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

Connected TV Set Shipments Will Grow to 70 Percent during 2016
May 2, 2012 – Approximately 25% of the TV sets shipped globally in 2011 were internet-connected, a figure forecasted to approach 70% of total TV shipments during 2016, resulting in more than $117 billion in revenues, according to a new report by IMS Research.
News categories: IMS Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

LG Introduces Streaming Multimedia Cloud for all Three Screens
Apr 30, 2012 – LG (KSE: 066570) has announced the beta opening of its LG Cloud service with the aim of providing seamless connectivity and streaming access to all digital content across Android smartphones, PCs and smart TVs, without a separate set-top box.
News categories: LG Electronics, Apps, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming

Majority of TV Viewing now 'On-Demand' for 1 in 4 Brits
Apr 30, 2012 – A YouGov survey of the nation's TV habits reveals that one in four (26%) Britons now claim to spend more time watching TV through 'on-demand' services, such as BBC's iPlayer, than they do watching traditional 'linear' TV.
News categories: YouGov, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

More than One in Five US Households Have a TV Connected to the Internet
Apr 27, 2012 – At least 21% of US households (approximately 27 million) have either an Internet-ready TV, game console, standalone Blu-ray player, and/or smart set-top box connected to their home network, says ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Salsgiver trials Amino Freedom Jump OTT device
Apr 26, 2012 – Amino (AIM: AMO) has announced that US-based fibre optic network provider Salsgiver is to trial its Freedom Jump OTT device as part of a premium service offered to customers under the gotlit.com brand.
News categories: Amino, Salsgiver, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

China will Overtake US in Connected TV Sales in 2014
Apr 26, 2012 – The global Connected flat-panel TV (FPTV) market will increase to 91 million units in 2012, according to Strategy Analytics. Strategy Analytics projects that the number of global connected FPTV households will reach 502 million by 2016.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Brazil, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Russia, Smart TV, Streaming, UK, USA

SVC4QoE Project Combines Scalable Video Coding and Quality of Experience Technologies for Robust Mobile Performance Over DVB-T2
Apr 26, 2012 – The SVC4QoE consortium has successfully concluded a project that demonstrates the potential of combined Scalable Video Coding (SVC) and Quality of Experience (QoE) technologies to improve mobile multimedia services while reducing broadcasters' capital and operational costs.
News categories: SVC4QoE, DVB-T2, France, Mobile, Terrestrial

BeeSmart middleware compliant with Amino STBs
Apr 24, 2012 – BeeSmart has announced that its middleware is compliant with the IPTV/OTT set-top box range of Amino (AIM: AMO). The middleware combines a fast user interface, an intelligent content recommendation system, VoIP on TV and OTT support.
News categories: BeeSmart, Amino, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

STMicroelectronics Announces its Next Step in Multimedia Convergence
Apr 23, 2012 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the next step in its multimedia convergence strategy, which will focus on offering a single application processing platform to serve a broad range of multimedia devices like set-top-boxes, TVs, cars, smartphones and tablets.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Smartphone, Tablet