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DirecTV Now Details Leaked

by Bob Raikes

AT&T is expected to announce details of its new OTT DirecTV Now service next week. Reports suggest that the service will offer around 100 channels at a starting price of $35 per month. The …

Tags:AT&T| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Netflix’s 4K OK on Kaby Lake PCs with Edge

by Bob Raikes

Netflix has now made its content streamable on a PC, providing that PC has the 7th generation (Kaby Lake) processor and is running the Edge browser from Microsoft on Windows 10 (which is mandatory …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Google adds UltraHD to Play Movies – Extends Countries

by Bob Raikes

Following the introduction of the Chromecast Ultra streaming dongle, Google has said that it will supply UltraHD content from the Google Play Movies for $25 (or $8.00 to rent), up from $13 (or $4.00 …

Tags:4k| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 46

PlayStation Vue Now on Apple TV

by Bob Raikes

Following the release of Playstation Vue onto Android SmartTVs (PlayStation Vue Available on Android TVs & PCs?) and web browsers (PlayStation Vue Now in Browsers), the service is now available on the Apple TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| PlayStation| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 46

70% would use a free Netflix with ads

by Bob Raikes

Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company, and specialist in personalised content discovery technology said that based on a survey of 3,100 consumers, many would opt for Netflix or Hulu OTT software if it was free and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Eutelsat and Broadpeak Combine to Deliver Live TV and VOD to Mobiles

by Isaac Oburu

Broadpeak, a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies, and Eutelsat Communications are combining their complementary skills to offer content providers a satellite-based solution for multiscreen video delivery to connected devices. Their new …

Tags:OTT Video| VOD

Orange Offers OCS by OTT

by Bob Raikes

Orange in France said that it is releasing its sports channel bouquet, SFR Sport via OTT for €9.99 per month and aiming at the young market that does not have STBs. The group is …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 45

YouTube Supports HDR

by Bob Raikes

YouTube has said that it will support HDR content. Although this was informally said at CES, the service said in its blog that it would support videos graded with applications such as BlackMagic DaVinci …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 44| YouTube

Vimeo To Enter SVOD Market

by Bob Raikes

Vimeo has said that it plans to launch a subscription service. Up to now, Vimeo has relied on payments from content providers as the site doesn’t use advertising (which is why we chose it …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 44

PlayStation Vue Now in Browsers

by Bob Raikes

Sony has now made the Playstation Vue OTT video service available on PC & Mac browsers in addition to Android TVs. (PlayStation Vue Available on Android TVs & PCs?

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| PlayStation| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Ericsson Highlights Switch to Mobile Viewing

by Bob Raikes

Ericsson has released the 2016 version of its ConsumerLab report, a comprehensive survey of 30,000 online and 24 in-depth interviews across 24 countries that the company has published and made freely available. Quite a …

Tags:Ericsson| OTT Video| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 44