Multi-screen cloud video software company Easel TV has made its OTT platform Suggested TV available on the fourth-generation Apple TV box and on Google Cast. The first use of these latest Suggested TV device players will be for the Curzon Home Cinema service. Curzon Home Cinema Director Phil Mordecai said the company’s investment in the […]
Whether it’s dozens of extra channels, streaming on demand, or internet TV through a set-top box, half of Australians now have paid television options in the home, Roy Morgan Research shows—and on-demand subscriptions have just overtaken Foxtel’s broadcast pay-TV. In the six months to August 2016, 9.8 million Australians 14+ (50 per cent) had access […]
The latest insights into the home entertainment industry have been revealed at the BASE MESA Entertainment Summit. As over 300 guests from across the industry representing stakeholders from the UK, Europe and US, gathered at the event which brought together the BASE Category Showcase and the MESA Transforming Home Entertainment Summit under one roof. Analyst […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel has unveiled what it describes as a “revolutionary” new approach to pricing and packaging for IP-delivered subscription TV service, Foxtel Play. The move is designed to increase consumer choice and to break down traditional barriers to taking up Foxtel’s services. Speaking at pay-TV trade body ASTRA’s 2016 conference, Foxtel CEO, Peter […]
As IBC approaches, communications technologist Cisco has confirmed that it is to showcase progress made by its global service provider customers to offer consumers the 4K immersive entertainment experience. According to the Cisco VNI Forecast 2015 – 2020, by 2020, more than 40 per cent of connected flat-panel TV Sets will be 4K. The study also […]
BT TV has selected the Accenture Video Solution (AVS) platform to support its current and future BT TV offerings, including BT Sport. The Accenture-developed software platform provides numerous services that support both live streaming and video-on-demand, delivering a high-quality user experience across multiple devices including smartphones, tablets and computers. Once deployed, the platform will enable […]
Amazon has confirmed that new features are coming to the best-selling Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. These features will be enabled automatically as part of a free, over-the-air software update currently being delivered to customers. Through this update, customers can now easily use their voice to search for favourite content, find the best […]
NBC Olympics has confirmed that it leveraged Content Delivery Networks services specialist Akamai Technologies for online video streaming, website and video delivery along with security solutions to support its record digital offering for Rio 2016, which included 3.3 billion total streaming minutes, 2.71 billion of which were live. One hundred million unique users tuned in […]
Digital entertainment total service protection specialist Conax has confirmed that Dish TV India Limited, Asia Pacific’s largest DTH (direct-to-home) TV provider and SITI Cable have selected Conax (for Cardless content protection) as one of the key partners for their pay-TV expansion in the region. Based on the company’s flagship Conax Contego security hub, the Conax […]
Content services protection, delivery, and enhancement specialist Viaccess-Orca and video delivery infrastructure provider Harmonic have teamed up to bring two fully integrated solutions to IBC2016. At the show, a new end-to-end video software as a service (SaaS) for OTT applications, as well as a new multiview app for the virtual reality (VR) environment, will be […]