Mediavision has for the 5th year conducted an in-depth analysis of the Nordic OTT market and the conclusion is that the market is in a quick transformation. On an average day, about one third of the Nordic population is watching streaming video, indicating a yearly growth rate of over 30 per cent. Most of the […]
Mirroring recent findings released by Consumer Reports, customer satisfaction with information services – including subscription TV, Internet, wireless and fixed line telephone, and computer software – has dropped 3.4 per cent to an ACSI score of 68.8 on a 0 to 100 scale, the lowest level in seven years. According to
maxdome, the German online video platform, has selected Unified Streaming, a provider of cross-platform streaming technologies for streaming Widevine Modular encrypted MPEG-DASH to address Google Chrome users. The requirements were straightforward: as Google announced to drop support for the NPAPI standard in Chrome, maxdome was looking for a solution to stream MPEG-DASH with Widevine Modular […]
HBO Now is joining Google Play’s line ups. HBO’s video-streaming service will be available across all Google devices it announced at its annual developers conference in San Francisco. The expansion gives HBO Now easier access to consumers with Android devices, while bringing Google parity with Apple TV, which began offering HBO Now in April. HBO […]
According to US consumer body Consumer Reports’ new telecom service ratings, consumers continued to express dissatisfaction with their TV and Internet providers, giving most poor reviews for value and overall satisfaction. According to the ratings,
Thomson Video Networks has announced that FPT Telecom, one of Vietnam’s top three telcos, has deployed the ViBE VS7000 multi-screen and HEVC encoding system to drive the upcoming release of its IPTV and FPT Play app, the company’s IPTV and OTT video service. The VS7000 system provides a next-generation platform for encoding both IPTV and […]
Les Moonves, the chief executive of CBS, has said that the US TV network will “probably” sign a deal with Apple TV. Apple is reported to be planning a slimmed down package of TV channels and Moonves said that CBS is likely to be included in that service. “We will probably do a deal with […]
Suddenlink and Hulu have formed an agreement that will give Suddenlink customers access to Hulu – the US on-demand streaming service including hit series such as Seinfeld, Empire, South Park, CSI, Nashville and current season programming from NBC, FOX, and ABC. A provider of Internet, TV, and phone services with more than 1.5 million total […]
Catel, the association representing a new breed of locally-focused IPTV operators in Argentina, has deployed Amino devices in the rollout of a second wave of pay-TV services in key cities across the country. Amino secured its first network operator contract in Argentina last year, working with “cooperativas” – locally-focused service providers – to deliver IPTV […]
The tablet computer has established itself as a must-have device in just five years with more than half of UK homes now owning one, up from just 2 per cent in 2011, reports Ofcom. Tablets are proving particularly popular among people aged 35-54 with nearly two thirds of this age group (64 per cent) having […]