IRIS.TV the programmatic content delivery system, has unveiled a new dynamic, personalised end-screen plugin for Kaltura, the video technology platform. IRIS.TV’s new plugin for Kaltura will offer clients of both a personalised and dynamic stream of video along with a personalised end-screen framework. Publishers can now provide users with both dynamic streams of video – […]
Ten Gbps Internet access became a reality today, as Cisco launched the cBR-8, the industry’s first Evolved Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP). Offering broadband operators full DOCSIS 3.1 capabilities and 10 times the speed and capacity of any existing product, the cBR-8 cost-effectively scales from today’s 1 Gbps speeds to 10 Gbps by eliminating the need for […]
The UK could be forced to introduce Internet rationing, following warnings it could consume the nation’s entire power supply within 20 years. Experts say the UK is close to “filling up” its network of optical fibres, with the demands of video-streaming websites like YouTube, iPlayer and Netflix putting an unprecedented strain on communications infrastructure. Industry […]
techUK, the voice of the UK technology industry, has launched a campaign for the protection of viewer access to free-to-view content without additional costs. The new campaign is in response to Digital UK’s plans to charge device manufacturers a per device levy for the integration of Freeview Play technology into TV and STB products. The […]
Rights-holders to the May 3rd boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have forced recordings of the bout to be removed from the video streaming app Periscope. But US TV networks HBO and Showtime would have unquestionably been too late to prevent some users from watching the action live. The firms had charged the […]
Vonetize, a fully-managed VoD service, has forged a partnership with consumer electronics company Toshiba which will see seven of Vonetize’s VoD themed channels feature on Toshiba Smart TVs in countries across Europe. According to Vonetize, the launch of these channels on Toshiba devices in Europe furthers its goal of providing the missing link in the […]
DirecTV has reported first quarter 2015 results highlighted by solid subscriber growth across the Americas and strong revenue growth at DirecTV US resulting from improved ARPU and churn performance. DirecTV’s first quarter revenues of $8.14 billion increased 4 per cent principally due to strong ARPU growth at DirecTV US. First quarter 2015 adjusted OPBDA and […]
Findings from online rights protection firm Incopro indicate that 88 per cent of the most popular websites used to obtain infringing copyright content use advertising as a key source of funding. The report – Revenue sources for websites making available copyright content without consent in the EU – analysed the top 250 websites used in […]
Spain’s Telefónica has formally completed the purchase of a 56 per cent stake in pay-TV platform Canal Plus following clearance from competition authority CNMC two weeks previously. Telefónica will ultimately pay €707 million for the stakes, out of which €565.4 million has already been paid to Canal Plus. The telco now controls 100 per cent […]
NBCUniversal witnessed a 5.5 per cent rise in revenueduring the first quarter of 2015 -coming from advertising and higher transmission fees. NBC says this year’s Super Bowl pulled in $376 million, while first-quarter 2014 tallied $1.1 billion for the Sochi Olympics. Overall revenue for NBCUniversal dropped 4 per cent to $6.6 billion. Excluding any sports […]