Vubiquity,a global provider of premium content services, has signalled its intention to capture top players in the OTT market in Latin America with the launch of a fully managed digital storefront product at Andina Link 2016. The move is part of a long-term strategy to disrupt established providers and become the first choice in the […]
TeamViewer, an expert in desktop sharing and online collaboration software has announced a strategic partnership with TP Vision the developer and manufacturer of Philips branded televisions. The partnership will see TeamViewer tap into the smart TV domain whilst Philips will l increase its brand image and customer loyalty accordingly – strengthening the company’s position in […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel is planning to launch a TV streaming device in an effort to compete more effectively with OTT players such as Netflix. Any such initiative would pitch Foxtel against Telstra TV, the service owned by Foxtel’s 50 per cent shareholder Telstra. Foxtel’s other shareholder is Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (Twenty-First Century Fox, […]
Ericsson has teamed up with leading global service providers including Hutchison, Vodafone, Telstra and AIS, to launch a new ubiquitous content delivery ecosystem which aggregates regional service provider capabilities on a global scale. As highlighted by Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report, networks are suffering from increased strain as OTT and video becomes an ever-more dominating force […]
In a similar move to the autumn 2015 launch of OTT service TVPlayer Plus in the UK, cloud-based TV aggregation app and platform Magine is providing premium pay-TV channels in Germany for the first time without any requirement to purchase any other content or service. Magine TV viewers in Germany (traditionally one of the most […]
As Netflix ramps up its global roll-out, adding 130 countries in January, the company says it wanted its service to work well everywhere in the world, and that meant solving many complex technical problems with a global approach. In a company Blog, Research Engineers at the Internet entertainment streaming firm note that the personalised recommendations […]
Vevo, the online music video service owned by Sony and Universal, is working on launching an ad-free subscription service with original content later this year. Erik Huggers, who took over the chief executive job in April, announced the plan at the Code/Media conference in Dana Point, California. Vevo videos, which receives around 17 billion views […]
Fresh from its merger with Rentrak, cross-platform measurement specialist comScore has revealed that its planned Total Home Panel measurement platform will enable the measurement of over-the-top services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime with title level information. Speaking on comScore’s Q4 2015 Results Earnings Call, Serge Matta, Executive Vice Chairman and President of comScore, said […]
Digital UK has published the technical specification for Freeview Play, opening the connected TV service to broadcasters, platforms and equipment manufacturers worldwide. Previously available only via formal registration, the document details the technologies required to design and implement Freeview Play TVs and boxes. The publication follows strong interest in the service from both UK manufacturers […]
The worldwide digital media adaptor (i.e., Media streamers, OTT boxes) market is forecast to grow strongly and approach 60 million shipments in 2019, detailed in Futuresource Consulting’s digital media adaptor report. Dominated by a few large brands outside of China, including Apple and Google