Amazon has unveiled the Fire TV Stick 4K, claiming it to be “the most powerful streaming stick available”. The device, paired with an all-new Alexa Voice Remote, will ship in the UK from November 14th at a price of £49.99 (€56.20). “We’ve listened to our customers and pushed to deliver the complete 4K solution they […]
Findings from Network Intelligence solutions provider Sandvine’s installed base of 2.1 billion subscribers worldwide suggests that video is almost 58 per cent of the total downstream volume of traffic on the Internet, with Netflix making up 15 per cent of the total downstream volume of traffic across the entire Internet. The firm’s H1 2018 Global […]
There were 49 million games consoles shipped worldwide in 2017, with North America receiving the largest share (18.4 million units). At the end of 2017, the global number of connected consoles reached 164 million, of which 83 per cent were seventh- or eighth-generation gaming consoles from Sony and Microsoft. Finding from the IHS Markit Connected […]
A study of major European broadcasters, pay-TV operators, telcos and OTT service providers by pay-TV subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist Paywizard reveals that all rank customer experience as a top strategic priority but the vast majority are failing to make effective use of subscriber data and analytics to engage consumers. In-depth interviews […]
Research from Parks Associates finds that the top three OTT video services – Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and Netflix – maintain significant market share, with 91 per cent of OTT subscribers getting at least one of these services. “Many new services, including online pay-TV and premium channels, have entered the OTT space in past year, […]
BBC iPlayer app users will no longer miss out on their favourite downloads thanks to new ‘last chance’ mobile notifications. When downloaded programmes are about to come off BBC iPlayer, app users will receive a notification on their mobile or tablet device letting them know that they only have a few days left to watch. […]
Intelsat is again talking to the market about raising another $700 million of borrowings. The borrowings are set to be repaid on (or before) 2024, and are priced at 8.5 per cent and to be sold to investors at an issue price of 100.75 per cent of par plus accrued interest from September 19th 2018. […]
When World Wrestling Entertainment launched its WWE Network in 2014, the SVoD service only featured around 1,500 hours of on-demand content. Today, its library has over 10,000 hours of content, increasing 6x in size since launch, according to a report by Streaming Observer. The WWE Network began by streaming PPV events to subscribers for no […]
Gracenote, a Nielsen company, has announced the availability of Studio System Projects, a new enterprise-level collaboration and project management platform designed to help TV networks, Hollywood studios and other content creators streamline the development process and deliver more commercially and critically successful entertainment offerings. This new suite of Web-based tools allows internal teams to efficiently manage the creation of TV shows and movies from story ideation all the way through […]
Air France has awarded its contract to equip its aircraft with In Flight Connectivity to the consortium of Global Eagle and Orange Business Services. With this deal, Air France will become the first airline in Europe to take full advantage of the Ku-band High Throughput satellite network. Orange and Global Eagle will deliver high-speed Internet, […]