Streaming (Over-the-top, OTT, P2P, PC-TV, Internet TV, online video, IP Video) News

Octoshape and Altech partner for OTT/IPTV in the Middle-East and Africa
Jul 30, 2014 – Octoshape and Altech Multimedia have announced that they have entered into a partnership to offer video contribution and distribution solutions to major broadcasters and operators in the Middle East and Africa.
News categories: Octoshape, Altech Multimedia, Michael Koehn Milland, Paulo Caldeira, Africa, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middle-East, Set Top Box, Streaming

Asia Pacific OTT TV to surge to $10 billion
Jul 30, 2014 – Asia Pacific online TV and video revenues will reach $10.19 billion in 2020 - a massive increase from the $0.54 billion recorded in 2010 and $2.68 billion in 2013, according to a report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Asia, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming

Telsur selects ATEME encoder for iOS streaming
Jul 29, 2014 – ATEME has announced that Telefonica del Sur (Telsur) has selected ATEME's TITAN Live to deliver a new streaming service for iOS devices and enhance video quality for its existing IPTV subscribers.
News categories: ATEME, Telsur, Cristian Raul Carcamo Gomez, Raoul Rivera, Chile, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, TV Everywhere

Airtel Digital TV adds 376,000 subscribers in 2Q 2014
Jul 29, 2014 – Bharti Airtel has announced results for its first quarter ended June 30, 2014. As on June 30, 2014, the Company had 9.4 million Digital TV customers. Net customer additions for Digital TV during the quarter were 376,000.
News categories: Bharti Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, TV Everywhere

Nokia to trial LTE for national TV broadcasting
Jul 29, 2014 – Nokia Networks is working with a range of partners in the world’s first field trial of wide-area TV broadcasting using a single LTE frequency within UHF spectrum.
News categories: Nokia, Hossein Moiin, 5G, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile

Cable ONE launches Netflix on TiVo devices
Jul 28, 2014 – Cable ONE has announced an agreement that will enable their customers to find and watch shows and movies from Netflix through the cable operator’s TiVo set top devices.
News categories: Cable ONE, Netflix, Joe Felbab, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

AirTies and Octoshape selected by Digiturk for international OTT service
Jul 28, 2014 – AirTies and Octoshape have announced that Digiturk has selected their joint solution to deliver premium programming over-the-top (OTT) to its international customers.
News categories: AirTies, Octoshape, Digiturk, Hatice Memigüven, Bulend Celebi, Michael Koehn Milland, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, Turkey, Worldwide

Digital TV Research provides Netflix subscriber split by country
Jul 24, 2014 – Digital TV Research has made estimates of the number of subscribers that Netflix has in the countries in which it operates. At the end of June, the top two international markets for Netflix were the UK and Canada.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Ireland, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Streaming, Subscribers, Sweden, UK, USA

Seagate launches channel on Roku
Jul 23, 2014 – Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) has announced the addition of the capability to connect Seagate Central personal cloud storage or Seagate Wireless Plus to a Roku streaming player via the Seagate Media Channel app.
News categories: Seagate, Roku, Barbara Kraus, Apps, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, Worldwide