Michael Powell, President and CEO of US trade body the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and a former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission himself, has hit out at plans by current incumbent Tom Wheeler to introduce regulation that he says would pave the way for software, devices and other innovative solutions to compete […]
Rovi and Intellectual Ventures (IV) are collaborating to bring together their media and entertainment patent portfolios under a unified, comprehensive licensing programme to focus on OTT offerings. Under the new agreement, Rovi will serve as the exclusive partner for IV, licensing the companies’ combined patent portfolio exclusively to OTT customers. This alliance builds a combined […]
Sky’s OTT TV streaming service NOW TV is to launch what it says is its most advanced TV box later this year. The brand new NOW TV Smart Box will bring together NOW TV’s wide range of pay TV content and over 60 live free-to-air channels. The addition of digital terrestrial television services pitches the […]
As well as confirming its role in developing what Sky’s OTT streaming service NOW TV is describing as its ‘most advanced’ box yet, streaming platform specialist Roku has revealed that it is developing a hybrid set-top box that will be available for production by Roku Powered partners later this year. The new Roku Powered hybrid […]
Ericsson has launched powerful business intelligence toolkit for TV and media players which it says enables media industry to aggregate, analyse and act upon large amounts of data. The toolkit – Integrated Video Insights – builds on Ericsson’s TV and media, big data and analytics, and consulting and systems integration portfolios and increases the company’s ability […]
Sky has revealed the biggest ever redesign of Sky Go in Europe. From this week in the UK and Ireland, Sky will start rolling out the new design, beginning with a new home page for the mobile app and web service. Later in the year, Sky says the streaming service will “introduce new features to […]
Broadcast specialist Vision247 has introduced a granular genre menu to VisionTV to streamline search functionality. The addition is available via its portal on Freeview channel 244 on TV, desktop, EETV and via the VisionTV UK app. VisionTV consists of more than 20 free-to-air channels, allowing viewers to watch a wide variety of both UK and […]
OTT provision is now part of the mainstream – but is also still evolving rapidly. All TV providers, pay and FTA, now feel obliged to supply catch up and back catalogue services. Mainly they are cost centres without much prospect of becoming profit centres. What next? And where will the money come from? Advanced Television […]
Kannuu, a provider of search, discovery and personalised recommendation solutions for the connected television and media industry, has announced an expansion of its Discovery API Services portfolio for MVPD and OTT providers looking to enhance their service with advanced search and discovery features. “Kannuu continues its move to revolutionize how online video service providers interact […]
Describing it as “the biggest reimagining of Sky in its history”, Jeremy Darroch, CEO of the UK pay-TV operator, has launched Sky Q, a family of products which it says are designed to reflect the way people consume content nowadays. It also confirmed that Sky Q would be UltraHD ready in advance of the launch […]