Global youth brand VICE Media will see major expansion of its mobile offerings to reach hundreds of millions of new mobile subscribers worldwide, including a significant roll-out in the Asia Pacific region. Revealing the initiative at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, VICE Founder and CEO Shane Smith announced a series of deals that represent major inroads […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has suggested that with increasing competition in the online entertainment marketplace, all content consumed will be on the Internet, with Netflix representing a small slice of that. Hastings made his assertion during a keynote session at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in conversation with BBC reporter Francine Stock. “The way that […]
Dolby Laboratories and LG Electronics have announced that the LG G6 smartphone will be the first mobile phone to support Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) technology. Additionally, Netflix, and Amazon will be the first streaming services to deliver content in Dolby Vision to mobile devices around the world. “We are revolutionizing mobile entertainment for […]
Before the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2017, Huawei X Labs and China Mobile Research Institute have jointly released the Mobile Video Report: China Trailblazing Mobile Live Video Market. The Report reveals that the burgeoning social networking combined with the unique monetisation mechanism presented in China helps stimulate the advancement of China’s
IP-based video delivery solutions specialist MobiTV has closed $21 million (€19.91m) in funding from Oak Investment Partners and Ally Corporate Finance. The funding will accelerate the expansion of the MobiTV Connect Platform to enable IP delivery for pay-TV providers. “We’re able to future-proof the service providers’ pay-TV offerings through state-of-the-art features and rich user experiences […]
The unstoppable rise in mobile usage is fuelling video growth, according to a study from AOL, State of the Industry: Mobile Video Report, which shows an explosion in video viewing on mobile devices with mobile ad spend predicted to increase in 2017. The global research of industry and consumer behaviour, conducted in seven markets including […]
Airwavz.tv has launched Quarterback case in the US – a device which turns smartphones and tablets into portable televisions by enabling them to play free broadcast programming. An antenna built into the case receives HD TV signals directly from broadcast towers without needing Wi-Fi or cellular coverage. “While the television spectrum is plentiful, it is […]
By 2021, more members of the global population will be using mobile phones (5.5 billion) than bank accounts (5.4 billion), running water (5.3 billion), or landlines (2.9 billion), according to the 11th annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2016 to 2021). Strong growth in mobile users, smartphones and Internet of Things (IoT) […]
TV and video delivery is likely to become a core capability of next generation 5G wireless services, concludes a report from Strategy Analytics. Recent demonstrations have suggested that 5G will support 1Gbps data throughput rates. Combining 5G with other networking enhancements and technologies would allow operators to support TV-equivalent services which could eat into the […]
By prioritising the delivery of rich visual data, researchers at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) – Singapore’s lead public sector agency that spearheads economic-oriented research to advance scientific discovery and technological innovation – have demonstrated that the quality of streaming video can be vastly improved on even the most crowded wireless networks. […]