Alki David, CEO of Internet TV platform FilmOn.com, is claiming the service has delivered another ‘killer blow’ to its rivals through a series of landmark deals with a national broadcasters. The latest content-sharing deal will see the FilmOn.com platform deliver programming from the highly-respected France 24 news channel. Under the new agreement, FilmOn.com users will […]
The BBC has released iPlayer performance figures for August 2013: The online catch-up service recorded 234 million requests in August, up up 19 per cent on this time last year. Mobile and tablet requests made up 32 per cent of total BBC iPlayer requests – equalling the record set in June this year August saw […]
A report from Juniper Research has found that by 2017, a quarter of a billion people will use their mobile or tablet device to access adult content, such as videos, images and live cams, up by more than 30 per cent on current usage. The report highlighted that this was attributable to an emphasis on […]
Streaming media pioneer RealNetworks has launched RealPlayer Cloud, which it describes as the first integrated video player and cloud service. RealPlayer Cloud allows people to seamlessly move, watch, save, and share their videos across any device. RealPlayer Cloud automatically transforms video formats in the cloud to give viewers the highest quality experience possible, no matter […]
Sky has added E4 and Film4 live channels to its Sky Go service. The stations follow Channel 4 and More4 onto the online TV platform and take its number of live channels available to 49. The satellite broadcaster is currently running a promotion that enables Sky Go subscribers to upgrade to Sky Go Extra, which […]
Verizon is offering TV Everywhere capabilities for its FiOS TV customers via an enhanced FiOS Mobile App, which enables Verizon FiOS TV customers to watch live linear content as well as video on demand while away from home. The FiOS Mobile App offers access to popular television shows and movies via select iOS and Android […]
Nielsen is aiming to be able to attribute linear TV viewed on smartphones and tablets to its National TV ratings in the US from September 2014. The approach will provide a single, consistent measure of live programming viewing across both TV and digital for the first time, according to the research and ratings firm. “Networks […]
The number of consumers ‘cutting the cord’ from cable TV for Internet video remains low and live programming is still a huge viewer draw, according to a new annual survey of consumer viewing habits from Altman Vilandrie & Company. However, cable’s ‘TV Everywhere’ initiatives to bring content to mobile devices, have low awareness, and cable […]
From November, users will be able to download videos to watch later using the YouTube app on mobile devices. Other video apps like the BBC’s iPlayer already lets users download videos to watch later, which auto-delete in time. On its Creators blog, YouTube says users will be able to watch videos they’ve downloaded as long […]
Second screen stats for usage while watching a TV show are “simply spectacular”, claimed Renaud Fuchs, Director of the Second Screen Society, during the Amsterdam IBC ‘Show Me the Money’ conference. “Downloads are key, so is the usage and engagement of