As part of its bid to get its financials back on track, U.K. supermarket chain Tesco has been dismantling and selling off…
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AT&T tackles LTE-Broadcast at college football championship
On Monday we didn’t just see the debut of the first College Football Playoff Championship Game. We also witnessed the first appearance…
Read MoreNitero’s first WiGig chip aims to turn your smartphone into a 4K video hub
Wilocity has dominated the still tiny WiGig chip market so far, but Nitero is bringing its first radio silicon to market, and it's targeted directly at the smartphone.…
Read MoreThe good, the bad and the Aereo
Bad cases make bad law, and Aereo is a case in point.…
Read MoreNetflix updates its Playback Service to more efficiently stream video
Netflix built its revamped service using building blocks it calls processors; these allow for the company to cut up various tasks and calculations and then automatically stitch them together in a way so the total product does not get impacted.…
Read MoreWill cable operators, CDNs and ISPs make or break the future of online streaming video?
Qwilt's CEO Alon Maor offers a look at the increasing flow of streaming video and warns of possible blockages ahead.…
Read MoreThe other side of net neutrality
The danger in laying down hard and fast net neutrality rules now is that they could lock in structural dynamics in the market for online content when we don't really know how those dynamics will ultimately evolve.…
Read MoreOTT going live
At the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas this week video streaming service providers were clearly preparing for a major expansion in the breadth and volume of content broadcast over-the-top.…
Read MoreMovies without borders
With the shift to streaming, the movie studios have attempted to sustain the old territorial exclusivity system by requiring the use of geo-blocking technology to restrict unlicensed access to their content.…
Read MoreHow Dropbox streams your videos almost instantly
This is a pretty fascinating read for all you multimedia geeks out there: Dropbox detailed its approach towards video streaming in a…
Read MoreSports stars on digital platforms
As sports takes up a bigger slice of OTT and mobile platforms, it won't belong before it starts to run into the same sort of network turbulence as Netflix has experienced.…
Read MoreFilmOn wants in on Aereo appeal
If not for the FilmOn cases, the networks likely would have had a much harder time persuading the court to grant cert. in the Aereo cases,…
Read MoreDoes Verizon have the rights stuff?
Verizon's cloud-TV vision involves a lot of different content use-cases, crossing a lot of different rights silos.…
Read MoreYouTube’s 4K MacGuffin
YouTube's embrace of 4K at this year's CES is akin to what Alfred Hitchcock called the MacGuffin: a plot device that creates suspense or tension but is incidental to the real story.…
Read MoreAmazon Instant launches in Japan
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amazon-launches-online-video-service-660546 Japanese TV fans got one more option to get their movie fix this week: Amazon launched its Instant Video service in…
Read MoreChromecast rumor roundup: HBO Go, international launch, strong sales on Amazon
Google is looking to hire people to bring Chromecast abroad, and a leak hints at an impending launch of HBO Go support.…
Read MoreWhy AT&T might be interested in Hulu: A big mobile data payday
AT&T is seeking a guinea pig to test out its idea for a subsidized mobile internet, and Hulu fits the bill perfectly. If Hulu foots the bill for its own data traffic, consumers could stream video to their hearts' content.…
Read MoreFreedomPop’s home broadband service goes live. Can you survive on 1 GB a month?
If you're a cord cutter, there's no chance FreedomPop's new "freemium" home broadband is a fit for you. But by selling a minimal connectivity package, the MVNO is targeting the casual user and those who can't afford broadband.…
Read MoreThe future of streaming video – four predictions for 2013
The streaming video industry continues to undergo radical transformation. Kun Gao, of Crunchyroll, points to four things to look for in the coming year.…
Read MoreFormer Lovefilm boss: Netflix could have stormed Europe years ago
As it takes a hammering at home, Netflix is pinning its hopes on getting traction in Europe. But Adam Valkin, the founding CEO of rival video service Lovefilm, says that the US company could have owned the market if it hadn't pulled out of a European launch in 2004.…
Read MoreNetflix shut out again as Lovefilm signs with Fox
Bad news for Netflix's international aspirations, as Amazon-owned rival Lovefilm announced a U.K. rights deal to show 20th Century Fox movies on its streaming service. But with antitrust authorities hovering over the movies-on-demand market, things are still up for grabs.…
Read MoreVerizon debuts Viewdini, but streaming still subject to caps
Verizon’s new video app Viewdini has escaped onto Android smartphones – at least the LTE ones. The video portal allows 4G smartphone customers to browse, search and view videos from multiple content services. What the app doesn’t allow you to do is skirt Verizon’s mobile data caps.…
Read MoreNew Netflix iOS app capitulates to bandwidth caps
Carriers like Verizon and AT&T are trying to convince Netflix to pay for the bandwidth its subscribers consume on their networks. Rather than fork over the money, Netflix is giving its iPhone customers the option of turning off cellular access to Netflix completely.…
Read MoreViewdini: Could this app be Verizon’s first pass at toll-free mobile data?
Verizon Wireless revealed a new incarnation of its old V Cast streaming mobile video service on Tuesday. Called Viewdini, the Android app aggregates content from premium video services like Hulu and Netflix and could represent Verizon's first attempts to charge content providers to carry their traffic.…
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