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Streaming media players are the most frequently used internet-connected entertainment device according to research firm Parks Associates...

New Parks Associates OTT video research reports that 30% of Netflix subscribers are in the premium service tier, up from the 21% in late 2017. At the same time, uptake of Netflix’s basic tier has fallen from 35% of subscribers in late 2017 to 27% in early 2018. These shifts come despite Netflix’s price increase...

We've noted repeatedly that while Silicon Valley giants like Facebook and Google are portrayed as net neutrality supporters, that hasn't been true for many years now. Google stopped giving a damn about the idea back in 2010 or so when it started eyeing the broadband (Google Fiber) and wireless (Android, Project Fi) markets. Similarly, Facebook has never really been much of a genuine supporter, and has actively undermined the concept of net neutrality overseas in developing nations. Once they became powerful and wealthy enough, they stopped seriously worrying about the threat posed by broadband monopolies.

For a while there, Netflix jumped in to supplant Google as a major net neutrality supporter, frequently highlighting how usage caps can be used anti-competitively or how ISPs were abusing interconnection points and their broadband monopolies to drive up prices for competitors.

But as Netflix has grown more powerful, its advocacy for net neutrality has waned proportionally. The co ...

The streaming-content giant has cut a deal with the satellite-radio broadcaster to create an outlet for its comedy content...

Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, announced on Wednesday that two research projects, Loon and Wing, are becoming independent businesses.
Loon, the balloon-flying internet-delivery project and Wing, which is developing a drone-delivery service, are now standalone businesses operating under the Alphabet umbrella.
This likely means little to Alphabet's bottom line for the foreseeable future, but the two projects emerged from Google's X facility, which is more focused on changing the world.

Loon and Wing, two research projects developed within Google's secretive X research facility, are becoming standalone businesses within Alphabet, Google's parent company announced Wednesday.
Loon is the project that releases massive balloons into the stratosphere carrying the gear needed to supply people in rural communities with an internet connection. Wing seeks to develop the means to deliver goods to consumers via  drone aircraft.
Alphabet said the companies' financial...

Australia is preparing to ban Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from supplying equipment for its planned 5G broadband network after its intelligence agencies raised concerns that Beijing could force the Chinese telco to hand over sensitive data, two sources said...

L’application de télévision recrute « 650 abonnés par jour », mais cherche des investisseurs...

SVOD platform Netflix has used the Anime Expo event to unveil two new anime series – Ultraman and Kengan Ashura, along with the renewal of popular series Aggretsuko for a second season. Ultraman is an action drama from Production I.G and Sola Digital. It centres around a man possessing the spirit and DNA of the legendary hero...

Altice sous-performe nettement le marché en matinée avec un titre qui cède plus de 3% à 3,2 euros...

Facebook and Google are sticking to new data privacy regulations, but that doesn’t mean they have to make the options easy for users...

La future plate-forme vidéo de TF1, France Télévisions et M6 n'a pas encore vu le jour qu'elle est déjà la cible de concurrents...

Orange is installing Broadpeak video processing technology for the delivery of advanced video services for its mobile and IPTV services in France...

Facebook is testing a new feature called "Keyword Snooze" that allows users to block posts with certain words from showing up in their News Feeds.
The option would make it easier for people to avoid spoilers for certain TV shows and movies.
The option launched this week for users within a test market, and Facebook will expand it if it is successful.
Users select the option within the drop down menu on a post, which will give them a list of words from the post they can block.

If the devastating ending for "Avengers: Infinity War" was spoiled for you, or if you haven't caught up on hit TV shows like "Westworld," Facebook is introducing a feature that will help you avoid those spoilers from showing up in your News Feed.
The feature is called "Keyword Snooze," and Facebook launched it for users within a test market this week. It allows the user to block certain words from showing up in their News Feed, essentially granting the ability to block spoilers for movies and TV shows...

Streaming services such as Amazon and Netflix accounted for a quarter (£225 million) of UK TV export sales, which reached £902 million ($1.1 billion) between 2016/17, according to a report from Pact. The report, produced in partnership with BBC Studios, ITV Studios and DIT, showed that US sales were £335 million making it the UK’s...

The program aims to compensate group admins for their time.
The social media giant has announced that it is piloting a subscription-based program that will allow group admins to charge users $4.99 to $29.99 per month for access to special sub-groups. The company says it’s doing this after feedback from some group admins that it takes them a lot of time and effort to maintain their groups...

Turner Classic Movies in the US has expanded support for its Watch TCM app to the fourth-generation Apple TV and fifth-generation Apple TV 4K...

DUBLIN, June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
The "Cloud Music Streaming - Global Strategic Business Report" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East...

Les bruits de couloir vont bon train autour d'une possible consolidation du marché des télécoms. Et si le scénario d'un rachat de SFR par Bouygues Telecom semble presque attendu, la perspective d'un rapprochement entre Iliad (Free) et Orange est déjà plus surprenante...