Opinion
Broadcast in the cloud: Keeping up with video streaming
The broadcast world has been a late convert to cloud computing, but the benefits are especially timely for an industry that embraces the concept...
Netflix
Business
The Pirate Bay has returned, but will it stay the course?
The Pirate Bay has sailed back into our virtual world, just two months after it was seemingly sunk by the Swedish police, and taken...
News
Business
OTT revenue to expand to $6 billion by 2019
Subscription video on demand (SVoD) services such as Netflix were available to 1.3 per cent of emerging market households in 2014, with a user...
Business
Netflix reports blockbuster Q4 earnings
Netflix this week released the results of its fourth quarter earnings report, which saw the streaming service add 13 million worldwide subscribers during 2014.
Business
Business
Netflix begins block on users who bypass regional rules
Netflix is reportedly aiming to tackle users who have been using VPNs (virtual private networks) to watch TV shows which are not licensed for...
Opinion
The future of OTT
Gene Hoffman, chairman and CEO of Vindicia, talks to TVBEurope about the predicted growth of VoD services, the power of Netflix, and the future...
Business
Premium OTT market to experience rapid growth by 2017
Vindicia and Ooyala have announced the results of a qualitative pan-European study
Opinion
The Netflix effect
This may come as news to many Americans, but Netflix has yet to take over the world. It obviously enjoys a huge competitive advantage...
Opinion
TV and convergence – does satellite have a future?
More service providers than ever are now entering the broadcast space and the technology landscape for content distribution can be highly confusing. David Crawford,...
TVBEverywhere
HBO goes OTT
US cable network HBO will launch an internet on-demand service in 2015, the company has revealed.
News
Production & Post
Distributors reach audience of over 2 billion with ZOOsubs
ZOOsubs subtitling service enables independent distributors to provide localised entertainment content to a global audience of over 2 billion viewers.
News
Business
VoD: high expectations and increasing impatience
Brightcove revealed finding of its most recent research at IBC, which highlighted the high expectations, and impatience, of consumers when it comes to watching...
Business
GfK’s industry-first research on SVOD revealed
Global research specialist GfK has revealed findings from its latest research on SVOD services usage
News
Business
Netflix may have its sights set on Spain launch
Netflix is rumoured to be hatching plans to launch into Spain next year, according to reports by Spanish news agency Europa Press.
Interviews
RTL Netherlands – “transforming the media landscape”?
With the video-on-demand market now more competitive than ever, it was no surprise when RTL Netherlands muscled in, with its acquisition last year of...
News
Analysis
The next-generation TV user experience
Today’s television viewers are no longer sitting back, waiting for content. Rather, they’re watching a variety of content, including live channels, VoD, and online...
Features
Production & Post
Baselight finishes a 4K House of Cards
The second season of House of Cards, the political drama from Netflix, was released on 14 February 2014. For the first time, 4K and...
Analysis
EMEA TV market outlook
Findings from PwC’s recent Entertainment and Media Outlook suggest that advertising and electronic home video will drive growth in the EMEA Television market over...
Business
Cloudbusting at NAB
M&A, 4K, IP and the cloud. Russell Grute discovered what’s on the horizon at NAB 2014.
TVBEverywhere
Netflix will expand European service
Netflix will launch in six more European countries by the end of the year.