Open IPTV platform YouView has revealed that Sir Charles Dunstone is to be its interim chairman following the resignation of Lord Alan Sugar. As Chairman of TalkTalk Group, Sir Charles has been involved with YouView since TalkTalk became a shareholder in 2009. YouView says it will now begin a search for a permanent non-executive chairman. […]
Revenues from mobile content, monetised through direct carrier billing, is expected to rise from $2 billion last year to more than $13 billion by 2017, according to a report from Juniper Research. The report observed that operator storefronts and portals now accounted for just 6 per cent of content downloads worldwide, with Google Play and […]
Michael Comish, CEO of Tesco-owned UK entertainment streaming service blinkbox, has written an open letter to Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer of Netflix, questioning the latter’s claim to the exclusive availability of popular movie The Hunger Games in the UK and Ireland. In a press release on March 1st, Netflix had claimed the title would […]
Big increases in mobile and tablet use helped drive BBC iPlayer to a record-breaking January, according to the latest statistics released by the BBC. There were 272 million iPlayer requests in January, up 26 per cent on the previous month. TV requests passed the 200 million mark for the first time. There were 37 million […]
Meida mogul Alki David has announced that 500 new channels have been launched by FilmOn.com – which he claims makes it the world’s largest free provider of Internet television. Speaking in London as he unveiled major licensing deals with premium content publishers such Disney, ESPN and Fox, David said: “Whether you’re interested in news and […]
Things were already bad at YouView, the UK’s struggling on-demand TV service, but there was complete meltdown on February 28th when the operation’s Chairman, Lord Alan Sugar (who fronts the UK’s version of The Apprentice reality TV show) and the owner of Channel 5, Richard Desmond reportedly came to near fisticuffs during a regular board […]
thePlatform, the white-label video publishing company, been selected to provide the back-end video management for Astral Television Networks’ newly launched The Movie Network GO, HBO GO Canada and TMN Encore GO streaming service in Eastern Canada. TMN GO will use thePlatform’s “TV Everywhere” (TVE) solution to enable subscribers to catch-up and watch more of their […]
Sandvine, a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, has revealed that audio and video streaming account for 28 per cent of roaming data as observed on a tier-1 European mobile network. Given the growing popularity of streamed sporting events such as the 2012 Olympics, Sandvine predicts World Cup 2014 in […]
Ooyala, the video streaming, analytics and monetisation platform provider, has released its Global Video Index: 2012 Year in Review, offering key insights into how viewers watch video online around the world. The Video Index affirms that consumer video viewing is shifting online and explains why content providers are experimenting with new types of premium content […]
Dailymotion is streaming Paris Saint-Germain vs Olympique de Marseille in the French Cup live on February 27th – in what is expected to be David Beckham’s first start for his new team following a 15 minute substitute appearance last week. The game kicks off at 20:50 and is free to watch online for viewers watching […]