CONNECTIONS™ Industry Insights

Netflix and Dreamworks Animation have announced a multiyear agreement wherein Netflix will run original series created by Dreamworks. The deal, Netflix says, is its biggest ever for original first-run content and will provide more than 300 hours of new programming.

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AdMediate, an Accedo solution, has recently been named Best Advertising Platform by the Streaming Media Europe Readers' Choice Awards. The awards, announced on June 18th, are voted on by the readers of Streaming Media and - ...read more

Amazon-owned LOVEFiLM company has recently announced the launch of Disney Movies on Demand through LOVEFiLM Instant.  This launch builds on the existing relationship between LOVEFiLM and Disney and allows members to watch, at no extra cost, - ...read more

Jinni announces "Watch Together" - a feature that enables its recommendation engine to track the preferences of two viewers and create recommendations on what the two are likely to enjoy together. The feature is now available for use by Jinni's customers and its technology partners. Based on profiles Jinni has created for - ...read more

Parks Associates' Voice Recognition & Control on Mobile Devices, based on multiple consumer surveys including a March 2013 survey of smartphone owners, finds a majority of both Apple iPhone Siri users and Google Now users are “very” satisfied with the voice control and recognition technologies. Specifically 55% of Apple Siri users and 50% of Google Now users are “very” satisfied with the - ...read more

Sigma Designs, a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for home entertainment, connectivity and converging multimedia delivery, today announced advanced networking supplier, ZyXel, has selected Sigma Designs’ newly certified G.hn CG5200 family of chipsets - ...read more

Izabella Wiley has been announced as the new general manager of A&E Networks UK for Poland for A&E’s new Warsaw branch.  She will be given the responsibility of overseeing the A&E Networks brand within the country.  Additionally, she will have the duty of driving new business, programming, and communications initiatives for popular A&E channels such as History and Crime & Investigation.     

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TiVo Inc., a leader in the advanced television entertainment market, and Atlantic Broadband, the nation's 12^th largest cable operator offering bundled TV, Internet and Phone services, today announced from the NCTA 2013 Cable show in - ...read more

Accedo and Verimatrix announced June 14th that they are extending their partnership to Accedo's TV Everywhere (TVE) solution. This solution will now include Verimatrix ViewRight® Web client security.  Accedo sits as the global market leader in TV application solutions and - ...read more

UPC Austria has employed a new tactic in order to capture the small business market.  The company has made a series of triple play (internet, television, telephone service) packages available to small businesses.  These packages offer 120Mbps versus the typical 100Mbps and a variety of other updated services that allow users to access e-mail and documents on the go. Business customers can choose between several pricing models - ...read more