A new Juniper Research study of the Mobile TV & Video market has found that by 2017, revenues from streaming and download services on mobile and tablet devices will reach $9.5 billion, up from $4.5 billion this year. This will be as a result of the maturation of the market for streaming subscription services and […]
Following the announcement that digital content ownership ecosystem UltraViolet is set to launch in France and Germany later in the year, a senior executive at Sony, one of its main backers, has suggested its take-up in those territories will be good. Speaking at the Futuresource Entertainment Summit 2013 in London, Magnus Hollo, Managing Director, Sony […]
Sony Pictures Television has announced the availability of the Crackle app for BlackBerry 10 smartphones on the BlackBerry World storefront. Crackle is an ad-funded, video entertainment network that offers hundreds of Hollywood movies, television series and originals for free. Content is uncut and unedited, and programmed from several genres, including action, comedy, crime, anime, horror, […]
Italian pay-TV provider Mediaset Premium has teamed up with MSO Vodafone Italia to launch a joint TV Everywhere solution. Premium Everywhere costs from €39.90 per month and offers a selection of TV content and Italian league football from Mediaset Premium, which can be received on the TV set at home or on tablets, thanks to […]
The Rolling Stones Glastonbury performance on Saturday night has clocked up nearly 700,000 views on the iPlayer according to figures from the BBC. This is almost double the 379,680 who viewed The Arctic Monkeys’ Friday headline performance. Mumford and Sons, who headlined on the Sunday, drew 163,650 requests. The youth appeal of the Arctic Monkeys […]
Nearly one-third of US telco TV households are expected to access multiscreen or TV Everywhere services by the end of 2013, according to ABI Research, with the vast majority already using advanced interactive features such as remote programming a DVR. Cable is close behind as a result of its early lead, but the growth rate […]
The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report reveals an increasingly connected Australian home, with 27 per cent now having access to four screens: television, computer, smartphone an tablet (16 per cent a year ago). The report, which covers the first quarter of calendar 2013, shows media consumption patterns are evolving as households add new technologies. Overall television […]
Mobile visual discovery app, Blippar, has formed a partnership with Formula One driver Max Chilton. Blippar’s logo will be prominently displayed on the nose of Chilton’s Marussia F1 car at this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone and for the rest of the Formula One season. In addition to featuring on the nose of Chilton’s […]
Rentrak has released its initial findings on mobile broadcast television usage. Results from its new Mobile TV Essentials service shows news is the leading genre of content watched from Dyle mobile TV – a new service offering broadcast television on mobile devices in the US. Key findings include: – The average Dyle mobile TV device […]
The UK mobile advertising market is forecast to almost double in 2013 to £1 billion (€1.17bn), as Google, Facebook and Twitter increasingly successfully ride the smartphone, tablet and app wave. It is set to grow by 90 per cent year on year, from £526 million in 2012, according to digital ad spend figures published by […]