The growth of online TV viewing in the UK is slowing, according to figures from BARB. Almost 15 per cent of respondents to BARB’s biannual study, which tracked viewing habits over a week in November 2011, said they watched TV on a PC, laptop or tablet computer during that period – a rise of only […]
2012 will be a watershed year for the media industry that will see a decline in traditional TV consumption, according to Rich Greenfield of analyst firm BTIG. “We believe 2012 will be a watershed year for the media industry and serve as a historic inflection point for traditional TV consumption,” he writes in a blog […]
FilmOn Labs, a division of Internet-based HD virtual cable TV service FilmOn.com has confirmed that starting in February 2012, the company will be shipping the FilmOn AIR dongle for free to all its yearly US-based subscribers, so they can watch local network television on their computers and mobile devices. “In 2010, FilmOn ended up in […]
Findings from customer experience analytics firm ForeSee’s annual Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index show that after seven years spent jockeying for first place in the Index, Amazon and Netflix are headed in divergent directions. Amazon climbed two points to score 88 on the study’s 100-point scale, registering the highest score from any retailer in 14 consecutive […]
The worldwide pay-TV market will continue to grow to generate service revenues of $236 billion by the end of next year according to ABI Research. Cable TV operators continue to face increasing competition from IPTV and OTT services. Increasing broadband penetration and the growing number of people using Internet-connected devices are supporting subscriber growth in […]
The NFL and NBC have confirmed that they will stream the 2012 Super Bowl online for the first time. The big game, scheduled for Febrary 5th, will be available via NBCSports.com and NFL.com, as well as select handheld devices via Verizon’s NFL Mobile app. The deal also includes online access to the Pro Bowl and […]
Netflix and BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, have agreed a new digital licensing deal that will bring a broad range of BBC series to Netflix members in the UK and Ireland. Beginning in early 2012, previous series of BBC shows such as Torchwood and Spooks will be available for Netflix members to […]
Accedo, an enabler of Smart TV and IPTV applications, has announced a key partnership with Irdeto, a global software security and media technology company, to create next-generation TV Everywhere services. During CES the two companies will showcase Irdeto’s newly-launched TV Services platform and suite of reference applications that have been created by Accedo. Through this […]
Telefonica’s IPTV platform Movistar Imagenio has launched Videoteca, a new online video service with TV series and films on demand. The service, free of charge until March, will allow subscribers to watch all the included content (monthly updated) at any time and as many times as they want. This new proposition is Telefonica’s answer to […]
Orange is to offer 30 TV channels on the Xbox Live platform from next spring. The deal between Orange and Microsoft will see customers able to change channels and control content with Xbox’s Kinect voice and motion commands. Xavier Perret, Orange’s director of strategic partnerships said, “Today, Orange TV is not just present on the […]