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Freeview Play Technical Specs Made Public

by Isaac Oburu

Digital UK has opened up on the technical specification for Freeview Play. This means that all broadcasters, platforms and equipment manufacturers can participate in the next gen hybrid DTT/OTT platform. Development of the platform …

Rovi and Intellectual Ventures Collaborate on Exclusive OTT Partnership

by Isaac Oburu

Rovi and Intellectual Ventures today announced that the companies are collaborating to bring together two of the world’s leading media and entertainment patent portfolios under a unified, comprehensive licensing program to focus on over-the-top …

Tags:OTT Video| Rovi

Consumers Value Content and Quality in Online Video

by Tom Allen

Consumers in developed countries are increasingly watching online video ‘on their own terms’ – so says Limelight Networks’ new ‘State of Online Video’ report. The survey, of more than 1,200 consumers in the UK, …

CAN Tech and Stream TV partner to provide Glasses-Free 3D content

by Isaac Oburu

Stream TV Networks, Inc. is pleased to announce that it is partnering with CAN Tech Co. LTD to make its live programming and extensive content library available in Glasses-Free 3D for the first time. …

Tags:2D-3D conversion| China| IPTV| OTT Video| Stream TV

Netflix Viewers Watching More

by Milos Pavlovic

A GfK study quoted by telecompetitor said that Netflix OTT subscribers have doubled the number of shows that they are watching since 2012 – the number has gone up from five a week to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Apps Appear for Apple TV

by Milos Pavlovic

Apps have now started to appear on the Apple TV. Plex, a streaming app, is now available on the App store and the company raved about its happiness with the look of the app. …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Google Unveils YouTube Subscription Service

by Milos Pavlovic

Google is to introduce a subscription service for video that will allow access to exclusive content, extra features and eliminate advertising as well as allowing access to YouTube Gaming and YouTube Music. The service …

Millward Brown Sees Digital Video Consumption Rising Globally

by Norbert Hildebrand

Millward Brown part of the Kantar Group focuses on advertising effectiveness and brand development has published some results of their recent survey on TV versus digital viewing. This also covers the consumption and reception …

The Connected Media Device Ecosystem: Smart TVs vs. Dedicated Streaming Media Devices

by Tom Allen

The popularity of OTT SVOD has influenced the increase of connected media devices in consumers’ homes. In turn, connected media devices continue to change consumers’ TV/video viewing behaviour by bringing a variety of sources …

Tags:Market Data| Media Players| OTT Video| Smart TV| SVOD

Apple Limits New Apple TV

by Bob Raikes

Click for a higher resolution image of Apple’s remote. Image:AppleThe new version of the Apple TV is not due to ship until the end of October. However, 9to5Mac has got hold of one and …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 22 - Issue 38

MatrixStream OTT DVR Supports 4K

by Bob Raikes

MatrixStream of California, said that it is rolling out a turnkey OTT network DVR system that can support 4K IPTV content. The system is said to be able to scale to support large numbers …

Rovi Boosts Speech and Surveys Users on Content Discovery

by Bob Raikes

Last year, one of the most impressive demos that we got was at Rovi when the firm showed us its natural language user interface tool. The system was good at understanding the context and …