In an initiative aimed at delivering content providers and pay-TV service providers a comprehensive advertising and audience data platform that can enable relevant and coordinated advertising campaigns across all devices, BlackArrow, a worldwide provider of TV advertising and data solutions, and Ericsson are partnering to bring advanced advertising capabilities to Ericsson’s solutions for TV Anywhere […]
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report reveals that mobile subscriptions are expected to reach 9.3 billion by 2019, and more than 60 per cent of these – 5.6 billion – will be for smartphones. To support the smartphone user experience, WCDMA/HSPA networks are predicted to cover 90 per cent of the world’s population by 2019. Moreover, […]
Telecom Italia and Sky Italia have reached an agreement that will allow the telco’s mobile and broadband customers to access Sky’s dedicated Winter Olympics channels and watch them on smartphones and tablets over 3G and LTE networks. The two companies have also signed a letter of intent to study the feasibility of a next-generation IPTV […]
DISH Network Corporation has confirmed that its home movie and video game rental services subsidiary, Blockbuster L.L.C., will end its retail and by mail DVD distribution operations by early-January 2014. The company will close its approximately 300 remaining US-based retail stores, as well as its distribution centres. “This is not an easy decision, yet consumer […]
BSkyB has revealed that its Sky 1 travelogue programme The Moaning of Life, featuring television personality Karl Pilkington has become the biggest home-grown show on Sky 1 so far this year, as well as generating record On Demand and Sky Go viewing figures. Writing in the Sky Views blog, Stuart Murphy, Director, Entertainment Channels, notes […]
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, the trade body for the home entertainment industry, has revealed the adoption of new terminology – DIGITAL HD and DIGITAL – to refer to digital versions of filmed entertainment and television content across all consumer communication. The new positioning aims to enhance the value of digital home entertainment offerings and […]
Vuclip, the independent mobile video and media company, has released its third quarter 2013 Global Video Insights. The report shines a spotlight on consumer habits and preferences when it comes to viewing mobile video and the latest trend has emerged. Globally, even in areas where fast network speeds are unavailable, people are showing a high […]
DISH is teaming up with Southwest Airlines to provide travellers with the opportunity to borrow an iPad 2 from its “Watch TV on the Fly” libraries. Building upon the “TV Flies Free” offering, passengers travelling between select cities can now check out an iPad 2 at their departure airport and view live and on-demand TV […]
Nielsen has confirmed to US clients that it will make the software developer kit (SDK) that enables digital device measurement available for implementation in mid-November. “We’ve been working hard to deliver this new SDK and are excited to be able to deliver a single client solution that supports both the linear (TV style) and dynamic […]
A survey of children’s media use in America by kids and family education body Common Sense Media has recorded a dramatic increase in children’s access to mobile media devices in just two years. Among families with children eight and under, there has been a five-fold increase in ownership of tablets (from 8 per cent to […]