Wiztivi now offers a unique solution allowing operators, media and OTT players to easily integrate voice control into their user interface. Voice assistants are still relatively new, but they have great potential and numerous possible applications. Suppliers are expanding their offering at breakneck speed and the end user is now becoming more and more familiar […]
Google’s Alphabet parent company has closed down its Project Loon which contemplated launching giant stratosphere balloons to beam and reflect broadband signals. Evidently Google could not get the project’s overall costs low enough to make the concept viable. “While we’ve found a number of willing partners along the way, we haven’t found a way to […]
Firstlight Media has partnered with Google Cloud to support rapid deployment and expansion of OTT video streaming services. Firstlight Media’s microservices-based architecture takes full advantage of Google Cloud capabilities, including: Agility to launch services in weeks, rather than months; Scalability for cost effective growth with customers’ businesses and support for complex use cases; and Extensibility […]
YouTube is the latest social network to suspend US President Donald Trump, joining the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The Google-owned video sharing service has prevented Trump’s account from uploading any new content or live-streaming for a minimum of seven days, and has said it could extend the period. “After review, and in light […]
LG Electronics has announced a partnership with Google to bring Stadia to its latest webOS smart TVs in the second half of this year. After Stadia comes to Google TV, LG will be the first TV manufacturer to natively support Stadia gameplay via webOS. Stadia on LG TVs will allow customers to instantly play hit […]
The global market for virtual assistants (VAs) continues to exhibit robust performance, propelled by enhancements in the underlying technologies along with increasing penetration across Consumer Electronics. According to research from Futuresource Consulting, shipments of products with built-in voice assistant technology will double to 3 billion units in 2024, representing a CAGR of 19 per cent […]
YouTube has allowed TalkRadio’s channel to return to its platform just hours after saying it had been “terminated” for breaking the tech firm’s rules. The Google-owned service issued a statement explaining its U-turn: “TalkRadio’s YouTube channel was briefly suspended, but upon further review, has now been reinstated,” it said. “We quickly remove flagged content that […]
2020 has been a record-setting year for worldwide spending on mobile apps and games, which passed $100 billion in a single year for the first time ever in November. This trend continued at Christmas, when consumers around the globe spent an estimated $407.6 million across Apple’s App Store and Google Play, according to preliminary Sensor […]
Global TV sales remain stable and will stay that way, with Futuresource Consulting forecasting growth of less than one per cent CAGR between 2018 and 2024. This obscures the underlying turmoil as there has been a boost in sales across developed countries during the year, with consumers looking to improve the home viewing experience during […]
Datazoom, the real-time video data platform, announced today the release of a new data enrichment solution, which enriches data collected from their platform’s Player Collectors with revenue data from Google Ad Manager. Even for streaming-first companies, challenges exist to extract the insights needed to take a data-driven approach to grow revenue and profitability. Although the […]