Peter Kay’s Car Share and returning dramas Doctor Who and Line Of Duty proved popular with BBC iPlayer viewers in April, with the three series making up the entirety of the top ten most-requested episodes. Data shows requests were up by 23 per cent on this time last year, reaching 274 million in April. Four-part […]
Telefónica, the University Carlos III and FASOCIDE (the Federation of Deaf-Blind People) have developed an app called GoAll, based on PervasivSUB technology, which allows people who are both deaf and blind (of which there are 20,000 in Spain) to receive and enjoy TV content without intermediaries at the same time as others around them. PervasiveSUB […]
Entertainment network Epix, an MGM company, has announced that the Epix app is now available on Amazon Fire TV. “Amazon and Epix share a common vision to revolutionize the way people can enjoy content through new platforms, screens and devices,” said Mark Greenberg, President and CEO of Epix. “From Alexa to AWS (Amazon Web Services) […]
Akamai Technologies, the cloud delivery platform, has released its First Quarter, 2017 State of the Internet / Security Report. The report, using data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, provides analysis of the current cloud security and threat landscape, as well as insight into attack trends. “If our analysis of Q1 tells us anything, it’s […]
China Digital TV has received notification that it must delist its shares from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Its Depository Shares were suspended on May 16th, and the ‘smart card’ encryption company is in the process of paying a special $1.50 per share dividend which will have the effect of reducing assets and dropping […]
Research from Parks Associates shows that more than 75 per cent of US broadband households use Wi-Fi for connectivity in the home and 50 per cent use 3G/4G services. “Wi-Fi is synonymous with Internet for many consumers today,” said Harry Wang, Senior Director of Research, Parks Associates. “With a growing number of consumer electronics connecting […]
Yospace and MTM have announced a new research programme exploring the evolution of the linear and live video streaming market across Europe. “We have seen a leap forward in the adoption of dynamic ad insertion over the last few years, but we’re only in the foothills in terms of the full revenue potential,” said Tim […]
The Dark Crystal, a cult movie from the 80s, is set for a return on Netflix, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance will be a 10-episode series serving as a prequel to the 1982 film. The series will be shot in the UK, and will star an ensemble of fantastical, state-of-the-art creatures created by The […]
US pay-TV provider DISH has launched a Spanish-language customer service app, with easy access to a variety of account-related services from a smartphone or tablet. The announcement comes as DishLATINO also unveils a new Spanish-language user interface for the Hopper DVR, Joey and Wally set-top boxes. “With an estimated 71 per cent of US Hispanics […]
Podcast advertising is reaching a targeted audience of highly-engaged and influenced listeners – with a quarter of listeners saying they would be ‘more likely’ to buy a product recommended by a podcast host. In a survey of 2,646 UK podcast listeners by audioBoom, 25 per cent said they were ‘more likely’ to purchase a product […]