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Netflix and TiVo Reach New Agreement

by Yvette Raikes

Netflix and TiVo have updated their intellectual property agreement. TiVo will continue to integrate Netflix into its STBs, but now Netflix will license TiVo’s technology for its OTT service. This is one of the …

YouTube Launches 4K Live Streaming

by Yvette Raikes

YouTube already boasts of having the largest online library of 4K videos. It has now launched live streaming of videos, including those which are 360º.

Netflix Now Allowing Downloads

by Bob Raikes

Netflix has made its content downloadable, as well as viewable via streaming, according to a post on its website. Content can be downloaded on smartphones and tablets and on all plans, although users will …

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Samsung Offers Showtime

by Yvette Raikes

Samsung is now offering the Showtime streaming service and the Showtime Anytime app on some 2015 and all 2016 smart TV models in the USA. The streaming service will cost $10.99 a month, with …

Russia to Lead SVOD in Eastern Europe

by Bob Raikes

Eastern Europe will have 18.19 million paying SVOD subscribers [for TV episodes and movies – excluding sports, for example] across 18 countries by 2021, up from 3.33 million at end-2015 and 5.58 million by …

bitRec Provides Contextual Video Search

by Bob Raikes

BitRec of Vilnius, Lithuania, has developed a contextual video search tool for VOD service operators that is said to enable search within video content, improve SEO for video websites and enrich contextual content meta-data. …

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Freeview Play Adds Four Brands

by Bob Raikes

Freeview said that four new TV brands, Blaupunkt, Hisense, Sharp Aquos and Toshiba will introduce FreeView Play TVs in the next few months. The service is claimed to offer 6,000 hours of content per …

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YouView Shifts Hybrid Service to the Cloud

by Bob Raikes

The YouView UK DTT + OTT hybrid service, originally developed as ‘Project Canvas’, has redesigned its platform and has moved to the cloud. A new HTML5-based interface will be rolled out across the UK. …

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DVB Approves ABR Multicast

by Bob Raikes

Following on from its approval of HDR last week (DVB Approves HDR, HFR and NGA for Broadcast), the DVB Steering Board has approved the Commercial Requirements for Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming Multicast, the stage …

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Ovum Says Netflix Business Model Not Sustainable

by Bob Raikes

Ovum has released a report that points out that Netflix has achieved massive subscriber growth and global scale, but has seen deteriorating profitability. The company pointed out that in 2011, Netflix generated net profits …

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Conviva and nScreenMedia Launch A First-Of-Its Kind OTT Consumer Behavior Research Study

by Bob Raikes

Conviva, powering every internet-connected screen with the most engaging viewing experiences imaginable, and nScreenMedia today announced the findings of an industry-first research study analyzing how viewers’ online streaming habits are impacted by devices, content …

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Connected TV use up 50%

by Bob Raikes

US consultancies, Conviva and nScreen Media said that its latest research, based on looking at more than 20 billion OTT streams per month from 2 million viewing screens globally have shown that the way …

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