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Abox Follows IPTV Trend

by Tom Allen

Abox42 is a German company that was established six years ago, selling STBs to operators. It began selling directly to consumers two years ago; however, the Abox42 brand is now B2B-only. The company develops …

TV Connect 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Arris’s new remote looks attractive – and Ruwido was on the firm’s booth, so….Access was showing its latest developments. Access makes components (such as a browser) that are integrated into middleware. The company’s added …

Albis Focuses on IPTV

by Tom Allen

Albis Technologies showed its Scenegate set-top boxes. These are designed to support both traditional (IPTV, broadcast and VoD) and value-added services (OTT, interactive, media sharing). The Scenegate 8073 is Albis’ newest STB, introduced at …

OTT Demand Rises for Quality OTT Experience

by Tom Allen

According to OTT video optimisation company Conviva, the challenges to building a sustainable OTT service are rising. It is no longer enough to simply have a video play – the demand for quality is …

OTT Will Rise Four-Fold by 2019

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research says that OTT subscription revenues will rise four-fold by 2019, to $31.6 billion – up from just under $8 billion in 2014. There will be a ‘surge’ in uptake, due to continued …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| SVOD| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Accenture Says Change in TV is Accelerating

by Bob Raikes

Last week, Accenture, the consultancy, published its fifth annual multinational survey on digital content consumption and it had some interesting conclusions. Up to now, short form content has been the main type of viewing …

Tags:Broadcast| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| OTT Video| Second Screens| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Only 7.5% Say Linear TV Will Remain Important

by Tom Allen

The Connected100 survey, by the Connected100 research group, has shown that the key TV innovation drivers in coming years will be OTT (87.5% of respondents) UltraHD (77.5%) and TV Everywhere (70%). Linear broadcast (7.5%) …

OTT Climbs to 100 Million Subs

by Tom Allen

Research firm Ovum has predicted that premium OTT streaming services will reach 100 million subscribers this year. The shift is especially apparent in mature markets, augmenting free services such as YouTube. With the launch …

OTT Rises Faster than Pay-TV

by Tom Allen

ABI Research has predicted that the global pay-TV market will only experience a 3.7% CAGR through 2020. OTT video, however, is expected to see 26% revenue growth this year alone, with a 24% CAGR …

Is 2015 the Break out Year for Streaming Video on Demand?

by Steve Sechrist

Nielsen recently reported that US Households with Streaming Video On Demand (SVOD) spend an average of two hours and 45 minutes watching the mobile device screens, beating the homes with traditional TV, which had …

Pay-TV Falls in North America While OTT and SVoD Climb

by Tom Allen

North American pay-TV revenues peaked in 2013, at $102.9 billion. Digital TV Research now forecasts that they will fall 11.7% ($12 billion) between 2014 and 2020, to end at $90.7 billion. Cable revenues in …

Sling TV Launches on Xbox One

by Helen Vince

Sling TV has released its app for Xbox One, the first gaming console to support the live, over-the-top TV service. Xbox One joins a constellation of other devices that support Sling TV, including Amazon …

Tags:Amazon| OTT Video| xBox