ESPN enjoyed a record-breaking March in the UK boosted by the ICC Twenty20 World Cup and Asia Cup competitions – and an enthralling March Madness tournament on ESPN Player. According to data from independent research firm ComScore, cricket fans spent more time on ESPNcricinfo than the next nine major sites combined, and on average 14 […]
Streaming video service Hulu has taken steps to clamp down on users accessing the site through VPNs in an effort to block international users from seeing videos available only in the US. VPN users, including Americans trying to access the Web legitimately, will receive an error message, which reads: “Based on your IP-address, we noticed […]
Broadcasters made £126 million (€148m) in 2013 from adverts placed in on-demand content in 2013. As Channel 4’s on demand service, 4OD, and the ITV Player gain viewers, spend in this area will be growing at more than 30 per cent a year by 2015, according to the Advertising Association and the World Advertising Research […]
Barry Diller, the main backer of Internet TV streaming service Aereo, has reiterated his view that its chances of a successful outcome in the Supreme Court copyright case are 50-50, while admitting to being more confident of such an eventuality. He also suggested that for his IAC company, the investment was financially meaningless, but the […]
With the Justices of the US Supreme Court deliberating on the evidence provided in the copyright case brought by the nation’s major broadcast networks against Internet TV streaming service Aereo, USB streaming dongle Rabbit TV has unveiled a similar feature added to its popular eMedia guide, giving its three million+ users easy access to nearly […]
Kevin Spacey has acknowledged that award-winning Netflix drama House of Cards is popular in India, but suggested that it is being viewed illegally, as Netflix does not yet offer its entertainment streaming service in the country. Spacey, who plays the drama’s leading character Francis Underwood, made the comments at the International Indian Film Academy Awards […]
Magine TV, the cloud-based TV service, has closed its beta platform and launched commercially in Germany. With over 60 national and international channels available, including ARD, ZDF, RTL, RTL II, VOX, ProSieben, Sat.1, Bloomberg TV, Al Jazeera, Nickelodeon, Sport 1 and Eurosport 1, Magine TV offers users an online alternative to traditional free-to-air television, available […]
Following Netflix’s suggestion earlier this week that it planned to build on its successful integrations with European cable operators by launching its first US cable tie-ins, details have emerged of the first three such deployments. The agreements – set to be announced formally next week – are with Atlantic Broadband, RCN Telecom Services and Grande […]
Youku Tudou, the China-based Internet television company, has signed strategic partnerships with most of China’s leading smart TV and OTT manufacturers, 8 of which are an exclusive integration of the pre-installed Youku Tudou App. In April, Youku announces four new partnerships with OTT companies. All four partnerships include the exclusively pre-installed Youku Tudou TV app. […]
Hulu has unveiled details of a remote control for its OTT service. In a company blog, Senior Development Lead Mitch Walker posted: “we are pleased to announce the first release of the remote control experience for Hulu Plus, a new function that allows you to use your mobile phone or tablet to control the Hulu […]