Telekom Austria had reached over 151,000 subscribers for its IPTV service ‘aonTV’ by the end of 2010, up more than 50 per cent from a year ago. Total revenues across all operations and markets for 2010 reached €4.65 billion, down 3.1 per cent year-on-year, while group EBITDA fell 9.1 per cent to €1.6459 billion, due […]
Entertainment broadcasting group Modern Times Group (MTG) is to launch a multi-screen on-demand pay-TV service in Scandinavia in March. The new service – Viaplay – will enable a Viasat subscriber to use a single ID and password to access Viasat pay-TV content on any Internet-connected device. The OTT portable solution is claimed to be the […]
A US District judge has ruled that Internet TV service ivi is breaking the law by offering live streams of network and cable television. ivi, which offers online broadcasts of 55 stations in the Los Angeles, Chicago and New York area for under $5 a month, was ordered to cease operations immediately as a result […]
Cloud-based online video platform Brightcove and LG Electronics have agreed a partnership to expand online video distribution to LG NetCast-based Smart TVs. The partnership enables more than 2,700 Brightcove customers around the world to extend the reach of their online video initiatives to the living room and aims to provide consumers with new levels of […]
Anvato, a specialist in high-end video platform solutions for broadcast media, has added Univision Interactive Media, the digital division of Univision Communications, a media company serving Hispanic America, to its client roster. Univision Interactive Media is incorporating Anvato Media Content Platform (MCP), Anvato’s one-stop-shop integrated video platform that streamlines online and mobile video publishing by […]
Amazon’s TV service has gone live to its ‘prime’ customers who pay $79 a year for free two-day shipping. They can now choose from 5,000 TV shows and movies such as to stream to PCs or connected devices. The move ramps up the battle with Netflix which has a subscriber base of 20 million. Amazon […]
Vladlink is trialling IPTV services in the Russia’s Far East, in preparation for a full commercial launch with its residential customers. The Internet service provider has chosen Netris to provide its iVision middleware for the service, to be branded ‘Vladlink.TV’. There will be over 110 channels available at launch delivered to HD-capable STBs from D-Link. […]
On Demand Group, the global VOD aggregator and subsidiary of SeaChange, and Inview Technology (Inview), have announced an agreement to launch both transactional VOD and subscription VOD services on millions of connected TV sets in major European countries, starting in Italy in the second quarter of this year. Inview’s NEELiX platform is incorporated in millions […]
In 2010, there was a rapid shift toward consumer electronics (CE) devices with networking and web content capabilities. Connected devices are expected to grow exponentially over the next five years. By 2015, In-Stat predicts there will be 1 billion web-enabled, stationary CE devices in operation worldwide. “Smart TVs and Blu-ray players (that support online apps) […]
Canadian Broadcast industry groups have met in Ottawa to plan strategy for dealing with online content providers such as Netflix. Cable companies, broadcasters and union representatives were all represented, said Norm Bolen, the president of the Canadian Media Production Association, which arranged the meeting. The session was about understanding the impact of online services “competing […]