by Pivot
Month: September 2016
AT&T Enhances DirecTV TV Everywhere App, Streams Video Free From Wireless Data Caps
AT&T is adding enhancements to its DirecTV TV Everywhere app, which now allows AT&T wireless customers to stream video from DirecTV without worrying about monthly data caps. Customers have to be both DirecTV and AT&T…
Rio Olympics OTT Video Stats: NBC and Akamai Stream 3.3 Billion Minutes
One hundred million unique users tapped into NBC’s digital coverage for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. NBC, in partnership with Akamai, racked up some impressive Rio Olympics OTT video stats. The companies set industry milestones…
AT&T and Precision King Partner for Smart Farms
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Precision King, a provider of smart farming solutions, uses AT&T Internet of Things (IoT) services to help take the guess work out of farming. Three essentials in agriculture are…
iPhone 7 Audio and Camera Capabilities Are Its Chief Innovations
The Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, announced today and available this month, have a range of new capabilities. But the most impressive capabilities are not related to the products’ role as communications devices…
MSI Finds Increased Interest in iPhone Among Samsung Users
Smartphone buyers are presenting Apple with an opportunity to gain market share at the expense of arch rival Samsung, according to Market Strategies International. Responses to an MSI survey conducted for the research firm’s ¨iPhone…
Wearable Device Shipments: A Tale of Two Markets – IDC
Wearable device shipments rose and reached 22.5 million units in 2Q’16 despite a drop in shipments for one of the market’s largest vendors, according to the latest market data from IDC. Overall, 2Q’16 wearable device…
Stand-Alone Bell Fibe TV Service to Launch in Early 2017
MONTRÉAL, Sept. 6, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ – Bell today announced that by the end of Q1 2017, Fibe TV customers will no longer be required to sign up for Fibe Internet service to access Canada’s…
How to Thrive in the Impending Data Usage Explosion: Artificial Intelligence, Partnerships?
Ninety percent of all of the data that human beings have created was generated in the last two years, according to Thomas Saueressig, chief information officer for SAP, addressing attendees at Huawei Connect in Shanghai,…
Zayo is Awarded 1,800 Site National Mobile Infrastructure Contract
Boulder, Colorado — September 6, 2016 — Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZAYO) has signed its largest mobile infrastructure contract to date. Zayo will upgrade and expand the customer’s fiber-to-the-tower (FTT) network, which includes dark…
Report: OTT Video Subscriber Growth Pegged at 12%
The number of U.S. broadband households who have signed up for OTT video services from a major provider has risen 12% since 3Q 2014. Both consumer awareness and the number of OTT video services available…
Industrial IoT Success Stories Include Jet Engines, Elevators, HVAC
Jet engine parts that send an alert when they should be replaced. Elevators that can be inspected remotely. Office heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems that adjust their temperature settings based on what occupants…
ComScore: Smartphone Online Time Exceeds All Other Devices Combined
Smartphone online time now accounts for 50% of the total time Americans spend online, according to the latest comScore MMX Multi-Platform and Mobile Metrix market data services. Growing rapidly to the point where smartphone Internet…