Effective immediately, Sling TV’s live and on-demand Internet TV app for Android and iOS devices supports Google’s Chromecast. As part of the launch, new customers in the US who prepay for three months of Sling TV’s “Best of Live TV” are eligible to receive a free Chromecast device. Alternatively, Chromecast owners new to Sling TV […]
OTT video markets in Asia-Pacific (AP) differ largely due to demographic and economic factors and the telecom landscape. Markets with high adoption rates of pay-TV, fixed broadband and mobile broadband see the most robust and innovative OTT ecosystems. In South Korea and Singapore, where smartphone and pay-TV penetration rates exceed 80 per cent, there are […]
Live streaming and live-to-VoD services specialist Simplestream has joined Facebook’s Video Publishing Partner programme, giving broadcasters and media owners the ability effortlessly to publish any of their video content across Facebook. Simplestream has developed its proprietary Media Manager solution to allow its customer portfolio such as Scripps, Turner Broadcasting, Discovery, At The Races, Racing UK […]
Mediaset Spain is strengthening its position both in TV broadcasting and online, according to comScore. With Tele 5, the group has been leading the TV ratings for 14 consecutive months with an average share of 15.1 per cent in October, 30.4 per cent as a whole group with six TV channels. Atresmedia Group was second […]
Digital security specialist The Kudelski Group has confirmed that its OpenTV and Nagra France subsidiaries have filed a patent infringement suit against US telco Verizon Communications and its subsidiary AOL Inc. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The lawsuit alleges that Verizon and AOL infringe seven US patents owned […]
Some 4.3 million Spaniards are regular connected TV viewers, according to a study conducted by trade body IAB Spain along with Smartclip and Elogia. The report found that 64 per cent of connected users now access connected TV services through smart TVs, followed by gaming consoles (29 per cent), PCs (28 per cent), hybrid DTT […]
Marcus Arthur, the BBC executive in charge of BBC Store, has confirmed that the download-to-own (DTO) service will launch in November. Speaking at the PEVE Entertainment Business Futures 2015 Conference in London, Arthur, Director BBC Store as well as President, BBC Worldwide UK and ANZ, was unwilling to divulge an exact date in advance of […]
The BBC has confirmed that its iPlayer service is coming to the new Apple TV. The catch-up app is not ready to launch alongside the revamped set-top box when it goes on sale this week, but the Corporation said that it would be available “in the coming months”. “Available on over 10,000 devices, BBC iPlayer […]
A Dataxis report reveals there is a total of 53 TV Everywhere (TVE) platforms up to the second quarter of 2015 in South America and Mexico (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela), 15 corresponding to programmers and 38 belonging to pay-TV operators. Besides, the “TV Everywhere Market in Latin […]
The BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, has launched its brand new subscription service, BFI Player+. It launched the BFI Player in October 2103 with a mix of free (approximately 60 per cent) and pay-per-view (40 per cent) content. Costing just £4.99 (€6.95) a month, with a 30-day free trial for all users, BFI […]