Consumer research and analysis from Parks Associates suggests that three out of seven unique consumer segments account for the majority of mobile video viewing, averaging nine hours per week on a smartphone or tablet compared to less than 15 minutes per week for the remaining four segments. The average among all US broadband households is […]
Jason Kilar, the former CEO of studio-owned online entertainment service Hulu, has revealed details of a video-focused service to be known as Vessel. In a statement on the company website, Kilar, founder and CEO of the new venture, and co-founder Richard Tom (formerly CTO at Hulu), who will act as CTO, say they have been […]
Ooyala, a specilaist in multi-screen video streaming and analytics, is providing a video solution for the Ziggo website, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, in partnership with Basefarm. Ziggo now uses a combination of Ooyala and Basefarm’s technology solutions and services to power online content on its refreshed consumer website. To help meet increasing […]
With 81 per cent of brands already integrating online video production into their marketing strategies and video budgets expected to increase in the next year, interactive video specialist Zentrick has partnered with IHS, the global source of information and insight, to create the first ever global research into the evolution of this growing sector; interactive […]
Roku CEO Anthony Wood has suggested that in the future, all TV is going to be streamed, and shrugged off competition from Apple, Amazon and Google. Wood shared his views on the convergence of Internet video and television in an interview with The Associated Press. As to where TV is headed, Wood suggested that it […]
Cisco has announced that following the success of NOS’s IP video services, the Portuguese service provider has successfully validated Cisco technology to enable the efficient delivery of video and broadband (DOCSIS) services over a single access infrastructure, enabling optimised network usage and reduced operational expenses. According to a report from Ovum, only four months after […]
Google has launched the Google Video Quality Report for US YouTube users to ascertain the level of video quality their Internet Service Provider can play YouTube. Writing in the
YuMe, a provider of digital video brand advertising solutions, and JW Player, the digital video player, have partnered on a streamlined solution for publishers to better manage, deliver and monetise their digital video content. Effective immediately, YuMe’s Audience-Aware SDK becomes one of only two proprietary SDKs that JW Player has automatically embedded into the JW6 […]
Sweden’s Teracom, a provider of technical infrastructure and network solutions for media distribution and communications, is using Thomson Video Networks’ award-winning VS7000 video system, NetProcessor 9030/40 multiplexer, and Sapphire MPEG stream server to demonstrate a complete transmission chain for DVB-T2 delivery of HEVC-encoded video. To enable delivery of Ultra-HD content that significantly improves the home […]
Concurrent, a specilaist in multi-screen video delivery and media data intelligence solutions, has released a new version of its multi-screen origin server software which features support for Ultra-HD video content and the HEVC video compression standard (H.265). The company’s latest software enables service providers to stream the highest quality video content to a growing population […]