BT has announced details of its new BT TV Ultra HD package, which includes Europe’s very first live sports Ultra HD (4K) channel, BT Sport Ultra HD, and the company’s new BT TV Ultra HD set top box. The new channel will launch with its first live broadcast being the FA Community Shield match at […]
Senior executives at Sky and software-defined video solutions specialist Elemental Technologies have revealed the operational and technological benefits of their working and financial partnership, with the pay-TV operator confirming that it is leveraging Elemental to process and deliver its OTT TV service NOW TV and mobile TV service, Sky Go. In December 2014, Sky made […]
Connected television in Germany and Austria has now passed the threshold into rapid and sustained growth, The total number of SVoD subscriber grew by 46 per cent in the first six months of 2015, according to consulting firm Deadline Media TV. This is without any noticeable cord cutting.The primary challenge of OTT TV is to […]
Synacor, the technology development, multiplatform services and revenue partner for video, Internet and communications providers, and device manufacturers, have announced a strategic partnership with Siemens Convergence Creators, a provider of advanced OTT solutions and a business of the Global Fortune 100 Company; and EveMeta, a specialist in high quality, low bandwidth video solutions. The new partnership with Siemens […]
Entone, a global provider of Cloud TV and Connected Home solutions, has announced that Horry Telephone Cooperative (HTC) has selected its Engage hosted service assurance platform to support their hybrid IPTV services. Engage is Entone’s multi-device (IoT) service assurance solution that provides premium support and management tools to ensure an optimised consumer experience. For over […]
Vodafone and Orange are seeking deals with Netflix – which is set to launch in Spain in October – to stop the expansion of Telefónica’s Movistar Plus, their main rival. Their strategy is reaching distribution agreements and alliances with the US streaming service to offer their clients good series and films. Vodafone and Orange claim […]
Vodafone and Orange, Telefónica’s main multi-play rivals, have taken the acquisition by Telefónica of Canal Plus to Spain’s National Court (Audiencia Nacional), demanding tougher limits on the operation to guarantee free competition in the TV content market. Vodafone and Orange claim that they should be entitled to have access to 75 per cent of premium […]
Telco TV specialist Netgem has secured a major content upgrade to its Internet TV platform with the addition of online entertainment streaming service Netflix. The new service is already available in Finland with Elisa TV, and Totalplay in Mexico, for an initial reach of over 400,000 subscribers. The Netgem TV service integrates broadcast TV with […]
The burgeoning interest in on-demand streaming video, driven by new OTT service offerings such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video, together with the rapid proliferation of Internet-enabled devices, is one of the major market trends of the moment. This, however, puts an enormous strain on in-home networks which can struggle to cope with the […]
Singapore Telecom is adding 18 TV channels to its IPTV-based pay-TV bouquet, with Discovery Networks taking the lion’s share of the new channels. SingTel TV currently offers more than 190 channels serving its multi-national population. The new broadcasts add in Discovery’s Animal Planet, Discovery, Discovery HD World, Science, DMAX, Eve and TLC. Other new channels […]