Australian telco Telstra is to acquire video streaming and analytics specialist Ooyala. The US$270 million investment increases Telstra’s ownership in Ooyala from 23 per cent (fully diluted) to 98 per cent and is in addition to the $61 million previously invested in Ooyala over the past two years. This transaction is subject to customary closing […]
Netflix has added July data to its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Among the countries tracked
With the start of the English Premier League just days away, BSkyB’s OTT platform NOW TV is launching a weekly pass for sports fans keen to watch even more of the live sporting action from Sky Sports. Available from August 14th for £10.99 (€13.79) for a limited time only, the Sky Sports Week Pass will […]
The arrival of Google’s Android TV platform could well disrupt the landscape for streaming media players now dominated by Roku and Apple TV, potentially disturbing a rapidly expanding market that sells tens of millions of units every year, according to research from IHS Technology. The worldwide installed base for streaming media players is forecast to […]
PeerTV, the TV OTT technology solutions provider, has successfully trialled its next generation set top box using H265 HEVC or High Efficiency Video Coding to deliver TV over the internet. The new technology will mean content can be streamed via its set top box using 50 per cent of the bandwidth previously required for H264 […]
Sky Sports On Demand is launching a section dedicated to every Barclays Premier League club, allowing fans to catch up on programming and features on their club at any time. For the first time, viewers will be able to choose from 20 different club sections in the on demand section on the Sky+HD box, offering […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has suggested the Internet entertainment streaming service is now in the same league as premium cable and satellite television network HBO, having surpassed its subscriber revenue figures for the last quarter, but is yet to match it in terms of profits and Emmys. In a Facebook page status update, Hastings wrote: […]
4K or Ultra-HD is the future, but it’s a marathon, not a sprint to higher resolutions. And while 1080p TV screens are the norm and mobile screen resolutions continue to climb, plenty of streamed HD content is still distributed in 720p or lower, say executives at ABI Research. OTT services such as Netflix, VUDU, and […]
Mobile screen time is leading the way in Australia according to data released by IAB and Nielsen which shows that 52 per cent of digital screen time is spent on mobile devices. The findings, which come from the second round of data in the IAB / Nielsen Mobile Audience Panel Pilot study, found that average […]
Cloud video specialist Vidmind has capitalised on the investment of $30 million from Russian retail group Trellas, by going live through digital TV platform TVzor. TVzor is using the Vidmind cloud-based, hybrid OTT/DTT platform as the foundation for a new ‘primary’ TV service in Russia. Trellas says it is also committed to a follow-on investment […]