Sony has revealed the security breach on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity networks has probably resulted in the theft of all 70 million worldwide subscribers’ personal details, including addresses, credit card details and passwords. Sony has sent an email to PSN members – and the handful of Qriocity subs – warning they may now be […]
The world online movies market is forecast to reach $4.44 billion by the year 2017, according to new report by Global Industry Analysts (GIA). Growth in the post recession period will be driven by continued penetration of broadband Internet, rising consumer spending on digital rentals, and introduction of advanced 3D to home markets. The report […]
Access CO, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has announced that following a successful trial, Logiways, the French VOD, conditional access and TV middleware specialist, has selected Access’ solutions including NetFront Browser DTV Profile HbbTV Edition, NetFront Widgets and NetFront Living Connect 2.0 DLNA (Digital Living […]
Googles’s YouTube is about to launch a pay VoD service streaming mainstream movies to compete with iTunes. The service could start as early as next week according to Hollywood insider newsletter The Wrap. Major studios including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Brothers and Universal have made deals for the new service, as have independent studios, including […]
IMS Research goes against the grain on OTT and cord cutting for cable MSOs. It is forecasting that digital cable TV subscribers in the US will increase by 7.8 million from the end of 2010 to the end of 2015, even as the platform as a whole is forecast to drop by 2.75 million subscribers […]
Overall, nearly 20 per cent of all TVs shipped in 2010 featured connected TV capabilities and according to the DisplaySearch latest Quarterly TV Design and Features Report, the connected TV category is forecast to grow to over 123 million shipments in 2014 (at a 30 per cent compound annual growth rate). Emerging markets will also […]
Netflix added more than three million subs to its DVD delivery and film streaming service and promised more exclusive content deals as it reported a doubling of first-quarter profits. The additions mean the company has drawn level with Comcast, the largest cable television operator, with 23.6 million subscribers to its video service. And it is […]
Yahoo has bought IntoNow, a start-up that enables users to identify and share television programmes with their online friends. IntoNow, which is led by Adam Cahan, a former executive with Google and MTV, works with an app on a user’s phone which scans the audio waves from TV sets and identifies the programmes being aired. […]
The PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services are starting a sixth day ‘off air’ as the company seeks to bolster its security defences following an “external intrusion” of its systems, the company said. Sony initially turned off both its PlayStation 3 gaming and Qriocity music and video services in the evening last Wednesday “to conduct […]
The emergence of over-the-top (OTT) television platforms will not result in a widespread increase in cable subscription cancellations (i.e. cutting the cord), and will not affect the credit ratings of the US content providers, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch estimates that only 10 per cent to 20 per cent of the overall US population is […]