Netflix customer satisfaction plunged in the fourth quarter, a reflection of consumer anger over rising prices and changes to its subscription plans, according to a survey. Satisfaction with Netflix slid 14 per cent to 74 from a year earlier on a scale of 0 to 100, according to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index. That was […]
euronews, the international news channel, has confirmed its launch on the Roku streaming platform in the US, UK and in Ireland. Roku streaming players connect to most television sets and enable them to stream online video, music and gaming content without a PC. Roku customers can find and add euronews’ channel application in the Roku […]
Netflix has abandoned last summer’s ‘streaming only’ scheme, and reversed its decision to drop its mail-order DVD subscription service. It used to be that North American Netflix users could buy into their DVD rentals for $7.99 a month, or have a broadband streamed service for the same sum, or have both for $9.99. That changed […]
Sky Brazil, a major DTH operator operated by DirecTV, is to supply some of its movie content in OTT form on a VoD basis. It proposes charging the equivalent of $8.60 a month to access its portfolio, plus charging extra fees for certain individual downloads. Sky Brazil’s President, Luiz Eduardo Baptista da Rocha, said the […]
Google TV products will be released in Europe in 2012, according to Sony. Sony said Google TV’s previous disappointing launch in the US was due to the lack of a dedicated storefront to support the platform. It said it is confident the launch of the Android Market will help reverse its fortunes. Google TV will […]
US start-up Aereo (formerly Bamboom Labs) has broken cover with its Internet-based, $12/month subscription television service, allowing consumers to view live or recorded local TV over the Internet on their HDTV, iPad, iPhone, tablet, Mac, PC, or with Internet TV solutions such as AppleTV and Roku. Aereo’s members will have access to all of the […]
Sales of digital video media receivers, including Apple TV and Roku, were strong in the recent holiday season, with penetration approaching 13 per cent of US broadband households and matching the 2011 forecasts from the international research firm Parks Associates. The firm forecasts over 14 million units will sell in 2012, noting that the strong […]
Granite Broadcasting and Motive Television are forming a joint venture, Broadcast Cloud JV (BCJV), that will pursue the development, implementation, and use of existing broadcast spectrum to provide live television, customised linear TV channels, VoD, and catch-up television directly to portable devices such as iPads, Android tablets and smart phones. In addition, Granite and Motive […]
It is ironic that the frontline in the net neutrality conflict has shifted to a country where broadband speed is more abundant than anywhere on earth. KT Telecom of Korea has announced it will ‘manage’ the broadband capacity it claims is being soaked up by Smart TV users. It says it must do so to […]
South Korea’s leading ISP KT has put itself firmly in the vanguard of network providers that believe service providers must pay for connection to their markets. KT says it will demand a share of the profits companies such as Google and Apple derive from Internet-enabled TV services as network operators. Last week KT took its […]