Industry body the Streaming Video Alliance – whose members include a broad range of suppliers, distributors and programmers – has confirmed that trials based on recently-approved Open Caching Request Routing and HTTPS Delegation Technical Specification are to begin. The trials are the first implementation by Alliance member companies of open caching systems that incorporate the […]
The Rohde & Schwarz R&S VTC/VTE/VTS video tester family is an innovative solution for testing the performance and interoperability of future generations of HDR/HLG-capable video consumer electronics. It is based on the recently introduced flexible T&M module for HDMI and HDR tests. The new module offers generator and analyzer functionality for data rates up to […]
Industry data shared by streaming device specialist Roku reveal incredible momentum for the Roku TV programme in just two years since its launch. As of December 2016, following launch into Mexico, there were 100 Roku TV models available in the North American market. Roku TVs accounted for 13 per cent of all US smart TV […]
International TV and broadband company Liberty Global and telco Vodafone have completed their 50:50 joint venture – first announced in February 2016 – to form VodafoneZiggo Group Holding, which the pair say combines Ziggo’s fibre-rich broadband network with Vodafone’s market-leading mobile operation to create a stronger converged competitor in the Dutch market, delivering significant benefits […]
Findings from research and analysis firm Parks Associates research show that 31 per cent of US broadband households have multiple OTT service subscriptions, representing nearly one-half of the 63 per cent of US broadband households subscribing to at least one OTT service. “Parks Associates, through our OTT Video Market Tracker service, has identified the service-stacking […]
File-sharing site TorrentFreak has analysed the most-pirated TV shows of 2016 through BitTorrent, with Game of Thrones claiming the dubious honour for the fifth year in a row. The site reports that traffic-wise, the interest was roughly on par with 2015. The highest number of people actively sharing an episode across several torrents was 350,000 […]
Big brand budgets and quadrennial events such as the Olympics, European Football Championship and US Presidential Election will drive 2016’s global advertising revenue growth to $532 billion (€508bn) according to findings from critical information, analytics and solutions source IHS Markit’s annual Global Advertising Trends report. “The advertising industry is about to turn the corner thanks […]
Al Jazeera Media Network and ICT solutions provider Huawei, have entered a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore possible avenues of cooperation to transform the Network’s online platform using media cloud solutions, in a bid to increase the Network’s online viewership and revenues. Based on the terms of the MoU, both parties will work […]
US advertisers invested $17.6 billion (€16.8bn) in digital advertising in the third quarter of 2016, according to the latest IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report from IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) and prepared by PwC US. This marks the highest third quarter for digital advertising spending on record, and represents a 20 per cent increase over the […]
The South Korean government is planning to deregulate the domestic pay-TV industry to facilitate mergers and acquisitions among cable TV, satellite broadcasting and IPTV service providers with the intention of enhancing their competitiveness in the global market. The Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning said that it would apply the same regulation to the […]