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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 …

Envivio Chosen as Awards Finalist

by Raverstead

Envivio has been named as a finalist in the 2014 Fierce Innovation Awards: Telecom Edition. The company was chosen for its Envivio Nuage software-as-a-service video delivery solution.

Broadband: It’s All About The Pipes

by Helen Vince

Broadcast & Distribution – It has become increasingly clear that consumers are moving to streaming and cloud downloads to watch TV shows and movies at home. This trend, which has been documented by numerous research …

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SVoD Popularity Will Rise Rapidly in Europe

by Super User

More than 20% of European TV households will pay for VoD packages (subscription VoD, or SVoD) by 2020. Digital TV Research forecasts that the overall figure will be 59.4 million (20.7%), up from 18 …

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Chunghwa Chooses Broadpeak for Trial

by Super User

An UltraHD HEVC streaming trial is being run by Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan. Chunghwa is using solutions from Broadpeak, a content delivery network technology specialist. Both VoD and NVoD (near video on demand) services …

Gartner: SVoD Holds Strong Growth Potential

by Super User

Pay-TV is the largest segment of the overall consumer video services market, representing 96.3% of spending this year. Gartner expects this to fall to 94.2% by 2018, while subscription VoD (SVoD) services will grow. …

Wuaki Expands to Germany

by Super User

Wuaki.tv, the VoD provider, will launch its services in Germany on 25th November. A beta test began last month; German internet users can register for the test at www.wuaki.tv.

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