Consumers’ access to Entertainment & Media content and experiences is being democratised around the world by ever increasing access to the Internet and explosive growth in the ownership of smart devices. According to a PwC report, growth in the industry will come from spending on digitally delivered media during the next five years, although most […]
Eutelsat Germany, the provider of ready-to-use TV products and services for network operators in Europe, is radically expanding the scope of its KabelKiosk service with the unveiling at ANGA COM of a turnkey TV product for local and regional IP and cable network operators in Germany. The new service is designed to help IP network […]
CSG Systems, a provider of support solutions, has published the findings of a comprehensive survey that reveal key consumer decision points for choosing a digital content provider. Through an independent survey of 1,200 US consumers age 18-65, CSG challenged the prevalent notion that OTT content providers are preferred significantly over broadband pay-TV operators when consumers […]
Vubiquity, a provider of multiplatform video services, and TiVo have announced a partnership integrating Vubiquity’s AnyVU Streaming service with the TiVo user experience. AnyVU Streaming allows service providers to quickly launch a multiplatform offering with a deep content library. The TiVo user interface foundation will now allow for integration of ViewNow, Vubiquity’s subscription movie package, […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced that Magyar Telekom, Hungary’s largest telecommunications company, has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System VCAS for Internet TV to provide revenue security for its new OTT VoD service. The new OTT video offer expands the […]
Amazon and Viacom have revealed a multi-year licensing agreement that will see Prime Instant Video adding thousands of episodes from Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, MTV and Comedy Central – including a collection of subscription TV shows customers not found elsewhere like Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, Blue’s Clues and The Backyardigans, all available to Kindle […]
Irish-owned online television service AerTV has reported a 130 per cent year-on-year increase in customer usage for the first quarter of this year. The service — which was launched 18 months ago — attracted 500,000 unique visits during the first three months of the year, with over 25 million minutes of television being consumed. The […]
Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery infrastructure, has revealed that Virgin Media has deployed Harmonic’s ProMedia Suite for a trial of the new Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) protocol. Utilising Harmonic’s ProMedia Live real-time transcoder and ProMedia Package stream packager in its innovations research headend facility in London, Virgin Media can deliver more efficient […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has confirmed that Stofa, Denmark’s second largest cable operator, has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV to provide an enhanced revenue security foundation for Stofa’s SmartTv over-the-top (OTT) solution. The video service is […]
SMIT Corporation, the video delivery solution expert, is working with SSports – the exclusive EPL rights owner in mainland China and Macau – to bring the most popular football matches in the English Premier League to Chinese audiences through SMIT OTT platform- LOCOSTREAM. This platform will be showcased on ANGA COM 2013, COLOGNE. Based on […]