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Cinedigm to Add Support for More Content Protection

by Alan Spencer

Cinedigm has announced that it expects to support Apple FairPlay, Google Widevine and Microsoft PlayReady content protection solutions by the end of this month. This will enable subscribers of Cinedigm’s OTT services to watch …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| Security| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 14

YouTube TV Goes Live in Five US Metro Areas

by Alan Spencer

YouTube is launching YouTube TV in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, and Philadelphia at a cost of $35 a month, which is priced at less than half the average cost …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 13| YouTube

Deutsche Telekom to Offer Entry-Level IPTV Service

by Alan Spencer

Deutsche Telekom, the German telco, is to launch an entry-level IPTV package next month, which will provide around 100 TV channels, 22 of which will be HD. To get the package, called StartTV, a …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Deutsche Telekom to Offer Free Add-On Streaming for Mobiles

by Alan Spencer

Deutsche Telekom, the German telco, will be allowing its mobile customers to stream music and video from selected partners from 19th April. StreamOn, the name of the service, will be at the standard speed …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Netflix Adds Offline Viewing to Windows 10 PCs

by Alan Spencer

Netflix has introduced offline viewing for Windows 10 PCs and mobiles, with the update available from the Windows Store. At the end of last year, Netflix added this feature on Google Android and Apple …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Zype and Opera TV Launch Integrated OTT Offering

by Milos Pavlovic

Zype, a cloud-based video distribution service for OTT, and Opera TV, market leader in enabling the TV industry’s transition to OTT, today announced the launch of their fully-integrated, end-to-end distribution and monetization solution for …

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Opera TV and Zype Launch OTT Offering

by Alan Spencer

Opera TV and Zype have announced the launch of a fully-integrated, end-to-end distribution solution for video content owners to maximize advertising revenue through the Opera TV Store. World Poker Tour and Shout! Factory are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Five Japanese TV Networks in Streaming Initiative

by Alan Spencer

All five major commercial TV networks in Japan have agreed to join forces and develop a system that will enable simultaneous broadcasting of broadcast TV content via IP. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TV Asahi, …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Apple TV Plans To Sell a Premium Bundle

by Alan Spencer

According to Recode, Apple TV is trying to position itself as a major pay-TV player, and wants to sell premium bundles of top channels. Apple TV currently sells HBO, Showtime and Starz separately but …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 13

BBC Online Audience Figures Lower Due to Netflix

by Alan Spencer

Viewing numbers for BBC’s online services are suffering due to Netflix. Nine years after launch, the iPlayer is used weekly by 13% of all adults in the UK, the same as for Netflix. For …

Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 13

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BBC World News Available OTT with Hulu Japan

by Alan Spencer

BBC World News, the 24-hour international news channel, has launched a live stream of its news on SVoD service Hulu Japan. This is the first time the BBC has made the linear channel available …

Tags:BBC| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 13

TV Connect 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Elemental is a key provider of compression and transcoding systems for broadcasters and was one of the few companies at the show that was demonstrating and taking about HDR. The firm was showing how …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Skyworth| STBs| TV Connect 2017| Vestel| Vol 24 - Issue 12