Brightcove, a provider of cloud services for video, has announced a Brightcove-specific Amazon Fire TV web app kit to optimise delivery of content from Brightcove Video Cloud directly to Amazon Fire TV. Using the template, content owners can leverage their existing Brightcove-based workflows for Amazon Fire TV and expand their audience reach and revenue opportunity. […]
Tom Rogers, president and CEO of TiVo, told analysts that TiVo had moved “way beyond” being just a DVR company. “While the role of the cable operator is still vitally important in all this, the consumer has more of a say than ever, with regard to cord-cutting, unbundling content, streaming services, and delivery from the […]
According to the 10th annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast, annual Internet Protocol (IP) traffic will triple between 2014 and 2019, when it will reach a record 2 zettabytes. Factors expected to drive traffic growth include global increases in Internet users, personal devices and machine-to-machine (M2M) connections, faster broadband speeds, and the adoption of […]
The number of pay satellite TV [DBS or DTH] homes will reach 265 million by 2020, up from 203 million at end-2014 and 143 million at end-2010, according to a report from Digital TV Research. Covering 138 countries, the Global Satellite TV Forecasts report estimates that India will continue to lead the sector, with 66.9 […]
The Spanish competition watchdog, CNMC, has started legal proceedings against Atresmedia, owner of Antena 3, on the grounds that the company is failing to meet the legal obligations imposed on the merger between Antena 3 and La Sexta. The CNMC has accused Atresmedia of breaking competition by making discounts in the advertising fees of the […]
The tablet computer has established itself as a must-have device in just five years with more than half of UK homes now owning one, up from just 2 per cent in 2011, reports Ofcom. Tablets are proving particularly popular among people aged 35-54 with nearly two thirds of this age group (64 per cent) having […]
Helped by an extra (net) 1.5 million DTH pay-TV subs acquired during the past year, and a total subscriber base of 12.9 million, India’s Dish TV reported 2015 net total income from operations up 10.9 per cent, and EBITDA up 17.5 percent. The broadcaster’s net profit was INR 350 million (€5 million). Dish added 404,000 […]
Telefonica’s IPTV service Movistar TV is launching a new and smaller (13 cm x 2.3 cm) set-top-box, manufactured by ARRIS, branded as ARRIS VIP113. The new device is equipped to allow new capabilities such as timeshift, HD content and the interaction with TV content. With a low energy consumption (5 Watts), the STB has HDMI […]
Smartphone sales growth is slowing to less than 10 per cent annually to 2018, and mobile networks saw just 5 per cent growth in the last decade. So while Apple continues to knock it out of the park and Xiaomi skyrockets, mobile internet is the mobile growth market. Digi-Capital now forecasts almost 3x mobile internet […]
Unofficial Russian sources say that the May 16th failure of a Proton-Briz M rocket carrying Mexico’s Centenario / Mexsat satellite was caused by “human error”. The formal Investigation Board report has yet to be issued, but Russian news agency TASS states that a “number of violations” have emerged during the investigation. “This is, undoubtedly, a […]