Telecom Italia and Sky Italia have reached an agreement that will allow the telco’s mobile and broadband customers to access Sky’s dedicated Winter Olympics channels and watch them on smartphones and tablets over 3G and LTE networks. The two companies have also signed a letter of intent to study the feasibility of a next-generation IPTV […]
BCE, Canada’s largest communications company, has reported BCE and Bell results for the third quarter of 2013. Bell Fibe TV saw net customer activations of 72,813, 69.4 per cent higher year over year, as service footprint expands to more than 4 million households; high-speed Internet net activations were at 36,638 – the company’s best quarterly […]
Vuclip, the independent mobile video and media company, has released its third quarter 2013 Global Video Insights. The report shines a spotlight on consumer habits and preferences when it comes to viewing mobile video and the latest trend has emerged. Globally, even in areas where fast network speeds are unavailable, people are showing a high […]
Dyle mobile TV, operated by Mobile Content Venture (MCV), a joint-venture of 12 major broadcast groups, has announced the launch of a major marketing campaign in the US to boost awareness of a new technology that expands opportunities for people to watch TV on the go. Through a number of on-air, digital and live interactive […]
Weve, the UK mobile advertising joint venture firm, has published a study claiming nearly half of all 18-34 year olds use their phones as their ‘first screen’. Forty-six per cent of 18-34 year olds participating in the survey, which surveyed 2,000 18-55+ year olds in total, cited mobile as their “most important screen”, with 28 […]
Consumer electronics specialist Audiovox Electronics has launched Audiovox mobiletv, the first wireless Mobile TV Receiver designed to bring US consumers free live TV to iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Developed by mobile broadcast DTV solutions supplier Siano, the receiver delivers Dyle mobile TV, operated by Mobile Content Venture (MCV), a joint-venture of 12 major […]
A report from Juniper Research has found that by 2017, a quarter of a billion people will use their mobile or tablet device to access adult content, such as videos, images and live cams, up by more than 30 per cent on current usage. The report highlighted that this was attributable to an emphasis on […]
Nielsen is aiming to be able to attribute linear TV viewed on smartphones and tablets to its National TV ratings in the US from September 2014. The approach will provide a single, consistent measure of live programming viewing across both TV and digital for the first time, according to the research and ratings firm. “Networks […]
Canadian telco Bell has welcomed its one millionth subscriber to Bell Mobile TV, the wireless data service that offers on-the-go access to more than 40 channels of live and on-demand sports, news, entertainment and children’s TV programming. “Bell invited consumers to pick a screen and fill it with goodness – and a million Canadians have […]
Content monetisation technology and services specialist FreeWheel has released its Video Monetisation Report – an executive briefing of trends it observed around monetising professional video content for Q2 2013. It hopes the report will provide some insight into best practices and broader trends for how publishers, advertisers, and consumers are all playing a role in […]