The new May online video rankings from comScore show that 176 million US Internet users, or about 83.3 per cent of the US audience, viewed online videos last month, spending an average of 15.9 hours per viewer over the month. More than 5.6 billion viewing sessions were recorded that month by comScore. Most of the […]

Australian telco Telstra has unveiled the first stage of its anticipated Foxtel on T-Box service. From Sunday 26th June, T-Box customers will have access to up to 30 Foxtel channels and a selection of catch-up TV channels including FOX8, Discovery and Movie One. The basic starter service, with 11 channels, will cost A$19.50 (€14.43) per […]

SPECIAL DELIVERY The exponential growth of video traffic is placing additional demands on carrier and service provider networks. Recent acquisitions and alliances suggest the demand for OTT-delivered content will only continue to rise. How will the different elements in the online video delivery chain develop to meet customer requirements and expectations? What lies ahead for […]

Alcatel-Lucent and online video management and publishing specialist thePlatform have formed a strategic alliance to help cable and IPTV providers deliver a new generation of video services to their subscribers’ TVs, PCs, tablets, mobile phones and more. The companies have joined forces to offer a multiscreen video platform that supports the delivery of live scheduled […]

With the fast growing subscriber base of IPTV, revenue generated by the adoption of IPTV has also been increasing in the country. The main reason for this is the increasing disposable income of the Chinese people. Per head disposable income increased at a CAGR of 12 per cent during 2008 – 2010. As a result, […]

Multimedia Research Group (MRG) has unveiled its new RankTracker system that allows semi-annual rank monitoring for over 100 IPTV Vendors across geography and millions of active subscribers, allowing new levels of detail in regional market ranking. The new RankTracker provides instant display of which vendors have moved up or down in each product area since […]

Canal Plus is claiming a new record for videos viewed on its canalplus.fr website, with 26.7 million viewed in May 2011, representing a 78 per cent increase over the corresponding month in 2010. The site also beat its previous record of visits, recording 12.8 million as opposed to 9.8 million a year previously, an increase […]

A survey by CASBAA has provided new insight into the issues of most concern for platform operators of cable TV, DTH, IPTV and other forms of video delivery to consumers across the Asia Pacific. Conducted amongst the 24 members of the CASBAA Operators Group, the seven-question survey provides an indication of the concerns that platforms […]

Foxtel chief Kim Williams has hit back at claims made May 31 by telco Optus that the pay-TV group’s proposed A$1.9 billion merger with Austar could threaten competitive access to content. Optus CEO Paul O’Sullivan used a keynote speech at a the CeBIT conference to call on the competition regulator to consider creating “must-share provisions” […]

Telekom Austria Group has confirmed that A1 Kabel TV, the IPTV offering of its Austrian subsidiary A1, will be expanding its service to include more regional and foreign-language channels. Effective immediately, A1 Kabel TV will provide additional Serbian and Turkish channels, as well as 10 new foreign-language stations. The number of channels in A1 Kabel […]