by Pivot
Tag: Amazon
Amazon Web Services Launches Cloud Offering for Schools
May 14, 2015 — SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced the launch of AWS Educate, a program that helps educators and students use real-world cloud technology in the classroom…
Ritter/Fidelity Regional Fiber Network Eliminates Internet Middlemen
A new regional fiber network built by two small local telcos not only will bring higher-speed connectivity to communities in six states. It also should enhance users’ Internet experience in another way: It will minimize…
OTT Video Revenue Forecast to Reach $32 Billion in 2019
Revenue across the global over-the-top (OTT) video marketplace will reach $32 billion by 2019, according to the latest market data and forecast from Juniper Research. Ongoing growth in mature, developed markets such as North America…
Sandvine: HBO NOW Network Impact is Minimal
Last week’s launch of HBO NOW, a streaming Internet video service that stands apart from HBO’s traditional subscription-based pay-TV cable service, marks a new approach via which traditional cable providers and TV broadcasters are looking…
Report: Amazon Prime Subscribers Watch More Netflix
Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of subscribers to Amazon Prime – the online retail giant’s all-inclusive membership package – are more likely to use Netflix in the previous month compared to Amazon Prime Instant Video, according…
DISH Expands ‘Smart Home Services’ to Amazon Customers Nationwide
March 30, 2015 — ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, DISH expanded the availability of its Smart Home Services home entertainment installation to Amazon customers nationwide, coinciding with the launch of Amazon’s Home Services marketplace. The platform, which…
IDC: Tablet Shipments Post 4Q Drop but 2014 Gain
Worldwide tablet shipments posted a quarterly decline in 4Q 2014 – the first such drop since the first shipments were made back in 2010, according to the latest market data from IDC. Globally, shipments of…
Report: Multi-Screen TV Viewing Far Exceeds OTT Video Viewing
Americans spend an average 175 hours per month engaged with a combination of multi-screen TV, four major Internet portals, YouTube and Facebook – 35 hours/month more than they spend working, according to recent Nielsen and…
Amazon Offers Cloud Email and Calendar Suite
January 28, 2015 — SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced Amazon WorkMail, a secure, managed business email and calendaring service in the cloud. Amazon WorkMail enables users to send…
Parks: Streaming Media Players Will Be Popular Electronic Gifts
Smart watches and connected consumer electronics (CE) entertainment devices, such as game consoles and streaming media devices, will be this holiday season’s most popular electronic gifts, according to new market research from Parks Associates. Surveying…
iPad’s Tablet Traffic Share Measured at 80%
Apple iPad users were responsible for a whopping 79.9 percent of Web traffic from North America’s population of media tablets in September. That’s actually down from 81 percent a year ago, but 1.9 percentage points…
TNS: Propensity to Upgrade Pay TV Subscription Rises with OTT Video Use
As well as posing a long-term competitive threat, the rising tide of over-the-top (OTT) alternatives to pay-TV programming may be providing benefits to pay-TV service providers, according to new market research from TNS. “The quantity…