NeuLion, an enabler and provider of live and on-demand content to Internet-connected devices, and Coliseum Sports Media has signed a multi-year partnership agreement that provides New Zealand football fans with the first official interactive destination to watch all 380 games of the Barclays Premier League both live and on-demand. Powered by the NeuLion Sports Platform, […]
Bell has announced the launch of the new Bell TV app in Canada that lets customers watch popular channels they receive in their programming package at home on tablet or smartphones at no extra charge. “Bell has invested billions in building next-generation Canadian wireless and fibre networks to execute our commitment to deliver the best […]
Hollywood studios are now in a position to go direct-to-consumer with Over-the-Top services according to research firm IHS Electronics & Media. Guy Bisson, Director of TV, also suggests that HBO is well placed to seed the UK market. According to Bisson, the Hollywood studios could dismantle the UK premium movie channel market by setting up […]
Online entertainment service Netflix and The Weinstein Company (TWC) have agreed a new multi-year licensing deal – described as probably the biggest in Weinstein’s history – that will make Netflix the exclusive US subscription television service for first-run films from TWC beginning in 2016. Starting with its 2016 theatrically released feature films, new TWC and […]
Malaysian OTT service KLfive has launched in beta prior to a full launch in November. The service claims to have over 1,500 hours of content from studios including CBS, NBC Universal, Fremantle Media Enterprises, ITV Studios and many others. The service is available via Connected TV, PCs, tablets, mobile phones and STBs. “Unlike Pay Television […]
Although video consumption has never been stronger than today, global video market revenues slow down because of permanent decrease in physical video distribution revenues according to IDATE, while business models of traditional TV are subject to the pressure of OTT services. IDATE data reveals:
US cablenet Syfy has launched an app allows US users to stream its programming to mobile devices. The Syfy Now app will enable subscribers using iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices to access content the day after its original broadcast on Syfy. Authenticated viewers can stream full episodes of shows including Haven, Defiance and Paranormal […]
Free Internet television provider FilmOn.com has opened its Seattle antenna array, making it the twelfth FilmOn data centre in the USA offering consumers free access to individual antennas over the Internet, which it says enables it to outperform its rival Aereo in coverage, size and price. FilmOn is legally able to offer its full service […]
Internet Media platform blinkx has unveiled an initiative to create original online videos and launch four distinct channels on blinkx.com. The videos, based around common interests and passions of audiences, will leverage blinkx’s AdHoc platform and be complemented by contextually relevant advertising. Catering to influential young women, millennial men, moms and more, each original video […]
Harsh? I don’t think so. Forget everything else, if a provider can’t do better than a voice loop telling you a lie about when the broadband service will be restored, it has no business pretending to be a TV service provider. There are, of course, plenty of question marks over a strategy that sees a […]