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 …
Cutting the cord on cable can seem like a heart wrenching choice when you are a die-hard sports fan. How will you get your latest game updates? Will you be stuck listening to talk radio for the rest of your life in order to stay in the loop? The good news is that you …
The NFL is planning a new ‘Game Pass’ app for online streaming that’s expected to be available in the coming months. The ability to watch sports without cable, including streaming live sports, has been one of the last holdouts in the evolving age of TV. Sports fans who are looking to cut the cable …