Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, has been selected by US telecommunications provider Waverly Utilities to supply Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)-enabled IPTV devices and AminoOS software that will allow the Iowa multiservice provider to boost efficiency and deliver an enhanced pay-TV video experience. Waverly said it selected AminoOS powered Kamai 650M […]
The Asia Pacific pay-TV sector is vibrant, with both subscribers (up by 68 million) and revenues (up by $2.35 billion) forecast to rise over the next five years. However, these forecasts are lower than the previous Asia Pacific Pay-TV Forecasts report, mainly due to many cable subscribers in China converting to OTT. Simon Murray, Principal […]
MediaKind is collaborating with Telefonica Brazil to enhance the user experience for more than 350,000 VIVO Fibra subscribers through the integration of the Netflix streaming service into the MediaKind Mediaroom platform’s interactive menu system, which is used as part of the subscriber interface. This software customisation will enable VIVO to evolve its media offering and […]
UK multiplay telco BT has agreed a deal with youth media brand VICE Media to show its lifestyle and entertainment channel, VICE on TV on BT TV and content across the BT Player and the BT TV app. VICE on TV, a youth-oriented lifestyle and entertainment channel, will give BT TV customers access to a […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 2,875,000 net video subscribers in 2018, compared to a pro forma loss of about 1,510,000 subscribers in 2017. The top pay-TV providers account for 89.1 million subscribers – with […]
Anevia, a provider of OTT and IPTV software solutions, has released of the latest version of its Flamingo solution, the software head-end, which now enables hotels, hospitals and enterprises to implement innovative viewing experiences through OTT and virtual channels. Anevia’s Flamingo 4.2, developed using Anevia’s inhouse expertise in OTT, offers a host of new TV […]
A total of 421 national TV channels were available in Italy at the end of 2018, owned by 128 media groups, according to research by Confindustria Radio Televisioni. The figure includes DTT, satellite, time-shifted, HD, 3D, 4K, PPV and so-called temporary channels. Italian media groups own 360 TV channels, of which 129 are distributed via […]
The 2017 revenues of 81 French pay-TV channels dropped by 2 per cent over one year to €2.85 billion, following a 1 per cent decrease the previous year. According to the financial round-up established by French regulatory body CSA, which takes into account the global results from three DTT channels and 78 cable, dish and […]
Australian multiplay telco Telstra has introduced its third-generation Telstra TV which it says is another leap forward for affordable entertainment in Australian homes. Available from February 26th, the new third-generation Telstra TV is described as sleeker and smaller than its predecessors, and comes bundled with a new Wi-Fi voice-enabled remote that can also turn a […]
In 2018, IPTV overtook DTH as the second-largest multichannel platform in the world by subscribers after cable TV, accounting for 23.4 per cent of the total market of 1.07 billion households. Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, estimates that IPTV is projected to post a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of […]