Findings from streaming video infrastructure technologies provider Bitmovin suggest significant regional differences among the most popular OTT devices, including Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, and Roku. The survey of 380 video developers in more than fifty countries, analysed what kinds of platforms and video infrastructure technologies developers are using to provide the best content […]
Information, data, and measurement company Nielsen has filed a lawsuit to stop rival media measurement and analytics company comScore from using its technology to launch a competing service for measuring television audiences. The complaint, filed with the US District Court in Manhattan, seeks an injunction to stop the launch of comScore’s Extended TV service, which […]
Indian DTH pay-TV service DishTV has launched an initiative to offer HD access for all its users, with the goal of making the HD viewing experience mainstream and accessible to all users across India. All subscriber set-top boxes are now HD-enabled. “HD space has been fast evolving, making significant in-roads into Indian households,” noted Anil […]
Global sports provider Eleven Sports has secured the rights to Serie A in Italy. The platform will show three games live every match week on mobile, tablet and online as part of a pay offer for fans across the country. The partnership begins on October 1st. The live games will typically include the 6pm Saturday […]
A man from Middlesbrough in the northeast of England has pleaded guilty in what has been described as a landmark court case relating to the sale of so-called ‘Kodi’ boxes. At an earlier court appearance he had pleaded not guilty Brian Thompson pleaded guilty to two charges – one of selling the Kodi, or IPTV […]
Orange and Ericsson are carrying out the first 5G trials in Spain in a Madrid street with connection speeds of 15Gbps average (up to 17 Gbps maximum) through the 26 GHz band with up to 800 MHz. With a speed of 15 Gbps, four HD movies could be downloaded in a second or the six […]
Normally, any company that fully dominates the business it’s in would be happy to shout the news from the rooftops. But not the head of Sony’s VR division, which enjoys the position because of the huge installed base of its PlayStation 4 games consoles. In a Reuters interview on the sidelines of the Tokyo Games […]
Pay-radio operator SiriusXM has concluded its $480 million “strategic investment” in music streaming service Pandora. The deal was first announced back on June 9th. Under the terms of the agreement, a subsidiary of SiriusXM purchased $172.5 million of Series A preferred stock upon execution of the agreement on June 9th 2017 and [September 22nd] purchased […]
The premiere of Star Trek: Discovery on CBS All Access, the CBS Television Network’s digital SVoD service, set a new record for subscriber sign-ups in a single day. CBS didn’t release exact figures, but said the number “eclipsed” the previous record held by the 2017 Grammy Awards. Episodes one and two of Star Trek: Discovery […]
Bloomberg is extending its financial news channel into the Arabic language. Bloomberg Al Arabiya will be a joint-venture with publishing house Saudi Research & Marketing, and based in the Saudi capital Riyadh although with other regional offices in Dubai and other important business and trading cities. The broadcast channel will launch within a year and […]