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Liberty Uses Metrological for Cloud-based Netflix

by Bob Raikes

Liberty Global is to use new cloud-based technology from Metrological to introduce its support for Netflix. Metrological defined a hybrid architecture, using an application framework that acts as a device and a software-agnostic abstraction …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Netflix| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Daydream Wins More Content

by Bob Raikes

The Google Daydream platform has now got more content, with Nextflix VR, which has previously only been on Gear VR. HBO’s Now VR is also on the platform although we hear that both Netflix …

Netflix and Amazon drive Western European SVOD

by Milos Pavlovic

Netflix will remain the dominant force in Western European SVOD for the next five years. However, Amazon Video will provide a stiff challenge as Digital TV Research estimates that 15 Western European countries will …

Tags:Amazon| Netflix| SVOD

Netflix Switches to VP9

by Bob Raikes

Netflix said in its blog that the recent decision to allow downloading of content, as well as streaming, has also been accompanied by the adoption of Google’s VP9 codec rather than the H.264 codec …

Netflix and TiVo Reach New Agreement

by Yvette Raikes

Netflix and TiVo have updated their intellectual property agreement. TiVo will continue to integrate Netflix into its STBs, but now Netflix will license TiVo’s technology for its OTT service. This is one of the …

Netflix Popular in France and Allowing Downloads

by Yvette Raikes

According to the Centre National du Cinéma (CNC), French Netflix subscribers watch around 30 hours each month, up from 20 in 2014. Netflix is the top SVoD platform in France, with SVoD providing 30% …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Netflix Now Allowing Downloads

by Bob Raikes

Netflix has made its content downloadable, as well as viewable via streaming, according to a post on its website. Content can be downloaded on smartphones and tablets and on all plans, although users will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Ovum Says Netflix Business Model Not Sustainable

by Bob Raikes

Ovum has released a report that points out that Netflix has achieved massive subscriber growth and global scale, but has seen deteriorating profitability. The company pointed out that in 2011, Netflix generated net profits …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Netflix’s 4K OK on Kaby Lake PCs with Edge

by Bob Raikes

Netflix has now made its content streamable on a PC, providing that PC has the 7th generation (Kaby Lake) processor and is running the Edge browser from Microsoft on Windows 10 (which is mandatory …

Telus adds Netflix 4K to Optik TV

by Bob Raikes

Telus of Vancouver, BC, Canada, said that it is releasing the Netflix app on its Optik TV 4K set top boxes, allowing users with a Netflix Premium subscription to stream 4K content directly from …

Comcast to launch Netflix on X1

by Bob Raikes

Comcast has confirmed that the Netflix service will be available on its X1 devices across the US. Netflix content will be fully integrated into Xfinity On Demand. “The Netflix integration into the X1 platform …

Tags:Cable| Comcast| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Telcos to take >50% of WE and Latam Pay TV

by Bob Raikes

Analyst, Ovum, has put out a couple of reports recently. In one, quoted by Digital TV Europe, the conclusion is that telcos will control half of all pay TV in Western Europe and Latin …