More than half (53 per cent) of 16-75-year-olds in the UK use their smartphones while walking – the equivalent of around 22 million people – according to the latest research from Deloitte. For younger consumers aged 16-24, the proportion rises to 74 per cent. Worryingly, more than 4.5 million people (11 per cent of respondents) […]
Sky Sports says it has strengthened its position as the home of English football with a new deal to show live coverage of the EFL – which covers the second, third and fourth tiers of the professional game – until 2024, offering Sky customers more matches and more ways to watch than ever before. The […]
As anticipated, Sky has launched an OTT TV streaming service in Spain, a market where it doesn’t have a DTH presence, offering what it describes as “great entertainment and contract-free viewing” to customers to watch on all their devices. The new service will offer the best of Spanish pay TV channels, TV series and on-demand […]
Opera has released a new version of its most mobile browser app, Opera Mini, for iPhone users. The revamped user interface features a newsfeed on its start page and helps users get the news four times faster than the previous version. An artificial intelligent (AI) news engine is also rolling out to selected countries, bringing […]
IT giant IBM has launched IBM Watson Media, a new suite of AI-powered solutions on the IBM Cloud that analyse images, video, language, sentiment and tone, at the US Open Tennis Championships. By combining IBM Watson with IBM’s video capabilities, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) will be able rapidly to share highlight videos of […]
Social media app Snapchat will add scripted content to its service “before the end of year”. Nick Bell, head of content for the photo-sharing platform, said that the company was not seeking to take-on traditional broadcasters, but rather complement them. “Instead, it can help bolster them,” he said, speaking at the Edinburgh International TV Festival. […]
AT&T is launching the AT&T Primetime tablet, available from August 25th for the multiplay operator’s business and consumer customers to purchase for $10 (€8.47) a month for 20 months with an AT&T Instalment plan, or $29.99 with a two-year contract. This AT&T exclusive tablet is loaded with entertainment and productivity features like such as TV […]
Australia’s free-to-air DTT platform Freeview has launched a new TV campaign, the third in the series starring the popular Freeman family and their neighbours, the Joneses. The first spot, Freemans On The Go, demonstrates how easy it is to watch live and catch up TV wherever you are, on whichever device you choose via a […]
Having revealed in its Full Year results that on a 12-month rolling basis churn was 11.5 per cent, Sky has taken steps to address the problem, with the introduction of Sky VIP, which it describes as the first tenure-based loyalty programme in the TV and Broadband sector. Sky foreshadowed the initiative in its results announcement, […]
Viacom International Media Networks Southern and Western Europe, Africa and Middle East (SWEMEA) Cluster has secured what it describes as a string of important milestones and deals, covering linear, SVoD and multiplatform distribution in Europe and Africa. VIMN launched the MTV Play VoD mobile app in Germany and Austria. SVoD carriers Showmax and iflix will […]