Italian public broadcaster RAI has signed an agreement with Sony, the first of its type in Italy, for the deployment of Web content within the Bravia Internet Video platform. This will open the doors for the creation of the first Italian “Catch-up TV”, allowing viewers to view a selection of programmes available on RAI’s website […]
Users of the BBC’s iPlayer service are now able to search for shows from a range of other broadcasters and other on-demand content providers. Through metadata-sharing partnerships, users can now find programmes from ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Five, SeeSaw.com and new partner MSN Video Player, directly from the BBC iPlayer website. The initiative comes some […]
ESPN has unit launched authenticated online streaming for a number of its properties with Verizon. The accord follows a far-reaching agreement the parties reached last October for continued carriage of ABC Family, Disney Channel, Disney XD and the 2012 launch of Disney Junior and the online streaming of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Buzzer Beater. […]
eMarketer estimates that in 2011, 68.2 per cent of US Internet users, or 158.1 million people, will be watching video content online each month. By 2015, that figure will increase to 76 per cent of Internet users, or 195.5 million people. In the same period, online video advertising spending will surge from $1.97 billion to […]
In a ‘read my lips’ moment here at Cable Congress, Donagh O’Mally, Head of Partnerships UK, Ireland and Benelux for YouTube, declared: “Google TV is not about cord cutting. Anyone who cancels pay-TV to get Google TV is going to be disappointed.” That promise didn’t entirely convince all members of the following panel on ‘How […]
In a multiplatform world, where the consumer is king, keeping viewers satisfied while finding a way to monetise content is the biggest challenge facing programmers today. That was the verdict from the ‘State of the TV Industry’ panel at the 2011 TV Summit hosted by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation and Variety. […]
Internet TV finally looks ready to live up to its promise, according to the Sector Focus commentary by Turner Investments. Analysts at Turner see it “gaining wider consumer acceptance and commercial scale in this decade.” “Perhaps the biggest thing Internet TV has going for it,” the authors say, “is that it’s part of a technological […]
Video search engine blinkx is teaming up with woomi, the new Connected TV destination from cloud-based video distribution platform Miniweb Technologies. The deal gives audiences worldwide access to blinkx’s index of over 35 million hours of online video through the woomi service. woomi enables device manufacturers to enhance their products with a feature-rich connected TV […]
Nagra and Digital+, the Spanish pay-TV operator, have confirmed the launch of “Digital+ a la carta”, an Over-The-Top VOD and linear TV service powered and secured by Nagra and available to subscribers of the Digital+ satellite service. “Digital+ a la carta” is already available to Digital+ subscribers on a iPLUS hybrid set-top box. It offers […]
Launch of Nagra Over-the-Top solution powering iPLUS set-top box-based on demand services PC/tablet/smartphone on demand and linear TV services to be launched later this year Nagra Multi-screen solution enables operator-controlled delivery of Over-the-Top services and seamless cross-device experience Cheseaux, Switzerland – February 10th, 2011– Nagra, independent provider of value-added content protection and multi-screen television solutions, […]