There are now more over-the-top (OTT) channels available on the UK’s Freeview HD platform than there are terrestrial channels, with the number currently at 70 and set to double by the end of this year.
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Netflix and YouTube are Must Have Apps for Smart TV Owners
Smart TV manufacturers are hoping that the popularity of apps with smartphone and tablet users makes its way to the living room. Manufacturers and retailers are selling more and more televisions preloaded with Internet-connected functionality, frequently referred to as Smart TVs. This provides an environment where consumers can use apps to do anything from surfing the Internet using a fully functional web browser, to streaming their favorite movies, TV shows and music right on their TV sets.
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Will Olympics Streaming Video Take Your Network Down?
If Michael Phelps swims his way toward medal history during the upcoming Olympic Games, employees will be able to see it as it happens, because for the first time, NBCUniversal is streaming live all 302 events and all 32 sports. That is, if it doesn’t wreak havoc on corporate networks.
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2012 Summer Olympics Internet video streaming is in the Limelight
The 2012 London Games requires the participation of multiple content delivery providers internationally in order to service intense demand for mobile and broadband video. Tempe, Arizona-based Limelight Networks is in the center of it.
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Netflix, Comcast And The Future Of Streaming Content
Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) is one of today’s most highly scrutinized and criticized companies. We all know the story, so I won’t bother getting into the details other than to mention that higher costs to acquire content are eating away at Netflix’s streaming operations to the point of negative income. The once hailed DVD business segment is no longer a growth component and now regularly posts quarterly DVD account losses.
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YouTube ‘Hungry Channel’ CEO Says The Future Of TV Is Online
Add former television exec Bruce Seidel to those jumping on board YouTube to showcase new broadcast content. In January, Seidel was appointed CEO of Electus’ new food-centric YouTube channel Hungry, and just two weeks ago, it finally launched on June 27.
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Internet streaming of TV shows shakes cable TV, satellite industries
It’s a fascinating story of market forces leading to unpredictable success: Netflix, a popular entertainment service, built a business on offering a low-cost monthly package in which DVDs of rented movies would be shipped to customers’ homes.
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How about a Qwiki? Bing embeds video presentations in search results – VentureBeat
“They may be quickies of a different kind, but a rendezvous between Microsoft and New York-based startup Qwiki has brought the young company’s interactive video presentations to search results for faster, more pleasing experiences.
Beginning Tuesday, Bing’s search engine will feature ‘qwikis,’or machine-generated video presentations on reference topics, attached to Wikipedia page results.”
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Bringing the Global Games to a New Global Stadium — @YouTube Blog
“In 2008, we began showing clips of the Beijing Games. In 2010, we provided archival content of past Winter Games. This year, we’re taking it one step further by bringing the world’s largest sporting event to the world’s biggest stage and we’re doing it live.”
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Don’t Hold Your Breath For Google To Bring Pay TV To Your Town Anytime Soon – businessinsider.com
“It will take a whole lot to turn its Kansas City experiment into a nationwide threat.
Google won’t be able to change the cable TV business easily, if at all, Greg Ireland, consumer video market researcher for IDC told BI.”
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