BBC has tied up with British Telecom to provide new age video broadcasting services. The deal includes all broadcasting channels, local radio stations, and BBC’s channel partners. The new network will carry data, audio, video streaming, and even fixed landline services. Ultra HD (4K), 360 degrees content and other video streaming services are expected to …
That was the year when Comcast finally had more Internet subscribers than TV ones. That was the year when streaming video became more than 2/3 of all Internet traffic. That was the year when big broadcasters and premium channels alike began to offer streaming-only, over the top video services subscription options. And it was even the …
Distributing IPTV service in the UAE is illegal and customers must also be vigilant against accessing such service.
As the industry moves into the internet era of television and undergoes a period of unprecedented disruptive transformation, the traditional media value chain is evolving into a new dynamic ecosystem. At the center of this new world is the consumer, who is driving forward huge change through their continually rising expectations of what today’s …
In what Fox says will be a model for future on-demand advertising, the network is letting users watch one 60-second ad in front of episodes of “MasterChef Junior” on its Internet TV platform — instead of the regular 10-minute ad load. From Aug. 19 through Sept. 13, episodes of the Gordon Ramsay-hosted cooking show with kid contestants will be …
Locarno’s StepIn, the biggest discussion forum at August’s biggest European film event, launched a call for a Internet Service Provider tax via Monique Simard, CEO of Quebec’s Sodec cultural industry investment fund, who delivered a keynote urging Europe’s film industry “to try to find new sources of financing.” Simard’s suggestion, as other recommendations, won …
All the same Super Bowl commercials you see on TV will run during the game’s live stream too for the first time next year. CBS, which will air Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7, will be the first network to match the game’s online ad load to its highly-anticipated extravaganza of TV commercials, the …
It seems the UK is a good place to be right now, as 8.2% ad spend growth for the first quarter of the year is outpacing the rest of Europe, according to the latest AA/Warc figures. Yesterday, Nielsen’s Consumer Confidence report showed a sixth successive quarter of Brits feeling more positive about the economy, their income and …
In a sure sign that the second quarter will mark a major recession in the number of pay-TV subscribers, IPTV services Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse combined to have their worst quarter of video customer growth ever, adding only 4,000 subscribers between them. On Tuesday, Verizon said it had gained only 26,000 video subs in the …
Verizon seems to be nearing the launch of its long-in-the-works internet video on demand streaming service, and now Variety has given us the name: it’ll be called Go90. That’s some absolutely horrid, nonsensical branding, but the actual product doesn’t sound nearly so bad — and apparently it’ll be completely free (at least to start). Over …