The France vs Spain World Cup Qualifier attracted the most UK online views ever for a live football match on Dailymotion. The match on March 26th attracted nearly 80,000 views – despite competition from the England vs Montenegro match live on ITV. Dailymotion secured rights to live stream the match in the UK, alongside the […]
Amazon Studios, the original film and series production arm of Amazon.com, has revealed it will add the comedy pilot Betas to the line-up of pilots already in production for Prime Instant Video. Betas, which is the eighth comedy pilot added to Amazon’s pilot line-up, will be made available (along with the other seven comedy pilots […]
Intel, best known for its computer processing chips, is getting closer to launching its own on-demand pay-TV catch-up and ‘live’ TV service. The company is said to be in discussions with Time Warner, NBC-Universal, News Corp, Viacom and others in preparation for the launch of its Intel-based pay-TV service. CBS’s CEO Les Moonves confirmed last […]
Insights taken from the Experian Hitwise online competitive intelligence tool reveal that visits to online video sites now account for five per cent of all online usage compared to four per cent in 2011. UK Internet users are now making over a billion visits a month to video sites, an increase of 16 per cent […]
There’s a new operator of TV channels about to start supplying content into South African homes, and challenging the country’s MultiChoice/DStv and TopTV direct-to-home operators. NuWeb Television says it will start streaming more than 150 TV channels and other on-demand OTT content in April, and will be using existing fixed line and broadband connected homes. […]
Hulu’s board has approached potential buyers to gauge interest in buying the online video service, as News Corp and Walt Disney decide what to do with their share of the company. The board has sounded out several possible bidders as part of an internal strategic review but it has not received a formal offer. Finding […]
Vizrt and Vimond Media have formed a partnership to bring OTT TV technology to the media industry. Vimond’s over-the-top TV technology provides an automated workflow for publishing video online as well as a powerful player that broadcasters can use to control and monetise their content. Video is streamed using a variety of formats ensuring the […]
Media technology services provider Farncombe has published a white paper to help cable operators confront the business and technical challenges they face from emerging OTT services from new entrant video distribution and traditional competition. Sponsored by NAGRA, a provider of security and multiscreen user experience solutions, the white paper argues that cable operators have little […]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has revealed that its annual Wreslemania showcase PPV will this year be available to view live on Xbox 360 games consoles and Samsung connected TVs. Viewers in the US can pay $59.99 for a standard definition stream or $69.99 for high definition through the WWE app. Wrestlemania 29 takes place at […]
iStreamPlanet, a specialist in live streaming video solutions, has announced that Juniper Networks has completed a strategic investment in iStreamPlanet’s Series A funding, which was led by Intel Capital. The investment will be funded by Juniper Networks’ Junos Innovation Fund. iStreamPlanet plans to use the proceeds from its Series A financing to accelerate the development […]