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SES Launches New HD+ IP Streaming Service in Germany

by Artem Alekseenko

SES announced HD+ IP, a new Internet-based streaming service in Germany that provides subscribers with access to 50 HD channels and libraries with more content without needing to have a satellite, cable or DVB-T2 …

Tags:Germany| HD+ (Germany)| SES| Streaming Video

TV as an App – With Cloud Support

by Bob Raikes

Back at CES in 2010, I met in a hotel suite with a firm that had a new approach to TV that struck me as significant, useful and important. A friend had gone to …

The Uncharted Waters of Streaming Media

by Pete Putman

15 years ago, no one in entertainment had ever heard the term “over the top,” or knew what the acronyms SVOD and AVOD meant. Today, they are an integral part of every conversation about …

Tags:AVOD| Smart TV| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA

Vewd Introduces World’s First SaaS-based Operator TV with Vestel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vewd and Vestel announced a deal to develop an SaaS-based TV for operators. Vewd’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model is intended to align Operator TV with Pay TV subscription models and revenue, …

Tags:Cloud TV| Pay TV| Streaming Video| Vestel

Roku Ahead of Amazon in the US for Connected TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say eMarketer said that it expects Roku monthly users in the US to reach 111.7 million this year, an increase by 11.5% and making up a third of the US population. Amazon …

Tags:Market Data| Smart TV| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

When is a TV not a TV?

by Bob Raikes

Yesterday, Comcast’s UK subsidiary, Sky UK, released its new Glass TV. But is it a TV? One TV-focused website said ‘These are fairly conventional TVs’. I beg to disagree. Since the start of the …

Tags:Sky| STBs| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)

As Expected, Roku Launches in Germany

by Bob Raikes

What They Say As expected (Roku to Launch its Players in Germany) Roku has formally announced that it is releasing its streaming sticks in Germany including the Roku Express, Roku Express 4K, Roku Streaming …

Tags:Germany| Roku| Streaming Video

Sky ‘planning own range of smart TVs’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sky TV is reported by the Financial Times to be planning to launch its own range of smartTVs. That would be in line with the move by its parent company, Comcast, …

Tags:Comcast| Sky| STBs| Streaming Video

Roku Introduces All-New Roku Streaming Stick 4K and Roku Streaming Stick 4K+

by Artem Alekseenko

Roku, Inc. unveiled the all-new Roku® Streaming Stick® 4K (MSRP $49.99), offering powerful 4K streaming in a portable form factor and the Roku Streaming Stick 4K+ (MSRP $69.99), which features the Roku Voice Remote …

Tags:Image Retention (sticking and burning)| Roku| Streaming Video| UltraHD & 4K

SmartTV Gets to an Inflection Point

by Bob Raikes

This week I spotted an interesting looking forecast that suggested that the top three US Smart TV brands (Samsung, LG and Vizio) would see a big growth in revenues from advertising over the next …

Watch, Watch, Watch Your Shows, Bingeing Through The Stream…

by Pete Putman

TiVo’s latest Video Trends Report was just released, covering the second quarter of 2021, and it’s full of interesting data about how, when, and where we in North America watch video content. A little …

Tags:Cable| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA

Links Week Commencing 6th September 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Should you buy the Skyworth OLED TV? …