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YouTube Moves Forward With 60fps UltraHD

by Tom Allen

YouTube introduced 60fps videos last year, and is now combining the format with UltraHD resolution. The content is still only an experiment (YouTube has only enabled it on six videos), and requires a relatively …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 14| YouTube

Quality Almost Rivals Content in OTT Importance

by Tom Allen

A report on OTT TV from Conviva shows that quality is more important to consumers than was thought. 75% of OTT viewers will abandon a poor-quality stream in the first four minutes, the report …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| TV Reception| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Nanotech Licenses Hollywood Film

by Tom Allen

Nanotech continues to expand the content in its Ultraflix library, having recently signed a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures. Paramount has given Nanotech permission to host the 2014 film Interstellar.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Analyst Calls Playstation Vue “Dead on Arrival”

by Tom Allen

TDG analyst Joel Espelien has called Sony’s Playstation Vue streaming service, launched in the USA recently, “dead on arrival”. According to Espelien, the service was “well-intentioned” in development, but is out of touch with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sony| Streaming Video| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 13

UltraHD Comes to BitTorrent

by Tom Allen

BitTorrent ‘Bundle’ subscribers can now access UltraHD programming from film studio Mance Media. Four 90-minute programmes, shot in native UltraHD, are available for $5 – $6 each.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 13

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Major League Baseball Seeking Investors for Streaming Business

by Norbert Hildebrand

Major League Baseball (MLB) owns MLB Advanced Media, a media technology company that powers not only its own sports stream but also operations of other providers. So far MLB.TV offers MLB team and player …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Stream TV| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Sony’s Vue Service Now Live

by Tom Allen

Sony Computer Entertainment president, Andrew House, said recently (Playstation Vue Coming to East Coast) that Sony’s Playstation Vue TV service would be rolled out to the East Coast of the USA soon. The service …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| sony| Streaming Video| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Dell Live-Streams Concert in UltraHD From SXSW

by Tom Allen

Dell, Intel, Red Digital Cinema and Sharp are working together to live-stream the ‘Fader Fort Presented by Converse’ concert from the SXSW Festival in Texas, in UltraHD. The stream will begin on 17th March …

Tags:4k| Dell| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Red| sharp| Streaming Video| UltraHD & 4K| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Valve Streams Games Cheaply, Provides Console Release Date

by Tom Allen

Valve has finally provided a date for the release of its Steam Machine consoles. Units will begin to be released from November this year. At the same time the company showed off the Steam …

Tags:Broadcast| Consoles| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Steam Consoles| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 10