Wireless, OTT video at heart of Verizon’s AOL buy 13 May 2015
Verizon Communications Inc. says it has agreed to buy Internet content pioneer AOL Inc. for approximately $4.4 billion. The deal will strengthen Verizon’s content play in LTE wireless video and over the top (OTT), as well as aide its Internet … Continue reading
5 Reasons To Adopt IPTV Today Over Traditional TV 12 May 2015
As viewers gain access to newest forms of entertainment in the form of handheld devices, the traditional TV is drawing its ace in the form of Internet TV, or as the techies call it, IPTV. With IPTV you usually mean … Continue reading
New research shows consumers in favour of OTT switch 12 May 2015
Research from Limelight Networks has revealed that 90% of consumers are open to cancelling satellite and pay-TV subscriptions in favour of over-the-top (OTT) services. The CDN specialist’s study shows that consumers are beginning to favor getting their content directly from … Continue reading
IPTV takes to the deep Australian seas 12 May 2015
The reach of IPTV services continues to transcend the traditional sectors of entertainment and media and is being adapted progressively into areas where big data video collation is integral to innovation. The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has been … Continue reading
Smartphones and tablets help double the time people spend online, finds Ofcom 12 May 2015
The increasing use of tablets and smartphones is fueling a hike in the amount of time people spend online, new Ofcom research has suggested. People are spending twice as much time online compared to 10 years ago, the regulator’s Media Use … Continue reading
Retail OTT STBs will pass IPTV STB shipments this year – IHS 12 May 2015
The shipment of over-the-top (OTT) set-top boxes (STBs) sold at retail will this year pass shipments of IPTV STBs used for pay TV services, IHS said. The global number of retail OTT STBs shipped, including Apple TV, Chromecast and … Continue reading
Cord-Cutting Alert: Pay-TV Business Declines for First Time During Q1 12 May 2015
The U.S. pay-TV business keeps shrinking, albeit slowly — but for the first time ever, the sector dropped a net number of subscribers in the first three months of a year, during Q1 of 2015. The industry is contracting at … Continue reading
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on the future of non-linear television 12 May 2015
The future of television is about much more than just a change in the way that TV content is delivered, says Netflix’s CEO. When it comes to the transformation of the medium we call television, there’s arguably no other company … Continue reading
NewFronts 2015: Nearly Half of Internet Video Ads on Non-YouTube Sites Aren’t Seen 11 May 2015
There are plenty of video ads being sold and served up on the Web and mobile devices — but close to half of all video ads that don’t run on YouTube are never seen by a user, according to a Google … Continue reading
Streaming apps threaten a TV bastion: Live sports 11 May 2015
Since the advent of the VCR and then YouTube, the media industry’s No. 1 enemy has been piracy. But while Hollywood and the TV networks have fought one technology after another, one type of entertainment has been safe from illegal … Continue reading
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