Mediaset’s new Infinity OTT television service has launched using Intertrust’s ExpressPlay DRM platform to protect valuable video content. Mediaset’s Infinity service is built on the tivùon! system, an open platform for the Italian TV market developed by a consortium comprised of Mediaset, Telecom Italia, and RAI. Tivùon! uses the Marlin open standard as its exclusive […]
The FiOS TV app is now available for download on the new Xbox One games console from Microsoft. Xbox Live Gold members as well as FiOS TV and Internet service subscribers can watch up to 74 of the most popular live channels through Xbox One by using the free FiOS TV app. No additional hardware […]
Spain’s largest cable company ONO has launched an Internet TV service, branded ‘ONO TV online’, offering up to 40 TV channels and VoD content. Initially, the service is available on PCs and Apple Mac and iPad devices with plans to launch it on mobile phones and Android tablets in the near future. With this move, […]
Although ‘Selfies’ may be the official new word of 2013, a recent survey conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of Netflix suggests that ‘Binge-Watching’ was a runner up for a reason. Among nearly 1,500 TV streamers (online US adults who stream TV shows at least once a week) the survey found that binge watching […]
Netflix and Sony Pictures Television have revealed that Better Call Saul, the highly-anticipated spin-off of Breaking Bad, will be available exclusively to streaming members in Europe and Latin America shortly after its airing in the US, beginning in 2014. In the US and Canada, the complete first series will be available to Netflix members after […]
Spain’s OTT service TotalChannel has surpassed the 100,000 subscriber mark just three months after its launch. The service offers 12 premium TV channels at cost of €9.99 a month. The company claims that over 80 per cent of its subscribers have access to the service through their main TV screen, via smart TV or through […]
A group of advocacy bodies have filed amicus (friend of the court) briefs requesting the Federal DC Court of Appeals to reconsider a DC District court decision blocking Internet TV streaming service FilmOn. The bodies – Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Engine Advocacy – are critical of the reasoning of US District Court Judge […]
Internet TV streaming service Aereo has filed a brief with the US Supreme Court saying that it will now not oppose an action brought by a range of broadcasters which petitioned the Court to overturn a denied injunction. In a statement, Aereo Founder and CEO Chet Kanojia said: “We have decided to not oppose the […]
Over the nearly five years that have passed since Comcast and Time Warner first introduced the TV Everywhere (TVE) initiative, pay-TV operators have invested many millions to build the network infrastructure and acquire content licences to support the online viewing of live and on-demand TV programming on PCs, tablets and smartphones. They have launched commercial […]
Sky Deutschland is expanding its on demand offering with the launch of Snap. This new online media library offers thousands of titles, from complete season box-sets of award-winning series, popular shows from the HBO library, blockbuster movies and an selection of children’s programmes, including exclusive highlights from the world of Disney. The full range of […]