Nine more towns just had their mobile data speeds boosted as EE, Britain’s first 4G network, expands its 4G LTE coverage. The nine towns are Amersham, Bolton, Chelmsford, Hemel Hempstead, Southend-on-Sea, Stockport, Sunderland, Sutton Coldfield and Wolverhampton. A total of 27 towns and cities are now covered by EE, the phone network formed from the […]
Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) has announced that, instead of one, it will now organise two frequency auctions, with the first offering 20-year licences for the use of three multiplexes for TV broadcasting, and the second reserved for telecommunications operators with frequencies earmarked for LTE/4G (mobile broadband) services. In a statement, the president of the Italian […]
At the close of 2012, market intelligence firm ABI Research estimates nearly 200 million tablets will have shipped worldwide since 2009 and an additional 1 billion tablets are forecasted to ship over the next 5 years. New research that explores the impact a tablet has on the daily life of a US consumer shows that […]
Pay-OTT platform provider Tvinci has been selected by MediaCorp, Singapore’s leading media company, to power its new cross-device lifestyle service, Toggle. The deployment is Tvinci’s first in the Asia Pacific market as it looks towards expansion in the region. Toggle will be available on PC, iPhone, iPad and connected TV. The service is available to […]
Research In Motion has revealed that the new BlackBerry World storefront for BlackBerry 10 will offer one of the most robust music and video catalogues in mobile. The new BlackBerry World will include an extensive catalogue of songs as well as movies and TV shows, with most movies coming to the store the same day […]
News International, the publisher of The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun, has secured the near-live mobile and Internet rights to 380 Premier League games per season under an exclusive three-year deal. The rights were previously shared by ESPN, the American broadcaster, and Yahoo!, the internet company. Mike Darcey, News International’s chief executive, and […]
Findings from research firm GfK among pay-TV households reveal that their awareness and use of free TV Everywhere (TVE) capabilities from television networks is higher than for similar capabilities that are built into most pay-TV subscription packages. For the new study, TV Everywhere 2012: A How People Use Media Report, GfK screened 1,275 people (ages […]
Video streaming and monetisation platform provider Ooyala has developed a Twitter Video Card solution, in close collaboration with Twitter, that enables Ooyala customers a turnkey method of embedding videos directly into their Twitter streams for instant playback. Previously, users were only able to include a link to a video in Twitter. This approach inserts a […]
UK pay-TV operator Sky is raising the stakes in the ‘TV Everywhere’ market with the launch of a brand new subscription service, Sky Go Extra, which lets customers download the latest blockbuster films from Sky Movies and further content from channels such as Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic to watch when and where they want, […]
Research from Twonky, the connected home experts, shows that over half of the UK (51 per cent) prefer to watch catch-up services on a TV, rather than a smartphone or tablet. Only 19 per cent of people surveyed say that convenience is more important than screen size. The last 12 months has seen a plethora […]