Freesat, the UK FTA satellite TV platform, is suing Amazon for trade mark infringement over the ‘freetime’ brand for its programme guide. Amazon uses Kindle FreeTime to market the parental controls for its Kindle Fire tablet and its Fire TV media streaming box. Freesat, which is jointly owned by the BBC and ITV, launched its […]
Slingshot, a local ISP in New Zealand, has added a new “global mode” to its Internet plans that allows its customers to access video services such as Netflix or Hulu. Slingshot’s global mode is essentially a VPN, so it reroutes any traffic through servers situated in other countries, so Slingshot subscribers using global mode may […]
The 2014 World Cup has set new records for streaming data traffic around the world, as football fans watch matches online in greater numbers than ever before. Content delivery network provider Akamai has confirmed this is the
Australian soap opera Neighbours is making its US debut exclusively on the free, ad-supported Hulu as well as on the Hulu Plus subscription service. New episodes of Neighbours will debut daily, Monday through Friday, on Hulu and Hulu Plus. The five weekly episodes will air four weeks after the Australian broadcast. “Neighbours provides a delicious […]
A review of the OTT TV and video market from Noa TV Technologies suggests that Android based system are likely to prosper in this fast moving sector and, in particular, the report highlights the advantages of the PeerTV system over the many other manufacturers vying for sales in the market. The OTT TV market is […]
Alki David, CEO of Internet TV provider FilmOn, has revealed that the platform is to televise content from Voice of America (VOA), the largest international broadcaster of the US government. Under the historic agreement, FilmOn.com will become the first global IPTV provider to carry VOA’s highly acclaimed English language news and features content, which will […]
CASBAA, the Asian association of the pay-TV industry, has lauded Indian police action in breaking up a ring of streaming-TV pirates and arresting four conspirators in Hyderabad. The activities of the ring were aimed at diverting the signals of Indian pay-TV broadcasters onto the Internet, and retransmitting their signals globally to hundreds of thousands of […]
Awareness of TV Everywhere features has reached 49 per cent of multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) customers aged 18 to 64, according to a survey designed to track TV Everywhere awareness and usage. More specifically, 49 per cent of
There’s a big shift happening in digital entertainment. Consumers want live TV, on-demand TV and even user-generated content at home or on the go. Pay TV operators and manufacturers need a way to deliver both traditional TV broadcasting and OTT content to all of these devices. RealHome Media Portal turns a consumer’s set top box […]
Almost four-fifths (79 per cent) of respondents to an Ofcom poll were aware that it is possible to watch/ download programmes online, compared to 73 per cent in 2012. Although awareness declined with