Research from enterprise-class subscription billing specialist Vindicia and video, analytics and advertising technology provider Ooyala suggests that premium OTT is set for strong growth in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Major pay-TV providers and regional media groups are investing in services tailored to local tastes, increasing consumer awareness and paving the way for significant market growth […]
The Mexico City ePrix – the fifth round of the FIA Formula E Championship, which takes place on March 12th – will be streamed live online in the UK via YouTube, Dailymotion and through the official Formula E app and website http://www.fiaformuale.com/. The race was originally scheduled to be aired live on digital FTA channel […]
According to consultancy service The Diffusion Group, US multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) will rapidly move to make recommendation-based programme guides the centrepiece of their updated TV interfaces. Within the next decade, the use of these recommendation-driven guides will flourish, ultimately driving 75 per cent of all TV viewing, according to TDG’s report, Recommendation Revolution […]
Short-form video content specialist The QYOU has confirmed that Vodafone Portugal has launched The QYOU’s linear channel on its IPTV service, Vodafone TV. The service went live on February 1st 2016 and will air to almost 400,000 subscribers across the country. The launch marks The QYOU’s entry into the Portuguese market. According to The QYOU, […]
Netflix has released its monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. In the US, Bright House fell five spots in the rankings to 9th place with an average speed of 3.53 Megabits per second (Mbps) and Time Warner Cable fell two to 10th with an average speed of 3.39 Mbps. […]
The Pirate Bay, the infamous file-sharing torrent service, has added a browser plug-in that now allows lets users stream content directly from the website – meaning there’s no need to download the file through a program such as BitTorrent. The Swedish website has made the change by introducing support for TorrentTime, a browser plug-in that […]
YuMe, the global audience technology company powered by data-driven insights and multi-screen expertise, has announced the launch of its new white paper, 2015 China Connected TV Market Development Blue Book, in partnership with Nielsen CCData and UPOTV. The Chinese CTV media and advertising industries are seeing rapid growth, with the video audience in China estimated […]
Teleste, an international technology group, has developed a solution that allows the delivery of EPG information from the Teleste Luminato headend to Samsung’s LYNK SINC, a specialised solution for Samsung Smart hotel TVs that provides remote management of interactive TV content and delivers customised viewing options to hundreds of guest rooms. “We are delighted to […]
With more than one in three consumers watching live sports on a device other than a traditional television set, Super Bowl 50 is likely to see some major shifts in how consumers watch the big game, according to new analysis by Adobe Digital Index (ADI). ADI’s survey of more than 400 US consumers found Millennials […]
For Netflix subscribers, the ideal date night is a quiet night in watching Netflix rather than heading out to the movie theatre, according to an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Netflix. In fact, six in ten (58 per cent) prefer staying in to watch Netflix rather than go out to see a movie (42 […]