Unified Streaming, a provider of cross-platform video streaming technologies was selected by MTV Finland, a commercial TV broadcaster in Finland, to expand the offering of their MTV Katsomo Web TV service. MTV Katsomo is one of the most successful Web TV services in Finland and they are now using Unified Origin for the advanced streaming […]
Chinese authorities have ordered domestic producers of OTT set-top boxes to uninstall illegal third-party applications from their products. The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China has issued a list of 81 such illegal applications meaning that domestic brands such as Tmall, Xiaomi and Huawei will need […]
Nearly one out of every six homes in the Netherlands had a subscription to Netflix in the third quarter, according to research conducted by Telecompaper. This equates into 1.2 million homes and, up from the 1.1 million recorded in the second quarter (which was roughly 1 in 7 homes). About 43% of the subscriptions are […]
Nickelodeon, the kids’ entertainment brand, and OSN, the MENA pay-TV network, are making family entertainment more accessible with the arrival of Nickelodeon Play. The app is available immediately as a free download, but OSN subscribers will have access to exclusive full episodes of Nickelodeon shows. Both English and Arabic content is available on Nickelodeon Play, and OSN subscribers will receive exclusive access to […]
With the recent launch of Netflix in Spain the competition in the OTT market has intensified with Telefonica’s service Yomvi growing significantly, according to the company. In October Yomvi registered over 40 million downloads, double the same period last year. The service has 1 million active subscribers out of the total 4 million of subscribers […]
Competition for control of the living room between Apple, Roku, Google and Amazon is intensifying as each brand looks to establish an advantage over the other through the launch of new innovative device hardware and software. If success is measured on device popularity alone then Google is winning the race according to a Strategy Analytics […]
The Electronic communications and postal regulatory authority (ARCEP) and the General economic council, CGE (Conseil général de l’économie) have published the results of the annual survey on the adoption and use of information and communication technologies in France. Carried out in June 2015
Subscribers to Amazon Prime Instant Video are set to gain access to other on-demand services according to reports. Prime customers will have the option of adding other online subscriptions to their accounts, including established movie and TV channels, and Amazon will also sell prepackaged bundles of its own creation. The new feature could go live […]
Global communications provider Tata Communications has completed another successful proof of concept with Formula One Management during a recent Grand Prix. The new technology test delivered a live trackside feed from the track during the September Singapore Grand Prix to Formula One Management’s Technical HQ in Biggin Hill, UK – with no time lag between […]
According to a survey by RBC Capital Markets, 51 per cent of Americans have watched content on Netflix at least once in the past 12 months. RBC Capital surveyed 1,077 Internet users, more than