Throughout the month of April, Noggin, Nick Jr.’s interactive learning subscription service for preschoolers, is extending its trial period from seven days to two months for new users through Apple TV channels on the Apple TV app in over 25 territories, including the UK, the US, Germany, France and multiple regions in Southeast Asia. Noggin launched […]
LG Electronics USA and Movies Anywhere have announced the arrival of the Movies Anywhere app on LG Smart TVs. Movies Anywhere lets users watch purchased or redeemed digital movies in one simplified, personal collection. LG is the first TV manufacturer to offer the streaming app (on 2017-2020 webOS models), allowing users to bring together more […]
The Disney+ SVoD platform attracted 5 million downloads in one day when it launched on March 24th in seven new European markets – Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK – according to estimates from app insights specialist App Annie. With many Europeans on lockdown at home, many with children looking to be […]
Kantar has launched its Covid-19 barometer that looks at the impact of the pandemic on media habits and the attitudes of 25,000 people across 30 different countries. The research uncovered the following findings: There is very little expectation that brands should stop advertising with only 8 per cent of respondents identifying it as a priority […]
Netflix has fixed a temporary outage that affected some users in the US and Europe during the evening of March 25th, according to the SVoD service. The website refused to load when users navigated to the site. Problems were also reported by those using the app, although some who were unable to access the website […]
Velocix, a provider of carrier-grade IP video streaming technology, has introduced new mobile-optimised content delivery network (CDN) software that alleviates the common pain points wireless operators face when scaling out 5G video applications. The company has revealed sophisticated multi-tier CDN delivery and inter-cache communications technology that can reduce traffic demands over mobile backhaul networks by […]
With its European-wide launch set for March 24th, the Disney+ SVoD platform has a user experience equal to that of Amazon Prime Video, but still clearly lags behind industry leader Netflix, according to a large-scale user experience study conducted by digital-TV product agency TeraVolt. In the survey, which analysed the user experience of various streaming […]
BT is updating the BT Sport app for small screen devices such as mobiles and tablets, enhancing the viewing experience for its customers with a range of new features. With immediate effect, BT Sport customers can update to the latest version of the app to take advantage of new features including an improved interface featuring […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market for creative content and reducing online piracy – has achieved another significant victory in the effort to protect the legal market for creative content and reduce piracy with the recent closure of Aus Media Streaming, a piracy […]
StarzPlay, the SVoD service from Starz, has launched a new app in Spain to make it available on mobile and tablets device. For €4.99 a month subscribers will be able to watch hundreds of films and series like Power Book II: Ghost, Hightown, Vida, The Act and Divergente. The app allows up to 4 subscribers […]