Customer satisfaction with video streaming services far eclipses that of subscription TV service, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) 2018 Telecommunications Report. Video streaming services make their debut in this year’s telecom report with an ACSI score of 75, far and above subscription TV’s score of 62 – a 3.1 per cent decline […]
While traditional TV was still the frontrunner for watching the royal wedding, live-streaming of the event from the major broadcasters saw a noticeable uptake too, putting additional pressure on streaming services, and demanding high performance and delivery of these live-streams. Limelight Networks, a content delivery network (CDN) provider to broadcasters, monitored the spikes in traffic […]
Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP held a meeting with Eutelsat’s Investor Relations team on May 20th and while little that was new emerged from the discussions, the satellite operator emphasised some key elements. Top of the list was that in its all-important ‘Video’ division, transponder prices “are stable to growing,” according to the bank’s […]
Amazon has appointed Vernon Sanders to help run its television productions. The long-term NBC executive will partner with TV co-head Albert Cheng and oversee Amazon Prime Video’s TV creative and production units. Sanders will reunite with his former colleague Jennifer Salke at Amazon Studios. Salke commented: “Vernon’s undeniable expertise in nurturing talent and creative material […]
Following the agreement signed last November with TF1 Group, and that integrates TF1 Premium offering, SFR will offer to its SFR Sports subscribers equipped with a compatible TV set a 4K broadcast of all the 28 matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup that will run on TF1 FTA channels as well as on its […]
Findings released by analyst firm Parks Associates suggest that US consumers will purchase more than 485 million connected consumer devices in 2021, including smart home, connected health, mobile, and connected entertainment products. By 2022, sales will exceed 520 million units. “The consumer IoT and smart home industries are approaching the goal of wider consumer adoption, […]
Spanish telco Telefónica has broken a new record by passing 20 million homes with FTTH – 70 per cent of all households in the country. The company – which claims to have the largest FTTH network in Europe – has completed the FTTH deployment in the country’s largest cities with 244,000km of cable and is […]
Israel’s Spacecom, which operates the small Amos fleet of satellites, says it has booked a $55 million agreement with an unnamed (non-Israeli) client that will come into play around the middle of next year once a new satellite is brought into use. The revenue stream is spread over four years, although the two parties each […]
Media Distillery, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup focused on extracting valuable data from video, has received a grant of €1.4 million from the European Union under the prestigious SME Instrument programme, part of Horizon 2020. Media Distillery provides a unique AI platform to generate ‘Deep Content Understanding’ in real-time and at an unparalleled scale. The […]
OTT content distribution platform Airbeem has appointed Thorsten Sauer, former President of Ericsson Broadcast and Media Services, as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Airbeem works with media companies, sports brands, broadcasters and content owners to create their own online video channels providing off-the-shelf solutions to enable any media owner to create their own […]