Adobe: Mobile viewing in decline
Adobe has released its State of Digital Video report, including data from more than four billion TV Everywhere authentications in North America and more than 300 sites and apps. Key findings from
April 25, 2017
Mobile TV
Sprint Spot app rolls out across US
Suggesting they are elevating the mobile entertainment experience with a one-stop destination for on-demand video, games, music and more, live and on-demand video delivery solutions provider MobiTV and communications services company Sprint are launching a new feature-rich content app Sprint Spot, available now for Android users. Sprint Spot allows users to listen to music, play […]
April 25, 2017
PCCW’s Viu mobile OTT has 6m users
Viu, a pan-regional OTT video service by PCCW Media, hits 6 million monthly active users (MAU) across its markets in March this year, representing a 50 per cent growth from 4 million since November 2016. Since launch in October 2015, Viu has been made available in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt […]
April 25, 2017
Sky Italia launches Now TV Mobile service
Sky Italia has launched Now TV Mobile, a service that enables customers to watch TV programmes on smartphones and tablets, including on demand. Subscribers can select from three “tickets” – Cinema (over 500 movies on demand), TV Series (including House of Cards, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead plus boxed sets) and Entertainment (shows, documentaries, […]
April 20, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome
Australia: Average 6.4 screens per home
The Q4 (October-December) 2016 Australian Multi-Screen Report – from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen – continues to document how growing content, platform and screen choices have caused a gradual shift in the way consumers apportion their viewing across devices. Australians are voracious consumers of broadcast TV and other video, and as of Q4 2016 had a dizzying array of options by which to […]
March 29, 2017
Movistar’s pay TV makes mobile the remote control
Telefónica is launching a new multi device functionality that will allow its subscribers to control and manage their pay-TV service through the mobile phone or the tablet. The new service, integrated into the multidevice offer Movistar 360, will become available in the first week of May and enable users to select and send TV content […]
March 28, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid
Starz, Ooredoo launch mobile TV app
Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company (Ooredoo) has launched its iOS and Android compatible mobile TV app, ‘Ooredoo TV Go’, partnering with Starz Play to provide on-demand access to over 6,000 hours of the latest series and blockbuster movies. Johan Buse, Chief Commercial Officer at Ooredoo said: “Everything around us is getting faster and more accessible, with […]
March 27, 2017
Survey: ‘Content anytime’ now a habit
End-to-end OTT TV solutions provider SPB TV’s survey of a sample of 50,000 respondents out of its 60 million-user base digs looking for insights that elucidate viewer preferences highlight a growing demand for the ‘TV catch-up’ feature. Key findings: Content Anytime – Not a Feature, But a Habit The most striking finding of this year […]
March 14, 2017
China: Consumers watching long content on mobiles
A study from the User Experience Strategies (UXS) Service at Strategy Analytics has assessed Chinese mobile video consumers’ behaviours, preferences, and attitudes towards video services. Participants reported spending more time watching videos on smartphones than other connected devices including connected TVs and computers. A strong willingness to pay for video content was also exhibited due […]
March 10, 2017
5G dominates MWC discussion
Platform Communications, the media and technology communications expert, has announced that the inaugural ‘Platform Media Index’ shows press coverage of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 was thoroughly dominated by discussion of ‘next generation networks’, with 5G being the overpowering focus. The newly launched index is designed to assess the main drivers of conversation in bellwether […]
March 8, 2017