Apple and Google will claim a significant part of the German TV business in the next few years, according to a study by Booz & Company. “Until 2015, about 30 per cent of the total revenues in the German TV and video ecosystem will go to competitors from the new media sector,” forecast the experts. […]
Oregan Networks, provider of Internet media browser solutions for Digital TV, has been selected by Telefónica, a major international fixed and mobile telecoms operator, as the supplier of client-side middleware, powering OTT video deployments in Telefónica’s Spanish home market as well as other key geographies of Telefónica’s global footprint. The solution offered by Oregan will […]
Logitech has unveiled Logitech Revue with Google TV, a compact, plug-and-play companion box with its Logitech Keyboard Controller, which together provide control over the Google TV experience and home-entertainment devices. The Logitech Revue was first announced at Google’s conference in May, but few details were available, the device is listed for pre-order on Logitech’s website […]
Hybrid models are best suited to making online video pay, according to panellists at MIPCOM’s ‘Online Video: To Pay Or Not To Pay’ session. According to Spirit Digital Media CEO Peter Cowley, “the hybrid model is fundamental” to the future of online video. Michael Comish CEO of Blinkbox Entertainment, noted that “colossal skill” was needed […]
Identifying the successful “new services,” licensing models, and associated “business models” will require continual trial and error, with no certainty of success says In-Stat. “The decline of retail video disc sales, coupled with on-demand viewing of TV content and the threat of video cord cutting, points to enormous changes ahead for the video entertainment industry,” […]
Google has announced more partnerships and a new website — for its platform for its Internet TV platform. Google TV will launch with several content partners that will have smartphone-like “apps” and optimised websites that will bring added features to the TV. Confirmed partners so far include Netflix, Pandora, Amazon, YouTube, Turner Broadcasting, CNBC, NBA, […]
TeliaSonera International Carrier has revealed that its Media Distribution Service (MDS) has been chosen by Finnish broadcaster YLE to power its new live streaming and catch up services, YLE Areena. Finnish public broadcaster, YLE broadcasts an array of content across its four channels, including international sports events. Through TeliaSonera International Carrier’s Award Winning MDS, viewers […]
A consortium of five technology partners – BeeSmart, Edgeware, NetView, Zenterio and Verimatrix has announced the immediate availability of an advanced WebTV solution; an over the top content delivery mechanism, ideal for TV service providers with an ambition to offer rich TV and on-demand services over unmanaged broadband networks.
YouView, the VOD service born from a partnership between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, TalkTalk, BT, Channel 5 and Arqiva, is strangling investment in rival Internet TV services, according to a report by the corporate finance firm Avista Partners. And Electra Entertainment, a company that provides online TV services to clients including Tesco, has told […]
Sony has unveiled a set-top box that will bring Bravia Internet TV and DLNA media sharing features built into its TVs and Blu-ray players on other makers TVs. The SMP-N100’s content feeds are accessed through Sony’s XMB user interface, which allows users to access the likes of Lovefilm, BBC iPlayer, Demand Five, YouTube, FIFA football […]