UK media company UKTV has launched its TV application UKTV Play on Android. UKTV’s on demand service, which is already available on iOS, PC and YouView, gives viewers easy access to watch their favourite programmes from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channels, whenever and wherever they are. The free UKTV Play app offers a catalogue of hit […]
According to preliminary data, total Tablet shipments reached 78.3 million units in Q4 2014, up 1 per cent from 77.2 million in Q4 2013. Apple further consolidated its global market share, due to anticipated seasonal shipments reaching a 27 per cent share of the Tablet market. The Strategy Analytics Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies (TTS) service […]
The social TV experience takes television viewing one step ahead by allowing users to interact with other viewers while watching a regular broadcast programme. Opening up traditional television to the intriguing world of the Internet, social TV provides a new definition to the concept of socialising over TV, according to a report from GIA. Social […]
Digital video has struggled to take hold in Japan, but is beginning to gain traction, achieving 31 per cent growth in 2014 to reach ¥81 billion ($670 million), according to the latest round of research from Futuresource Consulting. “Japan’s home video market is the second largest on the planet, surpassed only by the USA,” says […]
As the Australian home entertainment market awaits the March 2015 arrival of online entertainment streaming service Netflix to compete with existing players such as Stan, Quickflix and Presto, figures from the Australian Home Entertainment Distributors Association (AHEDA) suggest the sector was worth A$1.115 billion in 2014, down from A$1.202 billion the previous year. Physical revenues […]
Internet video is getting interest from media and marketers, but multiscreen TV is where US consumers commit the bulk of their time, according to report called Get Real: Video Advertising 2015. The report examines the major players in the growing field of video in the US – multiscreen TV, Google/YouTube, AOL, MSN, Yahoo and Facebook […]
UK pay-TV operator Sky is set to add a range of mobile voice and data services to its customer offering for the first time following agreement of a new partnership with Telefónica UK which will see it become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). Under the terms of the multi-year deal, Telefónica UK will give […]
The 2015 Childwise Monitor, an annual report looking at children’s media consumption, shows that the equipment mix is changing. Most children have their own computer or tablet, phone, games console and television – but console, television and to an extent, phone ownership, is falling. Tablet ownership continues to grow, although it’s slowing. The major tablet […]
US broadcast station owner New York Broadband has selected Boeing Satellite Systems International for negotiation of a contract to build a new high-powered L-band satellite that will support mobile multimedia services to China and other Asian markets planned by CMMB Vision of Hong Kong. New York Broadband (NYBB) recently acquired the AsiaStar satellite, located at […]
UK marketing technology company, Rocket Fuel, studied the lift in ad impressions they saw on Christmas day during the ad breaks of the most popular TV shows of the day. The Coronation Street Christmas Day episode was the most popular commercial TV programme of the day with 6.41 million tuning. Rocket Fuel, utilising data provided […]