Akamai has put together figures on World Cup streaming, revealing the highest average peak traffic occurred during the Germany v USA and Ghana v Portugal matches last week – when it reached 6.8t Tbps. This had an effect on the entire Group G (termed the ‘Group of Death’ because of the strong line-up – Germany, […]
Tuesday’s World Cup match between USA and Belgium was another ratings hit for ESPN and Univision in the US. The game netted an average 16,491,000 viewers making it the nation’s second most-viewed men’s football broadcast of all time, according to Nielsen and ESPN data. Only last month’s USA v Portugal match, which ran on a […]
In 2013, Sweden witnessed a significant shift in consumer behaviour, with a dramatic decline in packaged video coupled with a strong uptake in digital services. This year, digital video in Sweden is on track to account for more than half of home video spend, making it the first market to reach the digital tipping point, […]
ESPN Player, the live and on-demand sports streaming service, is launching a new channel to cover the World Lacrosse Championships being held in Denver, Colorado starting July 11th. The home for live coverage throughout Europe, ESPN Player – World Lacrosse will exclusively showcase 43 games from the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships including […]
Making good on its promise to continue broadcasting and in line with founder Alki David’s assertion that the antenna-based Internet streaming service was willing and able to comply with all the procedural requirements of the compulsory licensing programme, FilmOn Networks has announced that its combination of teleporter technology and remote antennas will operate under Section […]
Tescos’s blinkbox Movies and TV and blinkbox Books have both benefited from the popularity of the fantasy drama, with sales of the latest TV series 60 per cent greater than the opening week of season 3. Seasons 1-3 have seen a 47 per cent increase in sales and since the launch of the TV series […]
In the wake of the US Supreme Court decision which found for the broadcasters in their copyright case against Aereo, the Internet TV streaming service says it is to pause its operations “temporarily” as it consults with the court and maps out its next steps. In a letter to its customers published on the Aereo […]
In a further response to the outcome of the US Supreme Court ruling on ABC and Broadcasters v. Aereo, Internet TV streaming service FilmOn says that the ruling – taken at first as a defeat of cord cutting and innovation in television – in fact contained a hidden boon for FilmOn Networks and other streaming […]
Data from Kantar Media’s syndicated study, futurePROOF, shows that tablets have become mainstream consumer devices with more than half of 16-44s now having access to them. Forty-five per cent of all UK adults
Netflix is set to continue its rapid expansion with an Australian launch in 2015. Hollywood studios had been reluctant to strike deals as they each have lucrative, long-term programming deals in place with the country’s main free-to-air broadcasters, reports TBI. However, that situation could be changing. Ten Network is said to be attempting to renegotiate […]