Findings in the 2013 BFI Statistical Yearbook record a growth of 50 per cent in the UK’s Video on Demand (VoD) market, which the film industry trade body says has implications for the whole film industry value chain. The Yearbook highlights significant changes in the way audiences enjoy films, with changing demographics of cinema audiences, […]
Anevia, a specialist in video streaming and infrastructure solutions for OTT, live TV and VoD, has confirmed that Arkwest, an Arkansas based telco provider, has deployed Viademand, Anevia’s VoD streamer as part of a global VoD service replacement project. With this VoD platform, Arkwest is looking to capitalise on a new platform to guarantee its […]
A seven-day catch-up service for popular entertainment channel Dave is now available through on demand TV service YouView. The service viewers to access content on the channel through a Dave-branded on demand portal and through YouView’s seven day scroll back programme guide. Dave forms part of UKTV’s network of 10 channels and is well known […]
Brightcove, a global provider of cloud content services, has revealed that Yahoo!7 has teamed with Brightcove to deliver a technology platform for online video consumption and monetisation in Australia. Through the partnership, Brightcove Video Cloud enables Yahoo!7 to deliver high-quality catch-up TV, including long and short-form content, to viewers throughout Australia across desktops, smartphones and […]
Subscribers to major subscription video services watch four times as many TV shows as movies – and they are just as likely to gravitate to old Star Trek episodes as something from the past year. These are among the findings of a new GfK report that defines the actual viewing habits and preferences of subscribers […]
The arrival of the latest season of Game of Thrones on blinkbox helped the Tesco-owned movie and TV streaming service to a record breaking day on July 15th. Fans who missed out on the show when it was aired on Sky Atlantic earlier in the year have flocked to the service to see the Great […]
Chinese VoD platform YOU On Demand has received an initial $4 million investment from the Chinese mobile video service provider C Media, with the right to make an additional investment of between $12 million and $21 million. C Media’s investment is meant to assist YOU On Demand with its push into the mobile video space. […]
The BBC has rolled out improved video stream quality on its Android iPlayer app and is working on launching a download option on the Android app “asap”. In a company blog post, the BBC said “We’ve been gradually improving the video quality we serve over Wi-Fi to all Android devices, and had focused on delivering […]
TV production company ALL3MEDIA has worked with The App Business (TAB) to develop an integrated, VoD mobile app for its UK and US audiences. The mobile app automatically stays in-tune with customers’ ALL3MEDIA apps on their in-home smart TVs and game-consoles, enabling viewers to easily switch from TV to mobile device and pick up their […]
Ziggo, the leading cable operator in the Netherlands and SMIT – the leading CAM (Conditional Access Module) provider – have teamed-up to offer subscribers the industrial advanced CI+ 1.3 VoD CAM which enables the viewers to watch their favorite programs. In combination with an advanced TV-set and adjustments in the Ziggo network they also can […]