Despite a temporary leveling-off in the first quarter of 2018, video plays on mobile devices (tablets and smartphones) surged 9.8% globally in the second quarter, exceeding 62% of all online videos for the first time, Read more…
ITEM: For cellcos, delivering the best mobile video experience for consumers doesn’t necessarily require offering the fastest data speeds. In fact, according to a new report from OpenSignal, faster isn’t always better when it comes Read more…
Video consumption on mobile devices stabilized in Q1 2018 at nearly three of every five videos watched, while media companies created and processed nearly three times as much video content in the same period year Read more…
Mobile video plays topped 60% of all video starts globally for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Ooyala’s newly released Q4 2017 Global Video Index Report. Geographically, Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) had the Read more…
A new report from Openwave Mobility has found that HD video is proliferating on mobile networks faster than initial projections, thanks to the rise of OTT video services. Meanwhile, the growing use of encryption is Read more…
China Mobile Beijing and Huawei Technologies have announced the launch of a pilot project for a smart stadium at Beijing South Railway Station based on Huawei’s multi-access edge computing (MEC) solution. Huawei says its MEC@CloudEdge Read more…
Malaysian pay-TV provider Astro has launched a new on-demand video streaming service, Njoi Now, for mobile and internet users. Njoi Now is a mobile app version of Astro’s free Njoi satellite TV service, and offers free Read more…
Entertainment accounts for over half of smartphone data traffic with social networking and video as the main drivers, according to the latest consumer smartphone analytics research from Analysys Mason. Data collected for the research looks Read more…
Mobile devices attract the majority of video views for advertising video-on-demand (AVOD) services with global distribution, according to the newly released Q4 2016 Global Video Index from Ooyala. The report also shows variances of viewing Read more…
Chinese mobile video consumers tend to watch longer-length content on smartphones, which could spell an opportunity for manufacturers to pre-install video services on smartphones that offer exclusive benefits. That’s a key finding from recent study Read more…
Everyone in the video content value chain is reeling from the effects of digital disruption, as telcos are forced to rethink network design to support growing demand for video, while the content owners themselves are Read more…
Mobile operators need to adopt eMBMS – a.k.a. LTE Broadcast – more aggressively than they have been, especially the operators with multi-screen assets and ambitions to provide superior mobile video and data experiences to customers. Read more…
An upcoming global consumer survey from IBM warns operators that customers don’t think very much of their mobile broadband video offerings – or their networks in general, or even their customer service. On the bright side Read more…
3 Hong Kong has announced that the mobile version of the myTV SUPER Basic Pack coupled with TVB Premium Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service – worth HK$380 – is being made available free of charge to Read more…
Globe Telecom, via its Digital Ventures division and subsidiary company AdSpark, recently announced a partnership with Incoming Media for its mediaphoneX solution to power video notifications within selected mobile applications. The first apps to integrate Read more…
Mobile video and on-demand TV viewing have soared over the past seven years, but content discovery remains a perennial frustration for consumers. Those are the key findings from Ericsson’s seventh annual ConsumerLab TV & Media Read more…
Optus says it has added new content to its Mobile TV streaming offering, including local video streaming service Stan, ABC iview and the dedicated kids app, ABC KIDS iview. Stan gives customers access to thousands Read more…
Wireless multicast vendor Expway announced that NTT Group has launched what they’re billing as the first ever commercial Wi-Fi multicast service at the NACK5 Stadium Omiya football stadium in Saitama, Japan, home of the J.League Read more…
Mobile advertising firm InMobi has launched an advanced suite of video ad formats across countries in Asia Pacific to help brands capitalize on the opportunity offered by mobile video advertising. The platform includes an advanced Read more…
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