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Analyst: Apple, Google battle for TV spoils

The market for streaming video devices at $99 and below has become increasingly crowded and competitive, according to Paul Erickson, Senior Analyst, IHS Technology. Several years ago, Apple TV stood atop a market that featured Roku as its lone true competitor. Today, the market features a broad span of products including the $25 Chromecast HDMI […]

March 11, 2015

Mobile video 20% of total viewing by 2025

According to research from TDG – TV Gets Personal – Trends in Mobile Video Viewing, 2015-2025 – mobile video viewing on smartphones and tablets will experience strong growth over the next decade (2015-2025), taking share from both legacy TV and PC-based broadband video viewing. By 2025, mobile video will account for

March 5, 2015

App users regularly use 8 apps on mobiles

Parks Associates research released at Mobile World Congress shows app users regularly use nearly 8 apps on their smartphone and nearly 7 apps on their tablet. The average user spends

March 4, 2015

TabletTV enhances features

Pay-TV technology specialist Motive Television has released the first update to TabletTV in the UK, containing new capabilities and improved performance. The new version 2.0 has been submitted to the Apple App Store for review and is expected to be available to TabletTV UK customers in about a week. TabletTV UK 2.0 is available without […]

March 3, 2015

Ericsson: Mobile data dominated by top 5 apps

Findings included in the interim edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report reveal the top five apps in a given country dominate in terms of mobile traffic generated on smart devices. In the countries illustrated in the report – the US, South Korea, and Spain – they account for around two-thirds of all app traffic over […]

February 24, 2015

Hulu introduces Watchlist

US online entertainment streaming service Hulu has unveiled Watchlist, which it describes as a new, easier way to keep track of favourite content on the platform. Writing in the Hulu Blog, Devin Elston Product Manager, says that whether you’re watching great daily shows such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, a guilty pleasure such […]

February 18, 2015By Colin Mann

UK app economy to hit £31bn in 2025

Revenues generated by the growing number of UK app downloads have climbed by almost a third in the past year as the boom in smartphones has led to a huge demand for entertainment and news on the move. According to research by App Annie for the FT, the number of downloads in the UK grew […]

February 17, 2015

70% of Spaniards watch TV via smartphones

More and more Spaniards watch TV through their smartphones, in a country that leads the mobile penetration in Europe at a rate of 81 per cent. A report from Orange Mobile Exposure reveals that

February 11, 2015From David Del Valle in Madrid

Simplestream launches Food Network app

Food lifestyle channel Food Network Food Network UK has partnered with multi-platform live streaming and catch-up TV service specialist Simplestream to develop and launch a bespoke streaming app and it is now available in the App Store and Google Play for both iOS and Android devices, respectively. The app allows viewers to watch Food Network […]

February 11, 2015By Colin Mann