrid SmartSTB platforms, has announced that EVIO Polska, the Polish fibre TV service provider, has selected the ABOX42 M-Series SmartSTB platform for its new TV service ‘Telewizja Swiatlowodowa’ which will be used by over 100 local fibre-optic networks throughout Poland, delivered together by EVIO and local ISP operators. […]
Further to advanced-television.com’s revelation that multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, contents and media company Altice had snatched the rights from holder Canal Plus, Altice has confirmed it has acquired the exclusive football broadcasting rights for France and Monaco for the Barclays English Premier League. Fixed and Mobile customers of Altice and affiliates in France and Monaco […]
The Court of Appeal delivered has its judgment in the last outstanding patent case brought by Rovi against Virgin Media. The Right Honourable Lords Justices Moore-Bick, Kitchin and Floyd have comprehensively dismissed Rovi’s claims. Rovi had sued Virgin Media in the High Court in relation to a patent centred on the sending of two specific […]
The world’s governments have resoundingly affirmed a clear vision for the importance of many vital and irreplaceable services provided today over satellite. They also agreed on a clear framework for future access to satellite spectrum for innovative satellite communications. This was accomplished by agreeing to preserve and create new additional valuable spectrum for fixed and […]
The growing number of smart homes is an emerging trend in the digital video recorder (DVR) market. In developed nations such as the US and the UK, many homes are upgrading into smart homes. A smart home connects CE devices, media and entertainment gadgets, and other smart electronics together into an interactive home network. DVRs […]
With the recent launch of Netflix in Spain the competition in the OTT market has intensified with Telefonica’s service Yomvi growing significantly, according to the company. In October Yomvi registered over 40 million downloads, double the same period last year. The service has 1 million active subscribers out of the total 4 million of subscribers […]
Competition for control of the living room between Apple, Roku, Google and Amazon is intensifying as each brand looks to establish an advantage over the other through the launch of new innovative device hardware and software. If success is measured on device popularity alone then Google is winning the race according to a Strategy Analytics […]
Sky insists that it hasn’t given up on 3D, even after axing its Sky 3D channel earlier this year. TrustedReviews asked Sky Executive Kathryn Lacey whether Sky had overestimated customer interest in technology. “It’s not that 3D is dead for us, we’ve still got all of our 3D content available on On Demand,” she answered. […]