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

Tesco takes majority stake in blinkbox
Apr 20, 2011 – Tesco (LSE:TSCO) has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in video-on-demand pioneer blinkbox. blinkbox is the UK's leading movie streaming service, offering thousands of titles streamed on the internet to 2m users each month.
News categories: Tesco, blinkbox, MandA, Streaming, UK

TVs and Blu-ray Players Drive Total Connected Consumer Electronics Shipments to Over Three Billion by 2016
Apr 15, 2011 – A wide range of home media equipment is now network- or internet-enabled, with the number of connected devices shipped into consumer markets expected to increase steadily at a compound annual growth rate of 21% through 2016, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Bamboom Announces $4.5M Seed Round of Financing to Revolutionize Live TV
Apr 15, 2011 – Bamboom Labs has announced that it has raised $4.5MM of seed funding led by FirstMark Capital. Additional investors in the round included High Line Venture Partners, SV Angel/Ron Conway, First Round Capital, and Highland Capital Partners.
News categories: Bamboom Labs, Digital TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, USA, Venture Capital

EBU publishes Principles for Internet-Connected and Hybrid Television
Apr 15, 2011 – The EBU has adopted its 'Principles for Internet-Connected and Hybrid Television' which, if applied, it believes could deliver lower costs, greater choice and a better viewing experience for consumers.
News categories: European Broadcasting Union, Europe, Middleware, Streaming

YouView releases final tech spec and confirms device partners
Apr 14, 2011 – YouView has published its final core technical specification and announced further device partners. The specification covers technologies to enable the delivery of broadcast and IP enabled content to a TV set via a broadband connected device.
News categories: YouView, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

Media Excel and Verimatrix Help Accelerate and Secure Premium OTT Service Delivery
Apr 13, 2011 – Media Excel and Verimatrix have announced a partnership that enables digital TV service operators to securely deploy the highest quality video over any IP network to multiple screens - TVs, PCs, mobile devices and beyond.
News categories: Verimatrix, Media Excel, Content Distribution, Content Protection, NABShow, Streaming

Global Market for Internet TV to Reach $81.2 Billion by 2017
Apr 12, 2011 – Global Industry Analysts has announced the release of a comprehensive global report on Internet TV. The global market for Internet TV is forecast to reach $81.2 billion by the year 2017.
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

Mobile DTV Forum Stepping Up Role in Mobile DTV Deployment
Apr 11, 2011 – The Mobile DTV Forum, the newly established membership category of the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), is off and running, already creating working groups, selecting members of its Steering Committee and adding new member companies.
News categories: Open Mobile Video Coalition, Mobile, USA

Lyfe Communications Announces Integrated Virtual Set Top Box Technologies
Apr 11, 2011 – Lyfe Communications (OTCBB:LYFE) has announced that they have completed software development of a virtual Set Top Box (vSTB), and are creating a program to deploy that technology in trials with partner operators and to their own customers.
News categories: Lyfe Communications, Content Protection, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming