Al Jazeera is launching new Arabic digital news monthly magazines for iPads. The video compendiums will contain the best content from Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera Documentary channels, as well as analytical features. Moeed Ahmad, head of new media at Al Jazeera said: “We are delighted to officially launch the world’s first ever Arabic […]
Comparing Q4 2011 to Q3 2011 across one of the world’s largest online video footprints, Google TV viewing grew 91 per cent and video plays on tablets, smartphones and connected TVs nearly doubled, according to findings from digital video technology, analytics and services provider Ooyala’s Q4 2011 Video Index report, which reveals insights into video […]
NXP Software has integrated Verimatrix ViewRight Web client security into the Android version of its LifeVibes QuickPlayer. ViewRight Web is a component of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS), and its integration into QuickPlayer enables enhanced security for adaptive streaming content delivery on Android phones and tablets. This opens the door to new revenue […]
According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2011 to 2016, worldwide mobile data traffic will increase 18-fold over the next five years, reaching 10.8 exabytes per month – or an annual run rate of 130 exabytes – by 2016. The expected sharp increase in mobile traffic results from, […]
The US Justice Department and the European Commission have approved Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. The acquisition gives Google a foothold in the mobile phone industry and could boost its Android mobile operating system. Google also gains access to Motorola’s trove of patents, which it can use to fend off lawsuits from Apple […]
QuickPlay Media, a provider of managed solutions for the distribution of premium video to IP-connected devices, is powering myTV – the first mobile TV service from Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). TVB is one of the largest producers of Chinese programming in the world. The advertising-supported service, launched in early November, is using QuickPlay Media’s integrated […]
Samsung’s reworked tablet PC is not a copycat version of the iPad, a German court said. Samsung changed the design of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the German market — naming it Galaxy Tab 10.1N — to get around a sales ban imposed by a court in September. Apple challenged the new version but has […]
Following the ‘wait-and-see’ approach to the UltraViolet digital film ownership initiative suggested by Disney CEO Bob Iger when discussing his company’s Q1 results, his Time Warner counterpart Jeff Bewkes has offered a much more positive assessment, suggesting that the company wouldn’t be against releasing UltraViolet titles earlier into the retail chain, provided there were safeguards […]
Amazon.com has agreed a licensing deal with Viacom that will allow Amazon Prime members in the US instantly to stream TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo. The deal will bring the total number of Prime Instant Videos to more than 15,000. Amazon Prime members can enjoy […]
Although the majority of Hollywood studios back UltraViolet, the technology that bridges a single piece of content to a variety of devices, The Walt Disney Co. has so far remained aloof, concentrating instead on its own online locker – KeyChest – but it has been slow to roll it out. Asked during an earnings call […]