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• Zattoo to offer VOD service (Telecompaper)

  Published December 10, 2015

  Swiss internet TV provider Zattoo announced it is to offer a VOD service with a focus on TV programmes. At the launch of the service, content from Spiegel TV, Studio Hamburg and Fashion TV will be available. In the coming weeks, other partners such as ProSiebenSat.1 are due to be added and some of the […]

• BBC says iPlayer could travel to Europe (Broadband TV News)

  Published December 10, 2015

  The BBC has confirmed its interest in offering the iPlayer to other European countries but has linked the issue to reform of the licence fee. This follows the statement from the European Commission on cross-border portability. A BBC statement says, “We are interested in being able to allow UK licence-fee payers to access BBC iPlayer […]

• Plan to improve mobile coverage in North Wales “a flop” (Broadband Choices)

  Published December 10, 2015

  A multi-million pound UK government plan to improve mobile phone signals has failed North Wales says a Plaid Cymru Assembly Member (AM). The Mobile Infrastructure Project announced in October 2011 was created to improve and extend mobile coverage across the country, with the target of reaching 60,000 homes and businesses. But, according to AM Llyr […]

• Almost half expect all media to be free by 2025 (IP&TV News)

  Published December 10, 2015

  A new Xerox “State of Customer Service in 2015” survey reveals that almost half (49%) of consumers believe that they will not have to pay for their media services by 2025 – whether they prefer traditional media (48%) or digital media (47%). The report asked 6,000 media consumers in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK […]

• Aurous shut down before it ever really started (The Guardian)

  Published December 10, 2015

  2015’s most high-profile new music file-sharing service is dead. Aurous lasted just a few days after its launch in October before being forced offline by a lawsuit from labels. After agreeing to a $3m (£2m/€2.75m) settlement in that case, the app is gone completely. The case is a resounding success for music industry rights holders, […]

• Programmatic “irritates” UK online users (Rapid TV News)

  Published December 10, 2015

  Conventional wisdom says that programmatic advertising is the future of online video and TV, but a study from Niume has revealed a potential gating factor – viewer dissatisfaction. The research from the collaborative blogging platform provider found that 58% of all UK adults found the effect of such advertising irritating, with over a quarter (27%), […]