Dyle, the mobile TV service that works on smartphones but doesn’t use the cellular network, is beginning to have critical mass – in terms of broadcaster support, at least. Mobile Content Venture, the joint venture of several TV broadcasters that operates Dyle, said yesterday that...Learn More

One technology we’re likely to hear more and more about over the next few months is LTE Broadcast, which aims to enhance the quality and reduce the cost to mobile operators of delivering multimedia content to their customers. Just today there were a couple of...Learn More

Awareness and use of TV Everywhere (TVE) cross-device and cross-platform Internet capabilities is higher for free TV Everywhere capabilities from television networks than it is for similar capabilities built into most pay-TV subscription packages, according to a survey of pay TV households from research firm...Learn More

Traditional and basic metrics that are losing their power to describe financial performance or end user behavior are among the sure signs a market is changing. So it is that the television industry is within three months of creating new definitions of what a “TV...Learn More

At CES 2013, Verizon Communications showed off a variety of updates for its FiOS TV service, as well as a demonstration of the forthcoming Redbox Instant service from the Verizon-Coinstar joint venture.  Verizon is championing a theme it calls the ‘Borderless Lifestyle’, to bring video...Learn More

Comcast and Verizon Wireless are touting a new app, dubbed Xfinity TV Player, that lets Comcast Xfinity subscribers download movies and TV shows to their smartphone or tablet for future viewing using Verizon’s 4G LTE network. According to a Verizon Wireless blog post Xfinity TV...Learn More

Nearly half—50% of U.S. and 48% of U.K.–consumers surveyed are watching over-the-top (OTT) video via broadband connections on their TVs, according to Accenture. That’s in addition to regular and pay-TV viewing via cable and satellite, according to Accenture’s Pulse of Media Consumer Survey, indicative of...Learn More

Google announced search enhancements to its Google TV platform today. The new search functionality focuses on voice capabilities and better discovery of movie and TV content through what they are calling PrimeTime. The moves illustrate Google’s further attempts to leverage their core competency of search...Learn More

Over-the-top (OTT) video revenue will quadruple to reach $32 billion by 2017, up from a forecast $8.2 billion in 2012, according to ABI Research. OTT subscription services, eg. Netflix, have been paving the way, but the Scottsdale, Arizona-based market research firm expects the number of...Learn More

For almost no investment of its own, MetroPCS Friday began to offer customers the ability to watch local television channels on their smartphones without incurring cellular data charges.  A large part of the investment required to support the offering came from local broadcasters, who ponied...Learn More

NBC Universal is making a huge effort not only to cover and distribute more Olympic Games coverage than ever before, but also, is undertaking a major research effort into the results of its coverage; using multiple outside research providers to crunch the data.  While we...Learn More

Regional wireless provider C Spire is entering into an interesting resale relationship with DISH Network. Under the agreement, C Spire will market DISH services in their retail footprint, with special emphasis on their TV Everywhere and Hopper DVR services. A DISH spokesman tells me that...Learn More