UK electronics retail giant Dixons is entering the nascent premium content online streaming and download sector, but the owner of the Currys and PC World brands is confident of securing significant share of a market that has seen the recent launch in the UK and Ireland of Netflix to compete with existing players such as […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider Nagra has formed a strategic partnership with Spanish infrastructure and telecommunications services firm abertis telecom to launch a cloud-based service aimed at pay-TV service providers and free-to-air broadcasters seeking to deploy affordable multiscreen television with fast time-to-market. The service claims it is setting a new benchmark in the […]
PHXX, a platform development company, and Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services, have announced the integration of PHXX’s OTT services with the award-winning Video Content Authority System (VCAS) 3. Integrating these two solutions will provide customers with a converged and secure OTT experience that can be deployed on […]
Sports specialist Perform is to launch its first YouTube channel, bringing live, long-form sports content to the platform. Perform will bring a channel dedicated to coverage from its livesport.tv and goal.com brands so sport from European football coverage to darts and snooker will be on YouTube from next month. The details of what live matches […]
India’s Times Internet Limited is planning to launch a video streaming service that will offer premium content, such as films and TV shows, to Indian consumers through the web. The service, BoxTV, will be available on computers, tablets and smartphones, Satyan Gajwani, director ( new media) at the Times Group, told delegates at the Ad-Tech […]
IneoQuest Technologies, a global specialist in video service assurance, has identified key trends for video providers in 2012. IneoQuest works with more than 500 operators and content providers globally, and attributes the predictions to the increasing demand for their Video Service Assurance solutions. Among their key predictions for 2012 are: Continued expansion in multiscreen and […]
Google Fiber, a subsidiary of Google, has filed applications in Missouri and Kansas to operate a video/TV service. Google is building its 1GB/s experimental network in Kansas City. “We’re still exploring what products will be available when we launch Google Fiber,” Google spokeswoman Jenna Wandres said. The Internet service is expected to launch at least […]
US cable communications giant Comcast is taking on online movie and TV service Netflix by launching Xfinity Streampix, a new subscription video service that enables the operator’s Xfinity video customers instantly to view favourite movies and TV shows in and out of the home, including numerous past seasons of current hit shows and full series, […]
The expansion of the Sky Go service in Germany will make now make it possible to watch films not only on the iPad, Web and the Xbox 360, but also on the iPod Touch and iPhone via WiFi and 3G. This extended Sky Go App rounds up the current offering including exclusive live sport access […]
Multimedia software company VisualOn has unveiled OnStream MediaPlayer+, a solution enabling cross-platform video delivery to any device, on any platform. OnStream MediaPlayer+ allows content providers to distribute audio and visual media to consumers regardless of the streaming protocol, platform, operating system or hardware. OnStream MediaPlayer+ is designed to provide a quick to-market solution for content […]