Opera TV, a specialist in enabling OTT, and ALi Corporation, the STB chipset provider, have announced the integration of Opera TV’s solution into ALi Corp.’s System-on-a-Chip (SoC) STBs. This market-ready solution enables STB manufacturers and Pay TV Operators the opportunity to deliver consumers with immediate access to premium OTT content through an engaging viewing experience […]
An app using similar technology to popular mobile game Pokemon Go is being developed to help teach road safety to primary school children in the UK. Pupils will be able to learn road-crossing skills through the VR game. The app has been developed by University of South Wales (USW) academics, who have received £67,500 funding […]
Brightcove has today at its user conference, PLAY, the beta availability of Context Aware Encoding, a new video compression technology that lowers the total cost of ownership and improves video quality. Context Aware Encoding uses machine learning and deep video analysis to achieve optimum quality for each video with the fewest bits necessary. This patent-pending […]
Accedo, the video experience pioneer, has partnered with Astro Malaysia to deliver its NJOI Now video streaming service to iOS and Android mobile devices. NJOI Now is a free streaming service, available on mobile and online to provide Malaysians free access to on demand entertainment including box sets, live sports, breaking news, and signature titles […]
As anticipated, the Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward restoring what it describes as Internet freedom and promoting infrastructure investment, innovation, and choice, by proposing to end utility-style regulation of broadband Internet access service. In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the FCC proposes to return to the bipartisan framework that it claims […]
Eutelsat has agreed to sell its 33.69 per cent stake in Madrid-based Hispasat to Abertis. Abertis is itself in the process of being acquired by Italian infrastructure company Atlantia. The agreement follows a process initiated in July last year when Eutelsat exercised a pre-agreed ‘PUT’ option on Abertis. Eutelsat will receive €302 million for its […]
Spanish infrastructure company Abertis is in the process of being bought by an Italian company, Atlantia. Abertis has a major share in Hispasat, and the Spanish government says that the satellite operator is a “strategic asset” for the nation (see also today’s story on Eutelsat reaching an agreement with Hispasat). Spain’s Minister of Economy, Luis […]
BT Sport is giving away free Virtual Reality (VR) Google Cardboard headsets to football fans ahead of the UEFA Champions League final which will be available in 360° VR on June 3rd. The final will be available through a number of 360°streams via YouTube and also in a new BT Sport Virtual Reality App which […]
Findings from broadband, media and entertainment industries research and analysis specialist Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US — representing about 95 per cent of the market — lost about 410,000 net video subscribers in 1Q 2017, compared to a gain of about 10,000 subscribers in 1Q 2016. The […]
US TV brand and streaming content provider TCL has published the results of a new national survey conducted by Ipsos on TV app usage, the proliferation of streaming on the big screen and the popularity of specific apps. According to the survey which uncovered and ranked the Top 25 apps used for streaming on TVs, […]