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TV Everywhere Becoming Pervasive in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Dataxis said that TV Everywhere (TVE) services are now available to 72% of Pay TV subscribers in Europe after starting in 2011. These services allow customers to also watch traditional TV offers (DTH, cable, …

Disney Distances Itself from Earlier Streaming

by Alan Spencer

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney has no plans to allow streaming of its new releases like other studios that offer a premium VOD streaming service for a price. Disney is quite content bringing …

Rural USA has Fewer OTT Subscribers

by Yvette Raikes

There is a big difference in statistics on TV content provision between the USA as a whole and rural North America. 82% of rural households still use more traditional video service providers, with just …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Non-pay TV homes to Double in North America

by Bob Raikes

According to Digital TV Research, the number of pay TV subs in North America will fall by 10 million from 112 million in the peak year of 2012 to 102 million in 2022. Although …

Vudu Converts DVDs & Blu-rays to Digital

by Bob Raikes

Vudu, Walmart’s streaming service, is offering a DVD and Blu-ray-based service to convert content to allow viewing into ‘digital’ copies. The service is available for around 8,000 movies from Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Twentieth Century …

Netflix Launches HTML5 on Linux

by Alan Spencer

Netflix has announced that users of Firefox can now also get Netflix on Linux. The move is part of plans announced some four years ago to play all videos in HTML5. Netflix has already …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 12

iTunes Rental Gets Simpler

by Bob Raikes

Apple has released a new version (12.6) of iTunes that allows access to movies that have been rented on iTunes on other devices (“Rent once, watch anywhere”), although implementation will need new versions of …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 11

4KUNIVERSE Selects Accedo for 4K SVOD on Amazon Fire TV

by Milos Pavlovic

4KUNIVERSE, the first 24/7 4K Ultra HD general entertainment channel in North America, today announced the launch of its 4K Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) service on Amazon Fire TV, created and powered by …

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BBC Calls for Priority Listing

by Alan Spencer

In the UK, a senior BBC executive has said he wants BBC shows to be given priority listing in EPGs., especially over Sky and Netflix programmes. James Purnell, director of radio and education at …

Is that UHD Content Really UHD?

by Steve Sechrist

In the digital era, when content is king, a new IHS study is showing that while 4K content is increasing at the production end, the delivery of that content, particularly OTT (over the top) …

Waipu.tv Enabled on Amazon Fire TV

by Alan Spencer

German IPTV operator Exaring, has enabled its TV platform, to be available on the Amazon Fire TV box and stick. Subscribers watching waipu.tv on their smartphones can also use a swiping motion on their …

Cisco and Sky to Launch OnPrime TV

by Alan Spencer

A new app, OnPrime TV, developed by Cisco in collaboration with Sky and supported by Encompass Digital Media, is now available in the UK, Italy and Germany on Apple TV. Viewers can now access …