Accedo, the global market leader in TV application solutions, today announced that it will be demonstrating its TV Everywhere (TVE) solution at ABTA from August 6th to August 8th. As well as its TVE solution, Accedo will also be demonstrating a number of customer TVE implementations from across the region. Accedo’s TVE is an integrated […]
Online entertainment streaming service Netflix has reported second-quarter earnings more than quadrupled with programming such as the revival of comedy series Arrested Development attracting more subscribers. Company executives also suggested that domestic profits would fund international growth. Netflix added 630,000 U.S. subscribers during the three months ending in June. That performance was slightly above the […]
Findings from the US’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indicate increased competition in the market for the delivery of video programming. The findings emerged as the FCC adopted its 15th Report to Congress on the status of the market. The Report, which covers 2011 and 2012, measures the market’s progress toward increasing competition and diversity in […]
On the day his company announced that Utah would be its next market expansion, and online entertainment service Netflix confirmed it was looking at an ultimate market potential of 60 million to 90 million US households, Chet Kanojia, CEO of Internet TV streaming service Aereo, has suggested that one in of four TV viewers will […]
Notwithstanding its ongoing court battles with US network broadcasters who claim copyright infringement, Internet TV streaming service Aereo has revealed plans to launch its technology in Utah on August 19. The move follows its expansion earlier this summer to the Boston and Atlanta metropolitan areas. The company also plans to launch its technology in Chicago […]
Subscribers to major subscription video services watch four times as many TV shows as movies – and they are just as likely to gravitate to old Star Trek episodes as something from the past year. These are among the findings of a new GfK report that defines the actual viewing habits and preferences of subscribers […]
According to the Quarterly Multi-Screen Usage Study from NPD DisplaySearch, 85 per cent of tablet owners and 65 per cent of smartphone owners in 15 countries surveyed view online content on their mobile devices instead of on their TVs at least some of the time. Of the people who used mobile devices to view online […]
The Netflix series House of Cards has become the first digitally-distributed show to earn a major nomination for the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, picking up a ‘Best Drama’ nomination. Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, who portray the scheming husband and wife at the centre of the political thriller, were also nominated in the lead […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has announced the launch of its new and improved LOVEFiLM Instant streaming service application on Nintendo’s Wii home console. The arrival of the next gen app on the console is the latest step in LOVEFiLM’s roll out of the upgraded app, and brings a variety of new features to Wii users including an […]
Google is taking a fresh look at launching an online pay-TV service, reports The Wall Street Journal, which suggests that it has recently approached media companies about licensing their content for an Internet TV service that would stream traditional TV programming. Such an initiative would pitch Google against mooted plans from Intel, Sony and Apple. […]