Intelligent broadband network solutions provider Sandvine has released its 10th Global Internet Phenomena Report: Fall 2011, which indicates increased Netflix and OTT services adoption, the market penetration of revenue-replacement applications, the overall increase in mobile marketplaces, and the impact of Internet-ready consumer electronics devices. Major findings from the report include: -Within fixed networks in the […]
Amino Communications, an IPTV/OTT solutions provider, has secured a contract to provide SkitterTV with its latest OTT-enhanced Aminet IPTV set-top boxes. A hybrid IPTV/over-the-top video platform, SkitterTV enables telecom service providers to encode, configure, deliver and monetise streaming media services by combining live TV, audio, web video and personal media assets in one converged entertainment […]
Online streaming company Netflix saw its share price fall back more than 25 per cent in late trading October 24th. Netflix revealed that its subscriber cancellations were greater than expected, and that launching in the UK would take it into losses. CEO Reed Hastings, in a letter to shareholders that accompanied its Q3 results, admitted […]
In September 2011, the UK Internet population made over 785 million visits to online video websites – an increase of 36 per cent year-on-year, according to analysis from competitive intelligence firm Experian Hitwise. According to Experian’s report – Online Video: Bringing Social Media to Life – the majority of growth in this space has been […]
Internet film subscription service Netflix has confirmed it is to expand to the United Kingdom and Ireland in early 2012. Further details about the service, including pricing, content and supported devices, will be announced closer to launch. Netflix has been streaming to US members since 2007, adding Canada in 2010 and 43 countries in Latin […]
Owners of Nintendo 3DS and Wii consoles will soon have the ability to access an even wider selection of TV shows and movies: the Hulu Plus subscription online video service is being made available on both systems. Nintendo is also announcing new features being added to the Nintendo 3DS system, including the ability to record […]
Korean broadcaster MBC has agreed with Google to provide its TV drama and entertainment programmes through the latter’s online video sharing site YouTube. Under the agreement, MBC will provide 10,000 hours of dramas and entertainment shows aired before 2005 for YouTube, which will be distributed around the world starting next year, according to the broadcaster. […]
Australian pay-TV operator Optus is linking with OTT supplier Fetch TV to offer would-be subscribers a number of low-cost packages of channels and downloaded content. At a cost of A$9.95 (€7.45) subscribers get a 1 Terabyte set-top box that can record, pause and replay free-to-air and digital channels, as well as tap into Fetch TV’s […]
Bridge Technologies has begun shipping an enhanced version of the ground-breaking microVB miniaturised digital media probe for subscriber premises. With its ability to report second-by-second data on all traffic passing through the set-top box, combined with new functionality for analysing OTT service quality, the microVB 2.0 provides the industry’s most complete capability for monitoring the […]
KIT digital, the cloud-based software solutions and technology services provider for multiscreen video delivery, has confirmed it is powering Telecom Argentina’s multiscreen OTT premium video service. The service, called Arnet Play, will initially roll out with more than 2,500 video titles, allowing Argentina’s largest telecom operator (part of the Telecom Italia Group) to offer premium […]