Zapstreak, the mobile SDK for Android app developers, has published data that has been collected via Shortbeam, the company’s showcase app launched on Google Play in March this year. With Zapstreak’s technology embedded within a media app (video, music and images), user’s can push music streams, videos or images to a connected TV using DLNA […]
Silicon Valley-based video technology firm FreeWheel has released its Q2 2012 video monetisation report which found that consumer viewership of professional video content on smartphones, tablets, and game consoles doubled in Q2 of this year, hitting a record of more than a billion video views for the quarter [April-June]. Further, nearly 8 video ads are […]
The Council for Research Excellence (CRE) has announced that it will be conducting a three-pronged study on the relationship between social media and TV viewing. CRE, which focused on improving audience measurement methodology and is funded by Nielsen, plans to complete the study in the fourth quarter of 2012. “We will gain insights about new […]
NSR’s Global Assessment of Satellite Supply & Demand, 9th Edition report has found that commercial satellite operators grew capacity leasing revenues by $635 million between 2010 and 2011 and are aggressively targeting new markets such as mobility and other high value services in order to maintain sustained revenue expansion for the coming years. “The Ku-band […]
Nearly eight-in-ten (78 per cent) of Americans say they have watched or followed Olympic coverage either on television, online or on social networks according to The Pew Research Centre. Television remains far-and-away the leading platform for Olympic coverage; 73 per cent say they have watched coverage on television. Still, 17 per cent say they have […]
Pay-TV subscriptions in Venezuela are growing at a very healthy 12.8 per cent annually, according to the country’s National Telecommunications Commission. As at July 31st Venezuela had 2,931 million subs, up 336,000 on the same period a year ago. This means that pay-TV penetration now stands at 41.32 per cent of TV households, whereas a […]
The BBC Sport website has seen an 80 per cent rise in users, with Olympics webpages attracting a peak of nearly 8 million readers natively and 10.4 million globally. The website has received 29 million requests for its Olympics interactive video streams, with a clip of Bradley Wiggins winning his gold medal seeing 729,000 requests […]
Nearly two thirds (62 per cent) of wi-fi users in the UK are experiencing problems with their wi-fi signal, with 63 per cent suffering from slow speeds, according to new research from Ofcom-accredited comparison site Broadbandchoices.co.uk. In a study that questioned over 2,000 Brits, a further 32 per cent complained that their connection keeps dropping […]
With the deadline for conversion of cable system to digital format in four metros ending on October 31st, just half of households in Mumbai have been covered with STBs. A review by the I&B Ministry has revealed that 50 per cent of cable TV homes in the metropolis have already been installed with STBs. While […]
During the month of July, Italian DTH platform TivùSat activated 55,316 new smart cards, reaching a total of 1,576,685 active cards. The regions that registered the highest number of smart card activations in July were Sicily, Lombardy, Lazio and Calabria. TivùSat viewers can currently access 55 TV and 40 radio channels, including the main services […]