NBCUniversal is joining a crowded sector for online movie entertainment by offering its bespoke feature film subscription VoD service PictureBox Films direct to consumers in the UK and Ireland following a radical redesign and major rebrand of the site. The service will compete against players such as Netflix, Amazon-backed LOVEFiLM, KnowHow Movies, supermarket groups such […]
Sky Sports will dedicate an entire channel to cricket this summer, providing coverage of men’s, women’s and youth matches including this summer’s Ashes series. Sky will commit one channel – Sky Sports Ashes HD – to cricket offering 63 days of action between June 30th and August 31st, including exclusively live ball-by-ball coverage of the […]
Despite 2012 being a year of great live content, UK video publishers and operators were only able to deliver a quarter of it (23.5 per cent) at optimal quality. This left online viewers with buffering and poor picture quality. The UK’s online viewing population is maturing, streaming content at least once a day (60 per […]
Global shipments of Digital Media Adapters – devices designed to stream content to the TV from the Internet and IP connected devices – will grow nearly 40 per cent this year, with the market on track to double in size by 2017, according to an industry report from Futuresource Consulting. “The market shipped almost 13 […]
ITV has launched a new version of the ITV Player app for Apple devices, making ITV the first commercial broadcaster to give mobile viewers the option to watch catch-up content without ads. The new app for introduces a premium upgrade, which allows viewers to watch the last thirty days of ITV’s catch up content across […]
Pivot, Participant Media’s new cable network, has released its first annual Industry Report about millennials’ (18-34 year olds) consumption of TV content. The study examined how the current Pay TV ecosystem could be impacted if programmers and MVPDs provided consumers with a new distribution alternative that speaks specifically to this demographics lifestyle and viewing habits. […]
blinkx, the video engine, has formed a partnership with Ustream, the technology platform for live social video streaming. Through the partnership, Ustream events will now be available live on blinkx.com. To kick off both the partnership and 2013 summer concert season, the 2013 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee will be streamed live to […]
In its Q1 Cross Platform Report Nielsen says that, despite a small dip on last year, traditional live TV remains dominant while streaming and mobile video use is growing but still small in comparison. “Still vibrant, traditional TV is thriving as viewers continue to go to their sets for entertainment and information that appeals to […]
Erik Huggers, who now runs Intel’s Media division, is reportedly offering a 50-75 per cent premium over average ‘Internet TV’ rates. Huggers, according to trade mag Variety, has already concluded MOU agreements with the likes of News Corp, CBS and Viacom for a planned broadband OTT service. Huggers ran the BBC’s future media and technology […]
The third season of Game of Thrones will be available to stream through Tesco’s blinkbox service from July 15th – months ahead of its release on DVD and Blu-ray. blinkbox will also offer season 3 episodes in high-definition – marking the first time the service has offered a HD stream. Users can buy the series […]