Microsoft has updated the Xbox One platform announcing that a revamped version of the console’s “OneGuide” will soon integrate Sling TV, Dish’s OTT TV service, alongside over-the-air and other OTT providers that are featured in the UI’s mix of “apps channels.” Sling TV also supports the Google Chromecast adapter, Roku players and integrated Roku TVs, […]
ETSI has just released the latest specification on hybrid broadcast broadband TV (HbbTV), TS 102 796 V.1.3.1, which corresponds to HbbTV 2.0. The latest HbbTV release adds support for new capabilities including companion device support, HTML5 user experience and support for advanced video delivery features such as Ultra HD and High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) […]
End-to-end video entertainment provider Netgem is partnering with Online TV streaming solution Simplestream to provide the company’s TVPlayer Plus service to its client base. The first such deployment was revealed November 13 with the confirmation that UK multiplay operator EE is partnering with TVPlayer to bring 25 premium channels to its EE TV service. The […]
Qwilt, a provider of online video delivery and open video caching solutions, has announced that Telecom Italia has deployed Qwilt’s open caching solution to boost network capacity and improve quality of OTT streaming video for its more than 30 million customers. Telecom Italia implemented Qwilt’s solution to provide enhanced quality of experience (QoE) for its […]
Orange Spain has reached an agreement with Rakuten VoD subsidiary Wuaki.tv to offer the streaming service’s entire catalogue to its pay-TV customers at no extra cost. From December, Orange customers will be able to watch the 1,200-plus films and 4,000-plus episodes of series available in Wuaki’s catalogue. The promotion runs until May, after which viewers […]
Sky and HBO have extended their relationship by agreeing a new deal that will make Sky Atlantic the home of Home Box Office (HBO) for 21 million Sky customers across Europe. The agreement – the first pan-European content deal covering all Sky territories that Sky has negotiated – means that Sky will have the exclusive […]
There are now 2,677,000 Australians (14+) who have Netflix in the home, with the number of households with a Netflix subscription rising again in October to 1,039,000 (11.4 per cent), subscription VoD data from Roy Morgan Research shows. For the majority of Netflix subscribers, this is their first time paying for TV. In the year […]
T-Mobile has responded directly to Americans’ surging demand for mobile entertainment by offering unlimited mobile video via its Binge On offer. From November 15th T-Mobile subscribers can stream HBO, Hulu, Netflix, SHOWTIME, Sling TV, STARZ, WatchESPN and more without ever burning up their data allowance. And it’s available to all current and new Simple Choice […]
Software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery specialist Elemental Technologies, has confirmed that African pay-TV provider MultiChoice is using Elemental for live streaming and video-on-demand (VoD) delivery of its DStv online service, which makes sports and entertainment content available on smart phones and tablets to more than 10 million subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rapidly expanding […]
Parks Associates research shows only 3 per cent of UK broadband households cancelled a subscription to an OTT video service in the past 12 months, while 33 per cent of UK broadband households currently pay for an OTT subscription. In the US, approximately