Streaming platform and device specialist Roku has confirmed the availability of ESPN+ through the new ESPN channel on the Roku platform, allowing Roku player and Roku TV users to access thousands of additional live events, on-demand content and original programming not available on ESPN’s linear TV or digital networks. ESPN+ is the first-ever multi-sport, direct-to-consumer […]
QYOU Media, a curator of premium ‘best-of-web’ video for multiscreen distribution, is growing its operations in India following the launch of QYOU India on Tata Sky, by adding a block of new content partnerships. Rebranding as Q India, the company’s localised service recently also launched on Jio TV, India’s fastest growing mobile service with 168 […]
Imagine Communications is providing processing, monitoring and management technology underpinning a new UHD and IP-based production infrastructure at QVC Japan. The new facility, which supports uncompressed HD and UHD signals based on the SMPTE ST 2110 standards, enables the global shopping channel to significantly enhance the buying experience for Japanese viewers through the adoption of […]
iQIYI, an online entertainment service in China, has joined the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) as a Promoter member. AOMedia is a non-profit organisation formed by global lplayers in the video industry with the aim to define and develop media technologies that address the need for an open standard for video compression and delivery over […]
Global pay-TV revenues peaked in 2016 at $205 billion (€166bn), according to the Global Pay TV Revenue Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. Revenues will fall by 11 per cent to $183 billion in 2023, despite the number of pay-TV subscribers rising by 9 per cent. Revenues per subscriber are declining as more homes convert […]
AsiaSat has announced that Andrew Jordan has resigned as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect, and will serve as Senior Advisor of the company until October 31st 2018. Dr. Roger Tong has been appointed by the Board to succeed Jordan as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to the appointment, Tong […]
Spain’s major operators, Telefónica and Orange, are both doubling their fibre optic connection speeds free of charge in a bid to capture more subscribers. Telefónica is doubling its speeds at no extra cost for Fusión clients, going from 50 Mbps to 100 Mbps and from 300 Mbps to 600 Mbps. Additioanlly, the company is set […]
Each day, 9.5 million people in France are watching TV online, either live or catch-up, via a TV set. According to data from Mediametrie, some 4.4 million (7.3 per cent of the country’s population) aged 4 and above now watches online TV on a device other than a TV set, such as a smartphone or […]
According to Dataxis latest research, as at 2017, Latin America reached 18.2 million of active paid account subscribed to an SVoD service. This means an annual increase of 29.8 per cent. Such volume is equal to 25.2 per cent of the total fixed broadband accesses, which indicates it has more room to growth. Netflix remains […]
In 2017, global consumer expenditure on entertainment content (video, games and music) worldwide continued to climb. By 2021, this spend is set to reach $439 billion (€355bn) globally, a 17 per cent increase from 2017, according to the latest Global Entertainment Content Outlook report from Futuresource Consulting. “As expected, TV and Video account for the […]