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Weather Network Now on Foxxum Smart TV platform

by Bob Raikes

Foxxum which supplies Smart TV solutions for TV makers including TCL, Hisense, Atmaça, Cultraview and THTF, has done a deal with the Weather Network, owned by Pelmorex Media, to support the weather app in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Video to be Important for Apple Music

by Bob Raikes

Eddy Cue, an Apple SVP that is responsible for internet software and services, has said at a US conference that its original series ‘Carpool Karaoke’ and ‘Planet Of The Apps’ will become available “in …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Access All Areas Rolled Out in Ultra HD

by Alan Spencer

Access All Areas, a travel adventure show has been rolled out in Ultra HD in Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Russia. Access All Areas is produced in UltraHD by Insight TV in partnership with Sky …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 06

HBO Now Subscribers Pass 2 Million

by Alan Spencer

Time Warner announced, that HBO Now subscribers have passed 2 million in the US. The streaming service was launched in April 2015 and reached 800,000 subscribers by the year end, and nearly one million …

Tags:HBO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Epix Now Available on Apple TV4

by Alan Spencer

The streaming service Epix is now available on Apple TV4 and comes with a limited free trial for subscribers. Movies including ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘James Bond’ and ‘Star Trek’ are available via the app. …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Geo-blocking of Online Content to be Banned Inside EU

by Alan Spencer

Starting from 2018 streaming providers such as Netflix, Viaplay, Sky, and Spotify will no longer be allowed to use “geo-blocking” to prevent access to EU subscribers that are travelling within the EU. All providers …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Copa del Rey Semi-Finals Streamed on Facebook

by Alan Spencer

Spain’s Mediapro and La Liga agreed a deal to stream the semi-finals of La Copa Del Rey (King’s Cup) to 40 countries on Facebook. Some of the countries included in the live streaming were …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Spain| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Dutch Prefer Internet TV to Public and Commercial TV

by Alan Spencer

According to research by Telecompaper, viewers in the Netherlands would prefer to switch to TV over the Internet if the main public and commercial channels were available via apps on their smart TVs. Some …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netherlands| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 06

O2 Gains TV Customers in Czech Republic

by Alan Spencer

In the Czech Republic, the incumbent O2 ended 2016 with 221,000 IPTV and OTT subscribers for its TV service, up 6.1% more than a year earlier. O2 has a complementary service called Multi that …

Tags:Czech Republic| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Sony to Remove YouTube From Some 2012 Products

by Alan Spencer

Sony will be removing YouTube on 2012 Blu-ray players and cinema systems due to apparent problems caused by changes by Google. Last year, the YouTube app disappeared from 2012 Sony TVs and the time …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 05

TV Style Video App Next for Facebook

by Alan Spencer

Facebook is developing a video-centric app for TV set-top boxes and is already seeking publishers to create exclusive content for it. The app is part of an effort by Facebook to compete for TV …

Tags:| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Sky To Move Q to OTT

by Bob Raikes

Sky is to move to offering its full TV service over IP for the first time. Up to now, although Sky has offered a limited service (Now TV) over IP only, it has been …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sky| Vol 24 - Issue 03