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Hybrid TV & OTT
Molotov presents French OTT service to the CSA
Molotov, the new French OTT service from former Canal+ boss Pierre Lescure, has applied for permission…
Microsoft sets out top OTT strategies
Reaching “totally new audiences” was one of the top five media and OTT strategies and…
Microsoft announces European cloud expansion
Microsoft plans to expand its public cloud initiative to the UK in 2016 and has…
Amazon Instant Video launches on Roku in the UK
Amazon Instant Video has launched on the Roku streaming platform in the UK and Ireland…
TiVo passes four million subscriber milestone
TiVo has now passed the four million subscriber mark internationally, the company has revealed. TiVo…
Net Insight to launch OTT product
Video transport infrastructure provider Net Insight is launching itself into OTT delivery with a focus…
Vision247 launches UK app on iOS and Android
Broadcast specialist Vision247 has launched its VisionTV UK app on iOS and Android devices, making…
Disney makes loss-making Hulu investment pledge
Hulu made an equity loss in the quarter ending October 3 due to higher content…
Icflix orders original kids series
Icflix has ordered Dunia, a new animated series for kids that will be an original for…
Al Jazeera launches new mobile apps
Al Jazeera has launched new Android and iOS apps providing a personal news-feed and curated…
Motive TV gears up for TabletTV Plus’ US launch
Motive Television and Granite Broadcasting Corporation’s joint venture, Tablet TV, will start to take US…
Viacom’s BET set for French SVoD launch via Afrostream
Viacom’s African and African-American culture and entertainment channel BET will launch on SVOD in France…
TiVo: 99% of viewers multitask while watching TV
Some 99% of TV viewers admitted to multitasking while watching TV, according to TiVo’s third…
Now TV launches on Apple TV
Sky’s over-the-top streaming service Now TV has launched on the new Apple TV set-top box…
Spanish consumer groups slam Mediapro’s TotalChannel
A range of Spanish consumer groups have filed a complaint with the country’s industry ministry…
Al Jazeera English joins new Apple TV
Al Jazeera English has joined the new Apple TV platform, providing news and programmes on-demand…
KPN launches OTT service Play
Dutch telco KPN has launched subscription OTT service Play, offering a range of popular live…
Periscope launches on Apple TV
Twitter-owned live video service Periscope has launched an app for the Apple TV streaming box….
BBC Store to launch next month
The BBC is due to launch its buy-to-own digital content store in the UK next…
Sky kids app to focus on VoD, not games
Sky’s forthcoming kids app will be device agnostic, but will not include games content, the…
Canalplay adds Maker Studios section
Canal+’s SVoD service Canalplay has added a section dedicated to Disney-owned MCN Maker Studios to…
BFI launches subscription VoD service
The British Film Institute (BFI) has launched a new subscription video-on-demand offering, featuring a curated…
US Netflix users watch ’10 shows per week’
Regular Netflix users in the US watch 10 shows and four movies per week via…
BBC to launch iPlayer app on new Apple TV
The BBC has confirmed that it will launch an iPlayer app for the new Apple…
YouTube Red goes live in the US
YouTube’s new ad-free subscription offering has gone live in the US, amid reassurances by the…
PCCW OTT service goes live, preps launches
Viu, a new OTT service from Asian telco PCCW, has launched in Hong Kong with…
Film Detective launches OTT channel
Movie distributor and restoration specialist The Film Detective has launched a classic movies service on…
Netflix ‘to reach 100 million subscribers’ by 2018
Netflix will pass the 100 million subscriber mark in 2018, with the UK due to…
More than 15m tune in for Yahoo NFL stream
More than 15.2 million unique viewers tuned in to Yahoo’s live NFL American football stream…
Horror on-demand app adds curated movies
Free horror-themed app Frightpix has launched a selection of films curated by cult filmmaking icon…