Canadian quad-play operator Videotron has unveiled a completely revamped and transformed version of its illico app for the iPad which it claims will change how users access television programming. The operator says the timing of its release on Videotron’s 50th anniversary is particularly apt: 50 years of innovation that have made Videotron the Québec leader […]
Research commissioned by Openwave Mobility, across UK, Spain and Germany has revealed that 1 in 3 British consumers who would like to watch the Brazilian World Cup on a mobile device are put off by poor mobile video quality and fears of ‘bill shock’ from their operators. The dissatisfaction with
Spain’s Mediaset and Integración Transmedia, a subsidiary of Publiespaña, have launched MIOtv, a mobile app through which viewers can interact with live content and adverts on Mediaset’s platforms. Currently only available for Android, but with plans to launch an IOS version, the app was co-designed by Taptap Networks and aims to increase the impact of […]
Vodafone is to launch an exclusive mobile promotional partnership with Internet television network Netflix. The agreement will give Vodafone Red 4G customers in the UK the opportunity to access, via their smartphones, tablets or other devices, a wide variety of movies and TV box sets, including original series, for a period of six months. The […]
FreeWheel has published its video monetisation report for Q1 2014 which has identified a huge shift in
TIMvision, Telecom Italia’s on-demand TV, will broadcast the 2014 FIFA World Cup on smartphones and tablets. The initiative, which is part of the agreement signed last November by Telecom Italia and Sky, will allow TIM customers, whether or not they subscribe to the satellite platform, to watch all 64 matches of the World Cup on […]
Penthera, a provider of intelligent mobile video software solutions for TV networks and content distributors, has received three additional key patents, adding to its extensive portfolio of intellectual property. The patents address advertising on mobile devices, background downloading and monitoring, and managing downloads on mobile devices. The company’s Cache&Carry software enables smartphone and tablet users […]
upc cablecom, Switzerland’s largest provider of TV and super-fast Internet, has tested its new mobile services and the associated processes successfully together with customers and employees in recent months. Since it is a new product for the company, upc cablecom has decided to launch its mobile offer gradually. The launch will complete upc cablecom’s product […]
Technology and solutions development organisation, the Alliance for Telecommunications Solutions (ATIS) ATIS has released a new standard, Multicast Delivery of Content to Mobile End User Devices (ATIS-0200011), which provides a key protocol by which content from multicast streams can be delivered to mobile end-user devices. The standard extends previous ATIS work on multicast-based content delivery […]
Findings from research led by Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange (Ipsos OTX) polling 15,551 adults in 20 countries suggests that most (86 per cent ) global respondents who watch TV indicate they usually watch TV programming ‘live, although other popular modes of watching are catching on such as