Speaking at the Connectivity Conference at MIPTV in Cannes, Vivendi Mobile Entertainment CEO Cèdric Ponsot said “there’s a lot of fear around how connected TVs will affect existing businesses and broadcasters,” but he urged people to meet it head on. He said content creators must not hold back from increasing syndication and distribution of content […]
Market researcher Infonetics Research has released its fourth quarter 2010 ‘Cable, Satellite, IPTV, and OTT STBss and Subscribers’ market share and forecast report. “In the fourth quarter of 2010, we witnessed the dramatic growth of over-the-top services, as service providers and equipment vendors hit the ‘sweet spot’ for pricing. However, these services continue to complement […]
The next iteration of Android, ‘Ice Cream’, will bring Google TV and smartphones and tablets onto one Android platform, according to reports. The addition of Android’s host of apps to the TV platform will be a huge boost, and something that no other television service can yet offer.
Roku has confirmed that the Roku XD player is now available for purchase at Best Buy stores nationwide and at BestBuy.com. The announcement marks the first time the streaming player has been made available through retail channels in the US. The Roku XD has a list price of $79.99 and is available at Best Buy […]
Marketers are increasingly spending time, money and creativity to reach their audiences in non-traditional ways. A 24/7 Wall St./Harris Poll on Social Media and Television has found that many Americans are participating in this type of interactions. Among online US adults, two in five say they have gone online or utilised social media to comment, […]
Warner Brothers will offer five additional movies for rent on social networking website Facebook. Warner Bros said the films on offer would be “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” “Inception,” “Life as We Know It” and “Yogi Bear.” Earlier this month, Warner Bros said it would make some […]
The live streaming of the India-South Africa match on ESPNStar.com has broken India’s online streaming record in India, with over 3 million streams delivered to over 1.5 million unique consumers on the match day on 12 March 2011. Through the first 42 matches, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Free Live Streaming has received more than […]
Amino Technologies has secured a follow-on order to provide its hybrid/OTT technology to support Telecom Italia’s deployment of its Cubovision all-in-one multimedia broadband service. Launched in December 2010, Cubovision offers home TV access to a range of digital terrestrial TV channels, leading web TV sources, and pay-per-view films as well as personal content such as […]
Stepping into the year of 2011, the bloom in worldwide OTT market is breaking the traditional situation in TV content delivery, which was once monopolized by broadcaster and telecom operators. Improved policies and standards benefited the development of the whole OTT industry chain, and the industry is more open and rich in different countries and […]
Two of the OTT and DVD service’s most important content providers have changed their distribution agreements with the company, reflecting growing anxiety about the pace of growth at the DVD subscription and movie streaming company. Showtime, the pay-TV service owned by CBS, this said it would remove all of its first-run programming from Netflix’s streaming […]