BluePromoCode, a California-based marketplace for group discounts, has published the results of a newly commissioned study on the cable and Internet TV viewing habits of young adults aged 18-34 in the US. Highlights of the findings include: – 35 per cent have stopped subscribing to pay-TV, opting to use online services only – Women are […]
Tvinci, the pay-OTT platform provider, has confirmed that its OTT 2.0 platform will power a new premium and personal OTT TV service in the Philippines called ‘Blink’. Content is provided by Deluxe OnDemand, and consists of Hollywood blockbusters and prime time TV series. Launching in Q4 2013, the service will initially roll out in the […]
More Sky viewers than ever before are watching sport through mobile devices and second screen technology, according to figures released by Sky Sports. Marquee events including the Ashes and the start of the football season have contributed to record figures of sports fans viewing and engaging with sport using their phones, tablets, and PCs. Sky […]
ITV has launched its new and improved website, itv.com. It says the redesigned site transforms the user experience for digital content around ITV’s portfolio of programmes. The new itv.com has been optimised for use on mobiles and tablets, offering viewers a true multiplatform experience. The device agnostic web application serves as a digital accompaniment to […]
Sony has launched its direct-to-consumer 4K Ultra HD video download service in the US. Sony Entertainment Network’s Video Unlimited 4K service currently provides some 70 feature films and TV shows, with a library of 100-plus expected to become available in 4K Ultra HD before the end of the year. “We have been spearheading the advancement […]
Philips Smart TV platform has been expanded further using cloud-based services including Cloud TV and Cloud Explorer. Cloud TV delivers hundreds of TV channels to Philips Smart TVs streamed via the cloud. Cloud Explorer allows users to view their videos and photos stored with established and trusted cloud-storage providers. The new cloud-enabled services are available […]
The Android version of the BBC’s iPlayer mobile app can now download TV shows for offline viewing – some 12 months after the feature was added to the iOS version of the application. Android iPlayer users can now store shows on their devices for up to 30 days, watching them for seven days after the […]
In a move designed to position it as the first true end-to-end physical to digital entertainment ecosystem, Toronto-based Cinram, a service provider to the entertainment industry, has acquired OTT delivery management specialist Saffron Digital for $47 million from HTC. With offices in London and Beverly Hills, Saffron Digital specialises in the global management and delivery […]
icflix, Dubai’s first online streaming platform for Jazwood (Arabic content), Bollywood and Hollywood genres, has signed a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures that will bring a variety of hit films to the service’s users. Among the titles that will become available are The Godfather series, American Beauty, Ghost, films in the Star Trek series and […]
Research from discovery platform specialist Digitalsmiths notes that the pay-TV industry talks frequently about cord-cutting and cord-thinning, but the firm suggests in its Q2 2013 Video Discovery Trends Report: Consumer Behavior Across Pay-TV, VoD, OTT, Connected Devices and Next-Gen Features, that while consumers are both cutting and thinning their pay-TV services, an equally large threat […]