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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Icflix, the MENA streaming service, has formed a strategic partnership with Orange to bring original Icflix productions along with a vast collection of digital content that includes Jazwood (Arabic) blockbuster movies and TV series as well as Hollywood titles and Bollywood classics to Orange Egypt mobile customers. Orange Egypt mobile customers will gain access to […]