"OTT" articles
mgMEDIA , developers of multi-device digital content distribution platform Open4Content and Jinni, the innovators of the only taste-and-mood based discovery engine for movies and TV shows, today announced a new strategic partnership to deliver a fun, intuitive and highly accurate Jinni semantic discovery experience to Open4Content customers worldwide. The Jinni discovery engine will be built into the core of mgMEDIA's Over-the-top delivery platform, Open4Content and available to all...
Today's television services throughout the world are provided with at least a non-interactive EPG, consisting of a menu of information on scheduled linear TV programming. Operators or broadcasters deliver these menus as a dedicated channel, broadcast by specialized systems located in the provider's central distribution facility. Customers can tune into these specialized channels in order to view all of the available linear TV channels and the current and upcoming programs available on...
Netflix today introduced a $7.99 streaming-only subscription plan in the United States, the first time it is promoting a 100% streaming option in the U.S. The plan, which allows members to instantly watch unlimited movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix to TVs and computers, is available now to both new and existing members.
Netflix is is also icreasing - by $1 per month to $9.99 - the price of the regular subscription plan that combines unlimited streaming with unlimited...
TiVo is already supplying "OTT" hardware to Cox Communications and Virgin Media . Now, Nordic DTH operator Canal Digital will license TiVo’s middleware and user interface to serve as Canal Digital's next generation platform, seamlessly integrating linear satellite and terrestrial TV channels, Canal Digital's video-on-demand service, and a variety of current and future “OTT” services.
BLINKX TO PROVIDE SEARCH, PERSONALISATION AND RECOMMENDATION FEATURE FOR AMINO’S AWARD-WINNING HYBRID/OTT SET-TOP BOX
blinkx, the world’s largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced a partnership with Amino Communications , the world’s leading developer of pure IPTV and hybrid/OTT devices and solutions. Under the terms of the partnership, Amino and blinkx will develop an integrated search, recommendation and personalization solution powered by blinkx...
For now, much of the attention about hybrid television services that combine over-the-air programming with IP video-on-demand and streams from other online video sources has been focused on Europe, and rightfully so. In fact, many "IPTV" efforts in Europe are themselves hybrids, among them BT Vision and Telefónica. Between operator-deployed hybrids such as IPTV and retail-based hybrid approaches, we anticipate that Europe will have more than 60 million households receiving...
Here are a couple of news items that show both sides of the potential "cord-cutting" story.
First, Netflix is reported to be trialing a streaming-only plan, costing $7.99 a month. Or, is it $ 8.99 a month ?
At the same time, the studios are taking a harder stance to the availability of ad-supported streams of television shows, reports the Associated Press. Broadcasters took a big step toward eliminating free TV shows on the Web after they blocked access to their...
From C21Media.net , NBC Universal and Viacom are the latest major US players to rule out placing their content on Apple TV's revamped TV rental service, following a similar call from Warner Bros.
Apple's latest attempt to penetrate the TV market has so far enticed Disney-ABC - unsurprising, considering Apple CEO Steve Jobs is the Mouse's largest shareholder - as well as News Corp-owned Fox and BBC America, which will offer individual episodes at US$0.99. However, many other companies...
