Android users who enjoy sports at home and on the go with WatchESPN will now be able to download a major update to the app for smartphones and tablets in the Google Play store. It includes additional content, performance enhancements and design elements native to the Android platform. “The new WatchESPN app for Android has […]
Digisoft.tv (Ireland) and Discover Digital (South Africa) have signed a development and agency agreement at Africa Com, in the presence of the Irish Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello T.D, who is leading an Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission to South Africa and Nigeria. The focus of the mission will be growth sectors such as […]
Intelligent broadband network solutions provider Sandvine has released its Internet traffic trends report – Global Internet Phenomena Report 2H2013 – based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 250-plus service provider customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and Asia-Pacific. “For the first time ever, peer-to-peer file-sharing has
The City of London was in two minds about the BT Sport Champions League deal when markets opened for the first time after the deal. BT was marked down and so was BSkyB, with the established broadcaster losing a sizeable nine per cent of its value. So, on balance, the market thought it was a […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset is planning to launch its OTT service next month. Infinity will be based on a pre-paid model, with users paying around €9 per month for access to the “all inclusive” catalogue. Purchases will be done directly online, via PayPal or credit card, with no-obligations, as users can stop paying at any […]
Australian online movie company Quickflix has agreed a deal with Hybrid Television Services (Hybrid) for the streaming download of Quickflix subscription and pay-per-view movies and TV shows to owners of TiVo media devices in Australia and New Zealand. Hybrid is the operator and licensee of TiVo in Australia and New Zealand. Quickflix’s streaming download to […]
Pay-as-you-go digital movie and TV streaming service M-GO – a joint venture between DreamWorks Animation and Technicolor – and LG Electronics have confirmed that US owners of LG Smart TVs are now able to access M-GO’s library of new releases from Hollywood’s top talent in movies and TV shows streaming directly on their big screens. […]
The Walt Disney Company and Netflix have revealed an unprecedented deal for Marvel TV to make multiple original series of live-action adventures of four of Marvel’s most popular characters for Netflix, beginning in 2015. Led by a series focused on Daredevil, followed by Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage, the narrative will unfold over […]
With access to OTT subscription based video on-demand (SVoD) services more easily and readily available due to the integration of smart TVs as the main TV in many consumers’ homes, OTT SVoD services are gaining in popularity. Offering a cheaper media source with a competitive breadth of video content, subscriptions are increasing as these services […]
DISH Network Corporation has confirmed that its home movie and video game rental services subsidiary, Blockbuster L.L.C., will end its retail and by mail DVD distribution operations by early-January 2014. The company will close its approximately 300 remaining US-based retail stores, as well as its distribution centres. “This is not an easy decision, yet consumer […]