When too many channels are combined with the inability to find something to watch, a better experience is needed. A white paper released by Digitalsmiths, entitled The War Between OTT and Pay-TV, discusses how and why OTT experiences are more enticing than Pay-TV experiences. Because many OTT streaming services are largely carousel-driven, Digitalsmiths added a […]
Rovi has entered into an entertainment discovery patent licence agreement with LG Uplus Corporation (LG U+), a South Korean cellular carrier owned by the LG Group, Korea’s fourth largest conglomerate and parent company of the consumer electronics giant. This licence agreement provides LG U+ with access to Rovi’s patent portfolio. LG U+ provides real-time live […]
Everyflix has launched in the UK, claiming to be the first streaming TV and movie aggregator which sends personalised alerts based on what users like to watch. Everyflix viewers can easily find streaming movies and TV shows available via UK TV providers. Extensive filtering saves viewers’ time to find exactly what they like to watch, […]
As Netflix ramps up its global roll-out, adding 130 countries in January, the company says it wanted its service to work well everywhere in the world, and that meant solving many complex technical problems with a global approach. In a company Blog, Research Engineers at the Internet entertainment streaming firm note that the personalised recommendations […]
According to consultancy service The Diffusion Group, US multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) will rapidly move to make recommendation-based programme guides the centrepiece of their updated TV interfaces. Within the next decade, the use of these recommendation-driven guides will flourish, ultimately driving 75 per cent of all TV viewing, according to TDG’s report, Recommendation Revolution […]
Without making specific allegations, the Future of TV Coalition – a diverse group of US programmers, content creators, civic groups and television providers formed to celebrate and promote the thriving innovation that is revolutionising the video viewing experience – has intimated that Google may well have had advanced warning of the FCC’s plans to introduce […]
Michael Powell, President and CEO of US trade body the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and a former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission himself, has hit out at plans by current incumbent Tom Wheeler to introduce regulation that he says would pave the way for software, devices and other innovative solutions to compete […]
Rovi and Intellectual Ventures (IV) are collaborating to bring together their media and entertainment patent portfolios under a unified, comprehensive licensing programme to focus on OTT offerings. Under the new agreement, Rovi will serve as the exclusive partner for IV, licensing the companies’ combined patent portfolio exclusively to OTT customers. This alliance builds a combined […]
Sky’s OTT TV streaming service NOW TV is to launch what it says is its most advanced TV box later this year. The brand new NOW TV Smart Box will bring together NOW TV’s wide range of pay TV content and over 60 live free-to-air channels. The addition of digital terrestrial television services pitches the […]
As well as confirming its role in developing what Sky’s OTT streaming service NOW TV is describing as its ‘most advanced’ box yet, streaming platform specialist Roku has revealed that it is developing a hybrid set-top box that will be available for production by Roku Powered partners later this year. The new Roku Powered hybrid […]