The Secure Content Storage Association (SCSA) – a consortium of companies in the entertainment and storage industries focused on developing technologies to make it easy and secure for consumers to purchase, transfer and view content across multiple electronic devices – has released licensing specifications for the Vidity-branded technology which it says will enable the best […]
Large screen sizes are gaining favor as the Tablet transforms into a productivity device, with shipments growing 185 per cent year-on-year in 2015. According to a Strategy Analytics’ Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies report, Apple’s iPad Pro will join a market that is primed for growth, thanks to the success of Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 and […]
The CE industry reached a milestone in the second quarter with half of US Internet homes now owning a Connected TV device. This includes connected TVs, video game consoles, streaming media players, and Blu-ray Disc players that consumers connected to the Internet allowing them access to apps such as Netflix and Hulu. The total number […]
Streaming of TV shows is replacing traditional summer activities such as reading, cinema trips, board games and dozing in the sun according to a study from Miner & Co. Studio. Nearly 9 in 10 revealed to Miner & Co they are binge-watching and/or plan to binge-watch the shows they’re streaming this summer – and that […]
Findings from Nielsen’s Home Entertainment Consumer Trends report suggest that the type of content US video consumers watch and what content they pay for has shifted over the past few years and their path isn’t always towards digital. In the changing home entertainment landscape, one thing is constant:
TV Everywhere on unmanaged networks and devices is a real challenge for content security. Smart homes and Internet of Things is about to up the ante again – how are security providers preparing for the next era of content and data protection. Advanced Television gathered three top providers in London. [bitsontherun Pu5NGPp4-hLYU43gg]
Digital video viewing is one of the UK’s most widespread digital activities, with almost 60 per cent of the population predicted to watch digital video content via any device at least once per month in 2015, according to eMarketer’s latest forecasts. Unsurprisingly, digital video viewership among the country’s Internet user population is even stronger and […]
Sky Sports customers will be able to watch even more goals this season at no extra cost as part of an exclusive digital partnership with UK daily newpaper The Sun. This season Sky customers who subscribe to Sky Sports will be given access to Sun Goals, with the service delivering goals and match clips from […]
America’s National Football League (NFL) and Twitter have agreed a new multiyear partnership to deliver uniquely-packaged official NFL video and other types of content to fans daily, year-round. Partners since 2013 through the Twitter Amplify programe, NFL and Twitter will offer brands the opportunity to present official NFL content created specifically for the Twitter platform, […]
Strategy Analytics forecasts global mobile data subscriptions on tablets will more than double from 2015 to 2021, reaching over 200 million – according to Strategy Analytics. In the US, three of the four top carriers have grown tablet connections to nearly 10 per cent of their subscriber base – still room for growth as Verizon […]