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UKTV begins live streaming
UKTV has begun live streaming of channels Dave, Drama, Yesterday, Really and Home on its website. The channel streams will also be made available on UKTV Play’s mobile and TV apps in the next few months.
Simplestream launches its first 4K SVOD service through partnership with Blue Ant Media
Simplestream, the leader in live, live-2-VOD and on-demand OTT services, announced today that its award-winning VOD-in-a-Box platform has been selected by Blue Ant Media, an international content producer, distributor and channel operator, to power its new premium wildlife and nature 4K Subscription Video On Demand (SVoD) service – Love Nature 4K.
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Guess who’s the latest AWS Technology Partner
If you guessed Simplestream then you'd be right and almost as smart as our Amazon Web Services enabled Next Gen TV solutions.
Simplestream support for Dovetail enables UK operators to measure multiscreen reach and viewing
Our Dovetail integration enables broadcasters and operators to more accurately measure reach across multiple devices to better understand their audience and potentially increase advertising, carriage and subscription revenues.
Cat Tate, Business Development Director, talks about the evolving online video industry and new platforms like VOD-in-a-Box
Cat Tate, Business Development Director, talks about the evolving online video industry and how Simplestream are integrating into the OTT market within the region, as well as new platforms like VOD-in-a-Box.
Simplestream delivers rich multiscreen experience upgrades for Law&Crime Network
From the high-profile cases to the most compelling local trials, Law&Crime is the only 24/7 linear and OTT network offering daily live trial coverage and expert legal commentary and analysis. Created by TV’s top legal commentator and attorney, Dan Abrams, Law&Crime is dedicated to exploring the always intriguing world of the law while also offering original crime stories and legal programs to a broad, multi-platform audience.
Children’s TV viewership falls 15%
A recent report from Ofcom, “Why children spend time online” has revealed key insights into the online video viewing behaviour of young children, aged 5-15 in the UK. While 2017 saw this demographic spend an average of 2 hours and 11 minutes per day watching TV content, this fell 15 percent down to 1 hour and 52 minutes in 2018.
Simplestream enhances VOD in a Box platform with offline downloads and chromecast for iOS and Android
TV is more immersive, interactive and personalised than ever before, so it’s imperative to make sure our customers are equipped with the best tools and features to provide enhanced viewing experiences for their subscribers.
Bringing power of the cloud to sport channels and leagues
In a world of TV Everywhere and increased fan engagement, supporters now expect greater interaction with the sport they love.
From competition to collaboration: a new age for entertainment and media vendors
Partnerships will be key to delivering enhanced, best-of-breed technologies that ultimately help customers meet the high expectations of today’s consumers.
Colin Dixon from nScreenNoise sits down with CCO Dan Finch to discuss the present and future of OTT
At OTT World Summit last week Dan Finch discussed linear online delivery, asset workflows new ad insertion techniques and it's advantages over traditional advertising as well as the near future of OTT as can be seen below.