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Vodafone Mulling Liberty Global Acquisition

by Raverstead

There have been unconfirmed reports that Vodafone is considering making an offer to acquire Liberty Global and Tesco’s loss-making online video business, Blinkbox. Reuters said that Vodafone is reviewing potential acquisitions in order to …

TV Landscape is Getting More Mobile

by Helen Vince

TV – With TV sales somewhat recovering from a recent downturn, many hope that the TV market is returning to normal. There are also many analysts that have a different view based on changes in …

TV Everywhere Not Delayed by Authentication

by Super User

A study by US-based The Diffusion Group (TDG) has shown that authentication is not limiting the takeup of TV Everywhere services. Only 7% of users view the authentication process negatively and fewer than 1% …

Amazon Streams UltraHD Next Month

by Super User

Pre-IFA (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 35), Samsung let slip the announcement that Amazon was developing an UltraHD streaming service. The company has now confirmed that the service is coming, and will be launched …

Sony Bundles Nanoflix for 300 Hours of UltraHD

by Super User

Nanotech Entertainment has signed an agreement with Sony, which will put Nanotech’s ‘Ultraflix’ UltraHD video library app on all of Sony’s 2014 UltraHD TVs. A total of 9 TVs, ranging from 49″ to 85″, …

EE Chooses HbbTV for UK Service

by Super User

UK telco EE has launched an HbbTV service, EE TV, which is free to existing broadband/landline packages or

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TVE Builds Brand Loyalty

by Super User

TV Everywhere viewing is additive to overall TV viewing, rather than detracting from it. In a study by Viacom, 64% of TVE users said that they watched more TV overall, although the TV is …

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HbbTV 2.0 “Hopefully” Coming This Year

by Super User

Micahel Probst, director of the EU-supported Hbb-Next project, has said that HbbTV 2.0 will “hopefully” be released this year. V2.0 will also include four new features contributed by Probst’s group, including synchronised video content …

Americans Hungry for Online Video

by Super User

According to Adobe’s Video Benchmark Report, online TV consumption in the USA, across all devices, is up 388% YoY. While consumption is fragmented across platforms, games consoles and OTT devices gained the largest percentage …

Amazon Sticks It To Chromecast

by Super User

Amazon already has its own set-top box (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 14), but is now challenging the growing streaming stick market with the Fire TV stick. Streaming OTT services such as Netflix, Hulu …

Netflix CEO: ‘Traditional TV Will Disappear’

by Super User

Redd Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, has predicted that traditional linear TV services will ‘disappear’ within 20 years. Hastings made the comments to French magazine Telerama.

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Amazon’s Streaming Service Reaches Samsung

by Super User

Samsung has let the launch date of Amazon’s UltraHD streaming service slip by accident. The company said in a press release that its Smart TVs will be able to support the service from October, …