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Turkcell, Ericsson live mobile HD broadcast

Ericsson and Turkcell, have delivered an immersive live streaming mobile experience over LTE Broadcast in Turkey. This took place during a derby between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray Odeabank, two of Istanbul’s biggest basketball teams. This demonstration was part of Turkcell’s deployment of Ericsson’s LTE Broadcast solution and highlighted the strength of the solution to power HD […]

May 17, 2016

Netgem’s Telco-grade mobile TV

Sylvain Thevenot, tells us about Netgem’s first visit to Mobile World Congress to demonstrate its mobile TV solution. For twenty years Netgem has stayed at the forefront of TV developments and now offers a complete converged services platform for telcos, ISPs and mobile operators. [bitsontherun mV6rrEYy-ni7dlelE]

April 11, 2016

Phones, tablets the go-to devices for downloads

Findings from Limelight Networks annual State of Digital Downloads report – which studies consumer perceptions and behaviours around digital content – suggest that nearly half (45 per cent) of consumers are more likely to download digital content of all types than they were a year ago. And the devices to which they are saving movies, […]

April 8, 2016

YipTV joins T-Mobile’s Binge On

YipTV has joined T-Mobile’s “Un-carrier” based Binge On platform making it possible for T-Mobile customers in the US (on qualifying plans) to watch more than 100 international and domestic live television channels without eating up their high-speed data each month. YipTV is an OTT mobile cable service that brings live-channel broadcasts of sports, news and […]

April 6, 2016

TV viewers increasingly using alternative screens

TV viewers worldwide are increasingly watching programmes on other screens according to research from Eurodata TV Worldwide. For example – in Canada, 60 per cent of 18 to 34 year olds watched a full TV programme online last month; In France, 6 per cent of web users aged 15 and over are watching TV programmes […]

April 5, 2016Colin Mann @ MIPTV

Vivendi’s STUDIO+ offers premium mobile content

Recognising the growth in mobile phone ownership and viewing, and the scarcity of quality scripted content in increasingly popular short form episodes, Vivendi is launching STUDIO+, which it claims is the first global premium series offer for mobile screens. STUDIO+ will produce exclusive premium series created specifically for smartphones and tablets and a dedicated App […]

April 5, 2016Colin Mann @ MIPTV

26% of Kiwis watch TV on other devices

While New Zealanders increasingly use mobile devices to watch video content, 3.2 million New Zealanders aged 10+ (84 per cent) are viewing over 23 hours of broadcast TV through their TV sets across a week. In comparison, online New Zealanders spend 15 hours per week using the Internet. The latest New Zealand Multi-Screen Report by […]

April 1, 2016

81% US smartphone owners stream video

Eighty-one per cent of all US smartphone users now stream video on their devices, according to data from The NPD Group’s Connected Intelligence Smartphone and Tablet Usage Report. This usage is being driven primarily by users who are 25 and younger, who spend twice as much time watching video content on YouTube and Netflix mobile […]

March 22, 2016

Portable devices now 46% of all online viewing

Ooyala has released its Q4 2015 Global Video Index, showing the total number of programmatic transactions increased 160 per cent since Q3 2015. Further, the report highlights video consumption trends throughout Asia-Pacific (APAC), as five of the 15 APAC countries analysed in the report usurp the global average of mobile video viewing, specifically on tablets. […]

March 15, 2016

Japan: Mobile TV viewing booms

Japan’s already mobile-centric consumers increasingly prefer mobile devices over other digital means to watch TV and subscription digital services. According to study by Nielsen NetRatings Japan, the country had 5.32 million smartphone viewers of VoD content in November 2015. This is in comparison to just 1.39 million Japanese viewers who watched such content via desktop […]

March 11, 2016