Sandvine, a provider of broadband network solutions, has released its Internet traffic trends report based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 200-plus service provider customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and Asia-Pacific. “We predict from this data that 2013 will be the year long-form video will make […]
MobiTV, a specialist in enabling delivery of live and on-demand TV everywhere, has elevated Vice President of Technology Cedric Fernandes to chief technology officer. Over the past eight years, Fernandes has been one of the company’s key technologists helping to drive innovation in the delivery of media to all connected screens. Most recently, in his […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the industry association for digital TV in the UK, has published the first status update of the government-backed Future of Innovation in Television Technology (FITT) Taskforce. Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP announced the publication of the update in his keynote speech to delegates at the […]
Indian Premier League cricket has gripped mobile audiences in the country, with viewers consuming more than 900,000 hours of video feed averaging at over 42,000 hours daily. According to statistics by mobile TV service nexGTv, the most sought VoD content are the highlights of matches and interesting moments of the T20 cricketing extravaganza, since it […]
Adobe has released a broad set of industry data and insights about online video and ad consumption. Key findings in the Digital Index report show that TV Everywhere adoption increased 12-fold; mobile video viewing grew by 300 per cent; Facebook users are seeing twice the level of engagement with video over non-video content; and pre-roll […]
Big increases in mobile and tablet use helped drive BBC iPlayer to a record-breaking January, according to the latest statistics released by the BBC. There were 272 million iPlayer requests in January, up 26 per cent on the previous month. TV requests passed the 200 million mark for the first time. There were 37 million […]
Sandvine, a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, has revealed that audio and video streaming account for 28 per cent of roaming data as observed on a tier-1 European mobile network. Given the growing popularity of streamed sporting events such as the 2012 Olympics, Sandvine predicts World Cup 2014 in […]
Vodafone will launch new services including pay TV, CEO Vittorio Colao has told the Mobile World Congress. Colao confirmed Vodafone would launch ‘unified’ service packages and said he was looking at a number of acquisition targets. Colao’s comments come as it was confirmed the mobile giant had hired Sachs to advise on a possible €10 […]
Ooyala, the video streaming, analytics and monetisation platform provider, has released its Global Video Index: 2012 Year in Review, offering key insights into how viewers watch video online around the world. The Video Index affirms that consumer video viewing is shifting online and explains why content providers are experimenting with new types of premium content […]
VisionChina Media, one of China’s largest out-of-home digital television advertising networks, has been appointed as the exclusive mobile TV strategic partner of the Chinese Football Association Super League (CSL) and has signed a five-year term strategic cooperation agreement. Later this year, VisionChina Media will team with China Central Television (CCTV) and SINA to deliver comprehensive […]