TiVo has released the 19th edition of its quarterly Video Trends Report, covering key topics across pay-TV, OTT, TV network apps, streaming devices, smart home devices, and content discovery. Based on a survey of over 3,000 consumers, the report illuminates many insights, including: 1. The Future of Pay-TV According to Consumers – As the video […]
The BBC has launched its first full voice app for voice-controlled smart speakers, an Amazon Alexa skill for Echo devices, with other smart speakers coming in future. It brings the BBC’s full range of live radio stations – including all local, national and international radio – to Echo and Alexa users for the first time, […]
A Parks Associates report finds that makers of smart TVs and streaming media players (SMPs) are shifting strategies to focus on the user experience (UX) as device sales start to flatten out. According to Parks Associates’ Market Snapshot – Smart TVs & the User Experience, 45 per cent of US broadband households have a smart […]
UKTV has become the first UK broadcaster to make its on demand programming easy to find through voice-enabled search on Amazon Fire TV. Viewers can find shows by speaking into their Fire TV Stick with Alexa voice remote or the new Amazon Fire TV. Once they’ve found what they’re looking for, viewers will be taken […]
TiVo has announced that Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM), one of Japan’s largest cable television operators, has signed a multi-year licence renewal for TiVo’s G-Guide and IP across Japan. The licence agreement, which covers J:COM’s VoD services for cable TV subscribers, has now been expanded to cover OTT subscribers on mobile devices and PCs. This enables J:COM […]
Fresh from a successful IPO, streaming platform and device specialist Roku has announced five new streaming players which it says will give people who enjoy TV better ways to connect to the streaming entertainment they love. The new line-up includes a range of player models that Roku says offer better performance, improved wireless reception, new […]
Conax has pre-integrated TiVo’s Cubi Solutions for its new Conax Arena flexible multiscreen hub. Conax, a provider of content and service protection for digital entertainment services, has developed the Conax Arena multiscreen hub to provide operators with the ability to deploy a flexible, pre-integrated solution that encompasses all of the key components needed to launch […]
OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions provider Viaccess-Orca, has announced its latest partnership with yes, Israel’s leading pay-TV provider. Through the new agreement, yes has chosen the Viaccess-Orca COMPASS content discovery platform to build new levels of personalisation into its SVoD and TVoD services, and offer subscribers tailored content recommendations. Viaccess-Orca’s […]
ThinkAnalytics, the TV search and recommendations engine for pay-TV and OTT, has announced record results for the financial year ending June 30th 2017, with turnover up 25 per cent and profits up 30 per cent year on year. Business highlights include successful launches with Astro (Astro Go and NJOI), CenturyLink, PCCW, Vodafone Kabel Deutschland and […]
Ericsson has signed a global metadata distribution agreement with IMDb, the world’s most popular source for movie, TV and celebrity content. Ericsson will integrate IMDb’s metadata, including ratings and rankings, into its content discovery ecosystem and will become the reseller and integrator of these data sources to service providers worldwide. Steve Nylund, Head of Broadcast […]