Amazon is to combine its Amazon Prime and LOVEFiLM Instant subscription services in the UK beginning February 26th. Amazon Prime offers members unlimited One-Day Delivery on over 7 million items and access to 500,000 Kindle books to borrow. LOVEFiLM Instant includes unlimited streaming of more than 15,000 popular movies and TV episodes. When the two […]
A US District Court in Utah has ruled that Internet TV streaming service Aereo violates copyright law and must cease operation in Utah. Judge Dale A. Kimball also ruled that a current lawsuit filed against Aereo Autumn 2013 by local broadcasters, KTVX Channel 4, KUCW Channel 30, KSTU Channel 13 and KUTV Channel 2, will […]
Telekom Slovenije, Slovenia’s biggest IPTV, ISP and mobile provider, announced its white-label OTT solution for operators and media companies based on its TViN platform. TViN is an all-in-one solution with second screen, live TV, VoD, and cloud storage options, enabling service providers to seamlessly expand their OTT TV service to multiple devices. The platform can […]
With the ever increasing demand for mobile broadband anytime, anywhere, the explosive growth of Over-the-Top (OTT) content has accelerated rapidly with a staggering 352.4 million people expected to pay for access to OTT programming by 2016. As Asian consumers continue to demand easily-accessible entertainment, OTT services such as pay TV are increasingly becoming a necessity […]
The BBC’s iPlayer service has recorded its biggest month to date after receiving 315 million TV and radio programme requests in January. It is the first time the catch-up service has passed the 300 million barrier and is a 16 per cent increase on March 2013’s record 272 million requests. January also saw a record […]
Netflix will pay more this year for content with increasing competition from incumbent pay TV operators and new OTT service operators. “After convincing much of Hollywood to buy into its disruptive business model in 2013, Netflix will find it harder
Belgian telco Belgacom has launched TV Replay, a new, exclusive service which allows Belgacom TV customers to watch programmes up to 36 hours after they’ve been broadcast, on their TV, computer, tablet or smartphone. In the first phase, TV Replay will offer six channels, and on 15 April, seven other channels will be added. Following […]
Xstream, a provider of OTT and TV Everywhere services, has announced that the Danish private equity fund, Capidea, has invested in Xstream and becomes the majority shareholder in the company. In recent years, Xstream has gone through a rapid development and seen huge success with its global expansion strategy, including major international customer wins, partnerships, […]
Skyline Communications, a global player in end-to-end multi-vendor network management solutions, has announced that TV2 Norway, the largest commercial television station in Norway, is leveraging the DataMiner multi-vendor network management platform for the management of its Sumo OTT services, which is being used for permanent channels as well as occasional events such as the Sochi […]
Initial analysis of demand for programmes in season two of Netflix’s House of Cards carried out by network intelligence specialist Procera Networks has revealed a significant increase over season one. In a blog post, Cam Cullen, Vice President of Global Marketing, reported