Cloud video specialist Vidmind has capitalised on the investment of $30 million from Russian retail group Trellas, by going live through digital TV platform TVzor. TVzor is using the Vidmind cloud-based, hybrid OTT/DTT platform as the foundation for a new ‘primary’ TV service in Russia. Trellas says it is also committed to a follow-on investment […]
Charlie Ergen’s DISH Network DTH pay-TV operation will offer an OTT service later this year using Disney-owned networks. Ergen told analysts on his Q2 results conference call that the service would appeal to college kids living away from home and young people who do not live at the same place al the time. Ergen said […]
Online movie service FlixFling has signed a distribution deal with Warner Bros Home Entertainment for the studio’s new-release and catalogue EST titles with cloud-based content ownership ecosystem UltraViolet compatibility. FlixFling will add an extensive range of Warner movies and TV titles, including The Lego Movie, Man of Steel, Pacific Rim and the Harry Potter series. […]
Smart applications and more interaction with the TV, both with different devices and for better navigation without a cumbersome TV remote, are priorities for consumers’ next TV purchase in the UK and US. A study from the Digital Home Observatory (DHO) at Strategy Analytics
The overall US video entertainment market (subscription pay-TV, box office, packaged home video, Pay-TV VoD and paid-for online video) continues to grow in low single digits, reaching $120 billion in 2013 – a 2 per cent increase on 2012 – and is on track to peak at $123 billion in 2015, according to the latest […]
Apple TV sales growth have slowed significantly this year, down to a 12 per cent annual growth rate at an estimated 1.9 million units sold in Q2 2014, according to a Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices (CHD) service report. Other key findings from the report include:
HBO is planning to expand its online service to countries where it doesn’t see much in the way of sales through traditional cable subscriptions. The premium cable network, which has offered itself via the Web in Nordic nations since 2012, is considering a similar option for countries such as Japan and Turkey that have healthy […]
Amazon has announced that Fire TV’s app selection has more than doubled, with hundreds of services and games added since launch, including the official Flappy Birds Family—currently a Fire TV exclusive game. New services include WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney Jr, MLB.TV, Animal Planet L!ve, and WWE Network, and more are already on the way—by […]
Pay-TV cord-cutting is now an undeniable phenomenon in a large number of European markets as 12 countries witnessed a decline in overall pay TV uptake in the first quarter of 2014, according to IHS Technology’s latest European pay-TV Update. Six of these markets are seeing their second quarter of decline, suggesting a sustained softening of […]
June saw 260 million requests to BBC iPlayer, up nine per cent on the same time last year. Live viewing also increased across TV and radio last month as audiences turned to BBC iPlayer to keep up to date with sporting action from the World Cup, Test Cricket and Wimbledon. On TV, the Brazil v […]