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12 Apr 2023

Addiction aux écrans

Addiction aux écrans : un concept qui fait toujours débat chez les scientifiques Peut-on réellement parler d'addiction aux écrans ? Le concept n'est pas officiellement reconnu par l'ensemble de la communauté scientifique. François Braun, ministre de la Santé et de la prévention s'est récemment exprimé sur BFMTV pour évoquer les objectifs du gouvernement dans la lutte contres diverses addictions. Mais si le ministre a bien évoqué le terme d'addiction aux écrans ou aux réseaux sociaux, mentionnant les smartphones, tablettes et TikTok, ce concept fait toujours débat auprès de la communauté scientifique. Pour le ministre, "la prévention est un enjeu majeur pour notre société, qui est insuffisamment développé". La terminologie addiction aux écrans avait déjà été utilisée par la secrétaire d'État [...]
12 Apr 2023

Strong growth for Asia Pacific OTT revenues

Asia Pacific OTT TV episodes and movie revenues are forecast to reach $52 billion in 2028. This, according to the latest report from Digital TV Research, will up by 56% from the $33 billion recorded in 2022. The report also says that from the $19 billion additional OTT revenues, China will add $4 billion, India $2 billion, South Korea $3 billion and Japan $4 billion. China will account for 38% of the region’s total revenues by 2028, down from 48% in 2022 as the other countries grow faster. Commenting on the findings of the report, Simon Murray, principal analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “Asia Pacific SVOD revenues overtook AVOD revenues in 2019, mostly due to the advertising downturn in [...]
12 Apr 2023

Vionlabs, Plex partner to enhance streaming viewing experiences

Free global streaming media platform Plex has entered into a partnership with cognitive AI technology provider Vionlabs to enhance customers’ viewing experience with what it says will be a more accurate and intuitive UX. The partnership will see Vionlabs' technology integrated into Plex’s streaming service, delivering enhanced viewing experiences for 16 million monthly active users worldwide. it will see capability such as fingerprint embedding that can be utilised by data scientists to innovate around personalisation and content analysis. Plex will now have over thirty Predicted Genres to categorise each title that can be combined with other nuances in the data such as mood and keywords to create many micro-taste groups. It will now also be able to measurement the emotion [...]
12 Apr 2023

US consumer spending on video streaming services drops 25%

The amount spent by US consumers on video streaming services fell to $69 per month in 2022 from a high of $90 the previous year. The amount was identified in research from Parks Associates that showed the amount have fallen by 25% on the period between Q3 2022 and Q1 2021. Forty-five percent of US internet households now have five or more OTT services, and their streaming activities influence spending on other services – 60% of households that recently upgraded their broadband service report streaming as the reason for the upgrade. “Consumers are trying new services – they’re hopping in and out based on the season for sports, fresh content offerings, and the deals and bundles offered,” said Elizabeth Parks, [...]
11 Apr 2023

DirecTV launches free Gemini streaming device based on Android TV

Just after it leaked earlier this week, DirecTV has officially launched its new “Gemini” streaming device based on Google’s Android TV. Available starting today, DirecTV is launching “Gemini,” a new streaming device that is built on top of Android TV OS and works with both DirecTV’s service as well as other streaming services such as Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, YouTube, and others. DirecTV isn’t offering up a lot of details on how the device works, but it’s mentioned that it support Google Assistant via its remote and that a Google login is required – that confirms the Android TV OS base. The device also supports 4K streaming. Most importantly, DirecTV is offering this device for free to its customers as [...]
11 Apr 2023

France Télévisions plans UHD Olympics

France Télévisions is planning to launch 4K broadcast service in time for the Paris Olympics in 2024. It’s anticipated the initial 4K versions of France 2 and France 3 will launch as early as September this year. Under the proposal France 2 would be broadcast entirely in 4K, broadcasting native UHD shows, and upscaling those that were not available in the format. France 3 would only broadcast in UHD for part of the time. France Télévisions plans a definition of 2160p at 50 frames per second, based on 10-bit encoding and HEVC compression. HDR would also be available. The 4K service would be rolled out gradually, starting in September in the major cities of Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nantes, [...]
11 Apr 2023

discovery+ added to Telia Play

Telia Play subscribers in Lithuania can now enjoy a slate of lifestyle, home, true crime, adventure, science and tech content on Discovery+. The Warner Bros. Discovery streamer has been added following a new agreement with Telia Play. Jamie Cooke, General Manager CEE, Baltics, Middle East, Mediterranean and Turkey at Warner Bros. Discovery, says: “It’s been 2 years since we’ve started the roll out discovery+ as a streaming service across the entire region and we continue building our path to a strong digital presence together with our partners.” The new agreement also extends the carriage of Discovery Channel, Discovery Science, TLC, ID, Animal Planet, HGTV, Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 within Telia’s various subscription packages. “Telia Play is further developing its [...]
04 Apr 2023

Mixed picture for Asia Pacific pay-TV

Asia Pacific pay-TV revenues are forecast to reach $26 billion by 2028. This, according to the latest report from Digital TV Research, will $1.6 billion less than 2022. Pay-TV revenues will fall in 10 countries, including Japan (down by $889 million) and China (down by $309 million), between 2022 and 2028. Conversely, India will add $153 million. Commenting on the findings of the report, Simon Murray, principal analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “IPTV revenues will overtake digital cable in 2023. IPTV revenues will climb by $481 million between 2022 to 2028 to $11.26 billion”. Digital cable is forecast to lose $1.15 billion between 2022 and 2028, with analogue cable down by $382 million. Satellite TV will also fall, by [...]
04 Apr 2023

iOS 16.5 code

iOS 16.5 code indicates quad-box Picture-in-Picture feature in development for Apple TV sports streams Picture-in-Picture has been a feature on Apple’s platforms for a few years, allowing a single video to pop out into a floating window while the user browses the rest of the OS. Apple appears to be working on upgrading that capability, at least for live sports matches in the Apple TV app. Code references first spotted by Steve Moser in the iOS 16.5 betas describe a new “Multiview” experience for the Apple TV app, supporting up to four simultaneous streams at once. The Apple TV app live-streams sports games including MLS Season Pass and MLB Friday Night Baseball, with Apple rumored to be actively negotiating more [...]
29 Mar 2023

Czech pay-TV still lagging behind Slovakia

There are a third fewer viewers with pay-TV in the Czech Republic than in neighbouring Slovakia. According to Atmedia, while the figure in the former among those aged 15-69 stood at 57% in the second half of 2022, it was 95% in the latter. Commenting on the figures, Pavel Müller, head of research and marketing at Atmedia, said: “A significant part of Czech viewers do not pay for watching television and only watch free-to-air stations available on digital terrestrial broadcasting. There are many such television stations in the Czech Republic, and their number is also growing due to the transition to DVB-T2. The latest example is the TV channel Spektrum Home, which started broadcasting in one of the digital multiplexes [...]