BSkyB has revealed that its Sky 1 travelogue programme The Moaning of Life, featuring television personality Karl Pilkington has become the biggest home-grown show on Sky 1 so far this year, as well as generating record On Demand and Sky Go viewing figures. Writing in the Sky Views blog, Stuart Murphy, Director, Entertainment Channels, notes […]
Pro-copyright consumer education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness and Paramount Pictures UK are launching an exclusive Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues trailer that sees Ron Burgundy inspiring audiences to choose official film. The bespoke 90 second piece – set to première November 8 – is the latest development in the ‘Moments Worth Paying […]
Open source video platform Kaltura has introduced a new white-label ‘Netflix-like’ OTT video portal that allows content owners and service providers to publish, manage and monetise their premium content across multiple screens. A key component of Kaltura’s comprehensive OTT offering, Kaltura MediaGo is an out-of-the-box, video portal, which is already being deployed by several global […]
In order to offer new experiences to its customers, Mexican pay-TV company Megacable, has launched its “Megacable OnDemand” service based on the Cisco Videoscape Unity service delivery platform. Megacable is the first service provider delivering an OTT service in Latin America. Available immediately, Megacable’s 2,200,000 cable subscribers will have access to the Megacable OnDemand platform […]
Findings from SNL Kagan unit Multimedia Research Group (MRG) suggest that the OTT SvoD sector is set to record significant growth up to 2017, with North America the most developed market. The company’s report – Worldwide Over-the-Top Subscription Video on Demand Market – notes that
Amazon has revealed that two of its original series Alpha House and Betas are coming back to Amazon Prime Instant Video. The first three episodes of each show will be available to all Amazon customers for free via Amazon Instant Video on Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, Roku, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Wii U, […]
Netflix, already with more than 29 million ‘full and active’ subs in the US, and a total of more than 40 million when international viewers are included, is now testing 4K Ultra-HD delivery, albeit at a modest frame rate. Subscribers to Netflix can view the test footage of movie clips ahead of a formal service […]
Online entertainment service Netflix has added a third operator to its cable TV partners, with Denmark’s Waoo! following Virgin Media in the UK and Sweden’s Com Hem in offering subscribers the ability to access Netflix content via their set-top boxes. Anders B Christjansen, CEO of Waoo!, said such a co-operation was obvious and a perfect […]
According to a report from The Diffusion Group (TDG), operators looking to exploit consumer interest in live linear streaming of TV content should pay particular attention to encoding solutions when building out their delivery systems. Live Linear Encoding, notes that, despite consumer interest, live linear streaming remains in its infancy, subject to a wide variety […]
Intel seems to have decided to give up on its ambitious OTT TV venture, OnCue, frustrated with the lack of cooperation from content providers, which, in turn, has undermined confidence in the venture from new CEO Brian M. Krzanich. The NYT reports Intel is in talks with Verizon which may lead to a partnership but […]