Netflix is now streaming content in 4K with the second season of its original drama House of Cards. In a blog post, Netflix said that although its catalogue of Ultra-HD content is currently small, it expects to add more 4K content and increase the number of devices it can be accessed on later this year. […]
Parks Associates research shows Amazon has made significant gains in the OTT video market as nearly 20 per cent of all US broadband households now have an Amazon Prime Instant Video subscription. The Q1 2014 survey of 10,000
Worldwide VoD rentals (OTT and pay-TV operator), electronic sell-through (EST), and DVD/Blu-ray disc sales are expected to grow 40 per cent from 2013 to 2019 – growing from $30.6 billion in 2013 to over 43 billion in 2019. Physical media sales will continue its decline, while OTT VoD services and ad-based viewing take significant market […]
UK’s Freesat is following up the launch of its Freetime connected TV platform on Panasonic smart TVs with a further launch on Vestel-owned brands. Vestel – the number two supplier of TVs in the UK – will be launching TVs with satellite tuners for the first time in the UK market with Freetime included. Freetime […]
Sony has confirmed a deal with Sky that will see the Sky Go and Now TV services become available on the PlayStation 4. Now TV will launch this summer and Sky Go ‘later this year’. Now TV offers live streaming and on-demand content from a selection of Sky channels and has been available on PlayStation […]
Comcast has revealed that customers of its X1 triple-play service will soon be able to live stream personal video from their mobile devices, over the Internet, directly to the television. The new feature, which will be part of Xfinity Voice, is being demonstrated this week at NCTA’s The Cable Show 2014 in Los Angeles and […]
VUDU, a subscription-free VoD service, and castLabs, a digital video technology and services company, have collaborated to bring VUDU’s collection of the latest movies and TV to Google’s Chromecast. Available immediately, this enables customers to tap into their personal device’s potential to send their VUDU content to their TV screens. With castLabs’ software, this has […]
Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chief Executive of DreamWorks Animation, has suggested the availability window for feature films will reduce to as little as 17 days, and that a ‘pay-by-the-inch’ model will also emerge. Katzenberg made his comments during the Entrepreneurial Leadership in the Corporate World panel at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills. “I think the […]
ESPN enjoyed a record-breaking March in the UK boosted by the ICC Twenty20 World Cup and Asia Cup competitions – and an enthralling March Madness tournament on ESPN Player. According to data from independent research firm ComScore, cricket fans spent more time on ESPNcricinfo than the next nine major sites combined, and on average 14 […]
YOU On Demand Holdings, the multi-platform entertainment and VoD company in China, has launched its YOU Cinema movie subscription on the Xiaomi OTT set-top box as part of YOU On Demand’s previously announced distribution deal with China Network Television’s (CNTV) subsidiary, Future TV. Future TV, operating under CNTV’s Internet TV broadcasting control licence, provides OTT […]