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Apple Rumoured to be Working on Original Video Content

by Bob Raikes

Normally, we wouldn’t bother with a rumour about Apple – there are so many, but in this case, the source is the Wall St Journal. The paper said that Apple is planning to create …

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Qwilt Selected by Afrihost for OTT in SA

by Bob Raikes

Qwilt, a provider of online video delivery and open video caching solutions, in conjunction with local partner Three6Five, announced that Afrihost, a South African Internet Service Provider, has chosen Qwilt’s open caching solution to …

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Opera TV Certification Program off to a Flying Start

by Isaac Oburu

Opera TV today announced that its Opera TV Certification Program has gained significant momentum since launching just 3 months ago in September 2016. The program, which accelerates the launch of over-the-top (OTT) services to …

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Amazon Prime Now on Android TVs

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has added the Sony Android TVs from 2015 and 2016 to the devices that are now supported by the latest version of its Prime Video app. (Amazon Prime Video Now Available in More …

EU Cable TV Continues to Grow Despite OTT Competition

by Milos Pavlovic

The cable industry in the European Union has continued to grow amidst increasing competition from traditional and Over-The-Top (OTT) players, according to a report released today by IHS Markit, a world leader in critical …

Tags:Europe| OTT Video| TV Viewing

NPD Partners with Tru Optik on OTT TV Data

by Bob Raikes

NPD said that it has made a partnership with Tru Optik, which claims to be “ the only audience measurement and data management platform built for OTT. Through the partnership, NPD will have access …

You.i TV Goes Out-of-Box

by Bob Raikes

We met with You.i TV at IBC (You.i TV Wants to Exploit GPUs) and the company explained its approach to developing OTT services, using the power of GPUs and Adobe After Effects to develop …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Vimeo Updates Apps on HTML5

by Bob Raikes

Vimeo, the online video sharing service, has developed new apps for Apple tvOS, Android TV and Samsung SmartTVs based on HTML5. The new apps include a number of features, including: a ‘curated cinema experience’ …

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Amazon Re-vamps Fire TV Interface

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has designed a new user interface for its Fire TV STB. The new interface includes video ‘snippets’ and trailers and Amazon said that it would add more content services in the longer term. …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 50

PwC Sees OTT as an Add-on

by Bob Raikes

PwC has found that the rate of cord-cutting in the US has slowed down after surveying 1200 US consumers, and it sees OTT services now developing as add-on to traditional Pay TV, rather than …

Amazon Prime Video Now Available in More Than 200 Countries and Territories Around the World

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has now made its Prime Video service available in 200 countries and territories around the world, either free as part of its Prime service, or for €2.99 (or $2.99) in most of the …

BBC, ITV Join to Offer Britbox in US

by Bob Raikes

The BBC and ITV in the UK have said that they will create an advertising-free SVoD service that will be launched in the UK in Q1 2017 under the ‘Britbox’ name. AMC Networks, which …