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

FOXTEL and Microsoft Sign Xbox Agreement
May 20, 2010 – FOXTEL and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have announced a new partnership offering Australians a brand new way of receiving FOXTEL - over the internet and direct to television sets through Xbox 360's online service Xbox LIVE.
News categories: FOXTEL, Xbox, Australia, Digital TV, Gaming, Streaming

Internet Video Viewing to Trump Broadcast TV by 2020
May 19, 2010 – New research from The Diffusion Group (TDG) predicts that by 2020 the consumption of Internet video -- content stored and distributed over an IP architecture -- will eclipse the consumption of broadcast TV programming.
News categories: TDG, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

Broadcom Accelerates WebM Video on Mobile Phones
May 19, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its VideoCore® mobile multimedia processor family now supports the recently open-sourced WebM video format.
News categories: Broadcom, WebM, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Streaming

MIPS Technologies Announces Support for WebM Project
May 19, 2010 – MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq:MIPS) has announced support for the new WebM open web media project and the open source VP8. MIPS will work with its partners and licensees to ensure fully optimized hardware/software support for VP8.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, WebM, Media Player, Silicon IP, Streaming

Ooyala Joins the WebM Project and Adopts VP8 Support
May 19, 2010 – Ooyala has announced that it is working with Google, Mozilla, Opera, YouTube and other major software and hardware manufacturers to support the WebM project and open sourcing of VP8.
News categories: Ooyala, WebM, Media Player, Streaming

Sorenson Media Announces Immediate Support for VP8/WebM
May 19, 2010 – Sorenson Media has announced it will join the online video ecosystem built around Google's WebM project. The company also announced that it has already optimized all of its products for VP8 and WebM.
News categories: Sorenson Media, WebM, Media Player, Streaming

Google announces WebM open web media format project
May 19, 2010 – Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has opened I/O 2010, its developer conference, and has announced WebM, an open web media format project. Google has open-sourced VP8, a web-optimized video codec, and is contributing to the project under a royalty-free license.
News categories: WebM, Google Inc, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming

PrimeTime2Go™ Mobile TV Service Extended to Motorola Android-Powered Smartphones
May 18, 2010 – QuickPlay Media has announced the availability of its PrimeTime2Go™ mobile TV service on Android-powered Motorola devices, including the Motorola CLIQ™, BACKFLIP™, CLIQ XT™ and DROID by Motorola (NYSE: MOT).
News categories: QuickPlay Media, Motorola, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Streaming, USA

Top 25 LTE Operators Will Reach over 200 Million LTE Subscribers by 2015
May 17, 2010 – The top 25 LTE (committed) operators will reach a 3G/UMTS subscriber base of 1,087 million, of which 226.7 million will be served with dual mode 3G/LTE devices in 2015, according to the latest Maravedis research report.
News categories: Maravedis, 5G, Broadband, Market Research, Subscribers