HBC (Hiawatha Broadband Communications), the Minnesota-based FTTH ‘quadplay’ services provider, is trialling Amino’s Freedom Jump OTT media centre as it seeks to offer new and innovative entertainment experiences to its 20,000-strong customer base. Working closely with platform partner aioTv, Amino’s Freedom Jump delivers a new layer of content that is blended seamlessly with an HBC’s […]
The move to an all-IP world where everything is connected presents a major threat to telecom operators’ core voice and SMS revenues, but also significant opportunities for these operators to extract value from adjacent markets. This is one of the main findings of Telecom Operators: Let’s Face It, the 11th edition of the annual report […]
Broadcasting network NBC is sending 1,600 engineers and technicians to the London Olympic Games. The end result will be that viewers in the US, and this includes new owner Comcast’s cable subscribers, will be able to access broadband live video from all 32 sporting Olympic locations. Users will be able to access all 302 live […]
Quickflix achieved new growth milestones during the last quarter and made significant strides as first-mover in Australia & New Zealand’s emerging IPTV movie and TV streaming sectors. Paying subscribers grew by 14 per cent finishing the quarter at 107,520. Revenue was up 15 per cent and in March exceeded a run rate of A$20 million […]
GlobeCast has announced the launch of MyGlobeTV – a new OTT platform for international broadcasters in the Americas. MyGlobeTV is a B-2-C television bouquet that brings international and genre-based audiovisual content directly to subscribers. “With MyGlobeTV, subscribers will be able to enjoy their favourite international channels using their existing broadband connection,” said Emma Brackett, VP […]
BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield, writing for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival’s Future of Film blog, has suggested that forcing consumers to attend/pay for a movie in a theatre for the first three-four months of a film’s lifespan is increasingly archaic, with advances in display technology meaning the stage is set for the ‘home’ to become […]
Although still in a nascent stage and despite an uncertain economic framework, the OTT TV market will grow at an average annual rate of 53 per cent and will be worth €1.9 billion in 2015. The figures are from The Internet Era of TV – Expanding Entertainment report published by ITMedia Consulting. The Italian research […]
Google has struck a deal with MGM to add more than 600 titles for rent to YouTube and Google Play users in the US and Canada. MGM joins five of the six major studios and over ten independent movie studios, currently offering movies for rent on YouTube and Google Play. Noting a recent IHS Screen […]
A growing appetite for video content over the Internet has attracted a host of new digital services, devices and brands to the market, according to a new study by Accenture. The multi-nation study, Accenture’s Video-Over-Internet Consumer Survey 2012, found that nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of those surveyed use international online providers (such as Netflix […]
Broadcast International (OTC.BB: BCST), a leading provider of video management software and services for next-generation video internet protocol networks, was selected by Axio TV to deploy its patented CodecSys™ video encoding platform for Axio TV’s new over-the-top (OTT) service. The announcement was made today by Steve Jones, Broadcast International’s senior vice president and general manager […]