Consumers worldwide are embracing myriad new ways to consume digital media content, while appetite for media in its traditional forms seems as robust as ever. With smartphones and tablets becoming ever more popular and technology companies enabling a wealth of new content, consumers worldwide want more media experiences, on more devices which means consumers are […]
Worldwide mobile advertising revenue is forecast to reach $11.4 billion in 2013, up from $9.6 billion in 2012, according to Gartner. Worldwide revenue will reach $24.5 billion in 2016 with mobile advertising revenue creating new opportunities for app developers, ad networks, mobile platform providers, specialty agencies and even communications service providers in certain regions. “The mobile […]
A Virgin Media survey has revealed that 90 per cent of UK consumers won’t change mobile operators just for 4G, with most thinking the service is too expensive. The Internet service provider carried out a survey of 2,000 smartphone subscribers, 1,800 of which answered that they won’t be switching to a 4G mobile operator yet. […]
Canadian cinema chain and online home entertainment retailer Cineplex Entertainment has confirmed that Cineplex Store customers are now able to collect and enjoy digital home video entertainment with digital content ecosystem UltraViolet. Cineplex Entertainment is the first retailer in Canada and the only motion picture exhibitor in the world offering the service. Now in Canada, […]
Samsung has unveiled its new flexible OLED screens, showcasing a variety of possible products and uses. At CES, Brian Berkeley, senior vice president of display, bent a thin plastic screen as he showed a prototype device – currently branded Youm – with a screen wrapping around the side and a message being delivered to the […]
Intel is collaborating with Comcast so that customers can enjoy the Xfinity TV experience on IP set-top boxes, Ultrabook devices, Intel-based all-in-one PCs, tablets and smartphones as well as smart TVs in the home. This experience is made possible by the Intel Puma 6MG-based XG5 multi-screen video gateway. “Working closely with service providers like Comcast […]
Mobile Content Venture (MCV), a joint venture consisting of 12 major broadcast groups that operates the Dyle mobile TV service, has announced that Rentrak has been selected to provide what it claims is the first ever mobile broadcast TV measurement for local markets. MCV will leverage Rentrak’s Mobile Essentials solution in combination with Rentrak’s StationView […]
January 1 will see Vodafone Spain cease distributing its mobile TV services – Vodafone TV and Internet TV, Canal Plus, Canal Plus Liga and VoD downloads, effectively exiting the Spanish mobile TV business. A Government-imposed levy on telcos to financepublic broadcaster RTVE with 0.9 per cent of their annual revenues has led the company to […]
Billionaire media entrepreneur Alki David, who runs the FilmOn Internet streaming service, is among investors providing A$5 million (€3.95m) for Australian TV and movie streaming company Quickflix. The funds will be provided through a convertible loan and bond agreement and used by the company to support its restructuring plans and pursuit of subscriber growth. David […]
TV customers of US cable MSO Cox Communications now have several new options for watching their favourite sports, news, and entertainment programming. The company has made investments in its broadband network and applications to deliver quality content to customers online, on demand, and on TV. Disney/ESPN: As a part of multi-year agreement, Cox TV customers […]