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Seraphic and IRT show latest HbbTV 2 Features

by Milos Pavlovic

Seraphic said at the Broadcast Asia event in Singapore that it is now supporting HbbTV 2.0.1 and showed features including casting and synchronisation (Opera TV Works with BBC on HbbTV Synchronisation). Seraphic claims that …

Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Viaccess-Orca Acquires Squadeo

by Bob Raikes

Viaccess-Orca, which provides protection and enhancement of content services, said that it has acquired Squadeo, a global provider of secure cross-platform OTT premium video solutions for the TV industry. The integration of Squadeo’s multimedia …

Amazon Adds Channels in Three Countries

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has started a ‘Channels’ service for live TV to its Prime platform in the UK, Germany and Austria. The á la carte service allows individual channels to be added and include Discovery, Eurosport …

Opera TV Partners with ALi Corporation to Accelerate Hybrid OTT Set Top Box Chipset Deployments

by Isaac Oburu

Opera TV, the market leader in enabling OTT, and ALi Corporation, a leading Set-Top Box (STB) chipset provider, today announced the integration of Opera TV’s solution into ALi Corp.’s System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Set-Top Boxes (STB). …

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Opera TV Partners with ALi Corporation

by Alan Spencer

Opera TV and ALi Corporation have announced the integration of Opera TV’s solution into ALi Corp.’s system-on-a-chip STB. This enables STB manufacturers and pay TV operators to deliver consumers with immediate access to premium …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 20

OTT Content Available Throughout EU

by Yvette Raikes

When visiting another EU country, citizens often cannot access content paid for in their own country. Under new rules, approved by the European Parliament last week, restrictions will been removed and online subscription content …

By 2021, SVOD Will Overtake Pay-TV

by Yvette Raikes

Pay TV users in W Europe and N America will be outnumbered by Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) subscribers by 2021, according to Ampere Analysis, as reported by Digital TV Europe, after a talk …

US Cord Cutting Continues to Rise

by Alan Spencer

According to TDG research, one-third of US-based cord-cutters cancelled their legacy pay-TV service in 2016, and 52% of cord-cutters cancelled their legacy pay-TV service in the two calendar years of 2015 and 2016. These …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 19

OTT Analysis Improved by comScore

by Yvette Raikes

US OTT viewing habits can now be analysed more easily and accurately according to comScore. The firm is using its Total Home Panel platform, which takes measurements through home-connected devices, to provide a new …

comScore Introduces Breakthrough Service to Measure Over-The-Top (OTT) Content Viewing on TV Screens

by Isaac Oburu

comScore today announced comScore OTT Intelligence, a syndicated service that measures U.S. household viewing of over-the-top (OTT) content on television screens. This new service is based on the company’s proprietary Total Home Panel – …

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56% of US Adults own a Streaming Enabled TV

by Alan Spencer

IAB Research has released “The Changing TV Experience: 2017” report and this reveals that 56% of US adults own a streaming-enabled TV, which is (coincidentally) a rise of 56% from 2015. The report also …

Netflix Now Supports HDR Video on Mobiles

by Milos Pavlovic

Netflix has said that it will support HDR on mobile devices, although at the moment this only applies to content viewed on the LG G6, which supports Dolby Vision. It is expected to be …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 18