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LeEco Adds DirecTV Now App

by Alan Spencer

A new software update for LeEco 4K smart TVs has added DirecTV Now for Android TV. This is the first time that the DirecTV Now app has been available on a smart TVs. It …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Amazon Video app Coming to Apple TV This Summer?

by Alan Spencer

According to a report by Recode, the Amazon video app will be supported by Apple TV this summer. Apple TV has Netflix, HBO, YouTube, and most other global and local apps but not Amazon …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Amazon FreeTime Now Available in Google Play Store

by Alan Spencer

Amazon has added its FreeTime app to Google Play so now children can access books, videos, YouTube videos, and websites on an Android mobile phone or tablet. The basic service is free. FreeTime Unlimited …

Tags:Amazon| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Slow Uptake of OTT Services in the MENA Region

by Alan Spencer

The boom in smartphones and Internet use is transforming traditional TV viewing patterns in the Middle East and North Africa, according to the Frost & Sullivan report, “OTT Video Services to Transform TV Viewing …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Hulu Launches Live TV as Expected

by Alan Spencer

Hulu has launched its new live TV streaming service in beta in the US, after previously announcing its intentions to launch a live service. The service offers more than 50 live and on-demand channels …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Digital Video To Overtake Physical Video in Europe This Year

by Alan Spencer

According to the latest research conducted by Dataxis, the European video market will reach $12 billion by 2022. The research also showed that, last year in Europe, was the last time where the physical …

Tags:Blu-ray| DVD| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| VOD| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Opera TV Joins Forces with JW Player

by Alan Spencer

Opera TV has expanded its partnerships and has joined forces with JW Player, a digital and mobile video platform and player company. Together, Opera TV Snap and JW Player will enable JW Players’ over …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Sky’s Now TV Comes to Ireland

by Alan Spencer

Now TV has become available in Ireland, five years after its launch by Sky in the UK in 2012. The service is available to anyone in Ireland with an Internet connection and is supported …

Tags:Ireland| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sky| Vol 24 - Issue 17

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications in German Joint Venture

by Alan Spencer

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications are to expand Germany’s mobile video and OTT marketplace through a joint venture. At launch, the streaming service will bring together the seven channels included in ProSiebenSat.1’s current 7TV mobile …

Tags:HD+ (Germany)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 17

O2 Czech Sees Quarter Rise in TV Subscribers

by Alan Spencer

O2 Czech has ended the first quarter of 2017 with 222,000 TV subscribers for its IPTV and OTT service, which is a rise of 5% compared to the same quarter of 2016. There were …

Tags:Czech Republic| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Net Insight introduces Sye 360˚

by Bob Raikes

Net Insight has introduced Sye 360º which is an OTT streaming solution that includes synchronisation so that content can be tied between live and OTT content. It is claimed to have low latency and …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Viu Experiences 50% Growth Since Last November

by Alan Spencer

PCCW Media’s video service, Viu, had six million monthly active users at the end of March, which represents a growth of 50% from the four million active users it had in November last year. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 16