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PrimoItalia launches 150 online TV channels in Italy

PrimoItalia has launched what it claims is the biggest Italian Internet TV offer, distributed via connected TVs, computers, Blu-ray players, smart phones and tablets. PrimoItalia provides access to over 150 TV channels from the Streamit TV Internet TV platform, available in HD, with over 3 million unique users per month. Channels aired by the platform […]

May 26, 2011From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Comcast looks to the ‘Cloud’ for better TV experience

A senior Comcast executive has revealed that the cable TV giant is looking to enhance viewers’ personalised TV experience by leveraging its IP technology and ‘cloud’ servers in its network. Writing in a company blog, Sam Schwartz, President, Comcast Converged Products, notes that at any given time, Comcast video customers have access to an almost […]

May 26, 2011By Colin Mann

Audience fragmentation damages entertainment value

Edelman, the global public relations firm, has released findings from its fifth annual Value, Engagement and Trust in the Era of Social Entertainment survey. The 2011 study shows that the value consumers are getting from the Entertainment Industry has fallen by 68 per cent in all areas, and only 17 per cent of all respondents […]

May 26, 2011

blinkx app for Roku

blinkx has confirmed that a blinkx app is now available on Roku, the Internet TV platform. The app can be found in Roku’s Channel Store and allows customers to seamlessly search, discover and watch high quality videos from blinkx’s extensive index of professionally produced content. “Roku recently hit more than 15 million channel downloads, in […]

May 26, 2011

Tvinci powers pay-OTT for Filmotech

Tvinci, the Pay Over-the-Top video platform provider, has revealed that it is powering Filmotech’s Dutch online video portal, Ximon.nl. The recently launched Pay-TV service features an extensive range of content, offering users the ability to view a variety of recent and classic films, documentaries or TV dramas across PC and MAC, with a further expansion […]

May 26, 2011

Catch up powers European OTT

An analysis of Europe’s largest OTT markets by SNL Kagan finds the UK and France leading Europe’s emerging deployments. The analysis – focused on France, Germany, Italy, the UK and Spain – notes an increase in OTT service launches in recent months, driven by broadcaster-led catch-up services that are significantly impacting how content is distributed […]

May 25, 2011

TV viewing migrating away from main TV

DisplaySearch has released its Global TV Replacement Study examining consumer TV replacement cycles around the globe. The report also indicates how TVs are being used by consumers and identifies their alternate means for watching TV content. It finds many consumers are starting to use non-traditional mediums for viewing TV or video programing, mostly via the […]

May 25, 2011

Conax CEO: OTT better opportunity than IPTV

Berit Svendsen, CEO of content protection specialist Conax, has revealed that the company’s strategy is more focused on introducing products to market that support the OTT challenge than specifically serving IPTV as a platform. With a strong client base in satellite, digital terrestrial and cable, Conax only has sister company Telenor Nordic deploying its content […]

May 25, 2011By Colin Mann

US stations ‘overwhelmed’ by multi-platform

A new survey of senior engineers at over 350 US stations has found that many stations are in danger of being overwhelmed by the challenges of their rapidly expanding online and mobile efforts and that stations need to do a better job of deploying workflow and quality control systems to help them better handle their […]

May 25, 2011

More foreign investment for Indian FTH and IPTV

The recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to raise FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) ceiling for DTH, IPTV from 49 per cent to 74 per cent have been “accepted” by the I&B Ministry. The recommendations have been accepted to bring parity between DTH and IPTV operators with other service providers said a Ministry […]

May 25, 2011