Connected device apps for the monetisation of video services are now the second most used method for consumers subscribing to OTT services, according to a new Parks Associates whitepaper, sponsored by Ooyala. The whitepaper, Connected Apps: The New Battleground for Video Services, shows more than 25 per cent of OTT video service subscriptions were purchased […]
Content services protection and enhancement specialist Viaccess-Orca’s Adaptive Sentinel dual card and cardless conditional access system (CAS) has been selected by French telco Orange (of which it is a subsidiary) to strengthen the security of its new Ultra High Definition (UHD) set-top box (STB). According to Viaccess-Orca, Adaptive Sentinel ensures best-in-class software and hardware security […]
Cable Europe, the Association representing broadband cable operators, has urged caution in the use of the BEREC guidelines, designed to give National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) direction in implementing the Net Neutrality Regulation (Regulation 2015/2020). According to Cable Europe, the Digital Single Market is one of the greatest ambitions of the European Union and the Regulation […]
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has revealed that SPN and its affiliates have entered into definitive agreements to acquire TEN Sports Network from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) and its subsidiaries for $385 million (€345.4m). Completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition will add South Asia’s leading sports network to SPN’s […]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Intel Corporation have confirmed that ULTRA, SPHE’s 4K movie streaming service, will debut on computers powered by 7th Gen Intel Core processors beginning Q1 in 2017. Coinciding with the expanded availability of the service, ULTRA will add new features such as 48 hour rentals and free 10 minute previews, […]
Reports have surfaced that John Malone’s Liberty Media is seeking to take control of Formula One motor racing, with Sky News reporting that it is in detailed talks with F1’s controlling shareholder, CVC Capital Partners, about a transaction. Similar reports late June 2015 suggested that another of Malone’s companies, Liberty Global, was working with Sky […]
Accounting for just under half of $200 billion in global pay-TV revenues, the US is the largest such market in the world, according to a research report – The Pay-TV Innovation Landscape in North America – produced by specialist provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions NAGRA and international research and strategy consultancy MTM. This […]
As the sharing economy goes mainstream, consumers seem to be setting aside the ambition to be video collectors, with tangible libraries of their favourite movies and TV shows. With so much content now available at will via online and subscription video services, ownership and renting of individual titles has become surprisingly rare, according to a […]
TV manufacturers are offering High Dynamic Range (HDR) enhancement in 4K TV sets to increase their market appeal, but many are still struggling to choose between one of two new standards: Dolby Vision and HDR10. As an open standard, HDR10 allows firmware updates and has the support of more manufacturers than Dolby Vision, finds ABI […]
Latin American pay-TV is dominated by DirecTV/Sky and Claro/América Móvil, which will together account for nearly half the region’s pay-TV subs by end-2016, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. This share will be maintained for the next five years. Three more pan-regional operators, Telefónica/Movistar, Tigo/Millicom and Liberty Global, harbour ambitions to increase […]