Category: Content
New rara.com music service
Another online music service, that offers streaming and an off-line mode for Android phones has launched.
Digital video services now 15% of video market
The days of the DVD may be approaching an end, as Blu-Ray sales increase, but the online digital video delivery market is increasing by 20% year on year.
Sky Go service may offer downloadable content for phones and tablets
The Sky Go service allows Sky TV subscribers to watch content on two registered devices and currently only PCs can download content for later viewing. This may change in 2012 according to Tech Radar.
New contracts on fast Virgin Media services get six months Spotify Premium
Virgin Media and Spotify announced a partnership back in July, now the actual product has appeared with a six month free subscription to those signing up to the 30 Mbps or faster products.
NetFlix announces launch of streaming service in the UK
NetFlix has announced its intention to launch a movie rental service with content delivered over the Internet.
Apple’s iOS 5 breaks internet traffic records
Generally people believe video and catch-up TV applications are the big bandwidth demands, but the recent launch of iOS 5 which created an extra 80 Gbps of traffic on the BT network has broken the record for peak demand.
Four major providers to offer network based content filtering
As part of a plan to reduce the sexualisation of children, the four biggest broadband providers are to offer content blocking based in their networks.
YouTube launches movies in the UK
YouTube have launched their movie service in the UK which brings rentable movies to users on their computer, TV and mobile devices.
IPTV predicted to treble in Europe by 2020
Point Topic are expecting European broadband subscribers to increase to 160 million by 2020 and one third of these will take IPTV services.
YouView on track for early 2012 launch
YouView announcing their User Interface and Search Policy consultation, are on track to launch their service in early 2012.