Digital Media & Broadband Industry News, Research and Insight
Smart TVIsrael-based Vidmind is a software company that offers a white label OTT service platform for anyone looking to get into the content service business. It offers a cloud-based video management and delivery platform that enables companies to become virtual content service providers. “The video delivery game plan is rapidly changing, and being first, or at [...]
Sony is ramping up its efforts to be the king of 4K with a recently launched market effort that’s anchored by video from Garth Davis, who recently co-directed the miniseries “Top of the Lake.” Davis said that after seeing the picture quality on Sony 4K Ultra HD TV at the Sundance Film Festival, he was [...]
-Drives Engagement with Social Feeds and Longer Viewing Sessions Ustream says live streaming is poised to revolutionize media and entertainment delivery. Live streaming is quickly becoming a hallmark of the entertainment ecosystem and a bolstering sign of our times. From the 2012 summer Olympics and the 2013 Super Bowl to the Red Bull Stratosphere Jump, [...]
- Developing Next Generation Products & Getting the 2 Sales Forces in Sync – Looking Ahead, Not in the Rear View Mirror In the follow up to ARRIS’s $2.35 acquisition of the home division of Motorola Mobility, ARRIS has started creating synergy between the two companies and cutting expenses. The company borrowed $2 billion to [...]
Harman Kardon, which makes high-end audio/video gear, has two new 7.1 channel receivers in the AVR 2700 and AVR 3700, both of which support Apple’s AirPlay with free apps. Their prices are $795 and $995, respectively. Other specs are 4K video scaling, a high current, ultra-wide bandwidth amplifier plus eight HDMI inputs, 3D compatibility and [...]
Last week Fox TV’s digital expert Shelly Palmer posted a woefully lackadaisical short list of the best streaming services. His list included Netflix, Hulu, Apple iTunes, Amazon, Aereo and Redbox Instant. While those are popular and notable services – with the exception of Aereo, which is available only to a tiny market and whose selection [...]
-Two-way Conversation Between Viewer and TV Screen -Votes Appear on First Screen in Real Time iPowow wooed audience members at the Second Screen Summit at NAB earlier this year with a demo of its interactive second screen platform. iPowow offers a one-of-a-kind experience for users by enabling them to have a two-way interaction with the [...]
-Joins YouTube, Amazon, Hulu and Others -Exclusive Content Partners Include Ex-YouTubers -Online Video Is Experiencing ‘The Network Effect’ Blip.TV has entered one of the hottest markets in OTT: Original online video. Following the likes of Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, Amazon, Sony’s Crackle – to name just a few – Blip.TV is now in the original content [...]
Sony — and every division at Sony – from movie making to camera making is committed to leadership in every aspect of 4K. Sony wants to be the leader in all the 4K markets; something it failed to do in the Web world, and use 4K to pull it out of its financial doldrums. A [...]
-‘House of Cards’ and Other Originals Attract New Subs -Pay TV Will Have to Offer Something Better than TV Everywhere – OTT Services Go Head-to-Head against Pay TV with Original Content Netflix showed the world it is a force with which to be reckoned this week, when it announced its better-than-expected quarterly results. [...]
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is the weekly digital media industry strategy bulletin.
It is divided into three sections. The first concentrates on the most significant trends and topics that are shaping the digital media industry. A further section focuses on broadband, home networking and other hardware; the other is a source for competitive intelligence about OTT services, apps and multi-screen viewing.
The Online Reporter 'connects the dots' - by explaining and defining the technologies that are affecting and intertwining the entertainment, consumer electronics and telecoms industries.
