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  • Netflix aims at 50% original programming

    Netflix aims at 50% original programming

    MUMBAI: Challenge for few, exhilaration for many. Netflix CFO David Wells has shown a keen interest in expanding its library of original content. The streaming service is driving towards having half the content to be original production over the next five years. The rest will represent licensed TV shows and movies.

    Wells said that they had been on a multiyear transition and evolution toward more of their owned content. Marking a shift in the balance between licensed and commissioned content, the service is already one-third to halfway towards reaching this target.

    According to Wells, the goal for Netflix was to release something that appeals to each individual subscriber. On that front, they had got ways to go across different genres and formats. The nice thing about the platform was that it allows a lot of creative freedom, allowing for episodes of varying lengths.

    It’s been three years since Netflix started making original programming with House of Cards, Daredevil and more recently Stranger Things. In the movie space, the service has Adam Sandler’s The Ridiculous 6.

    Internationally, Netflix aims for about 80 per cent Hollywood content and 20 per cent local programming. Wells said that the exception was Japan, where Netflix bent more toward 50 per cent local content. About having an ad-supported model, Wells said that there was no such immediate plan.

  • Netflix aims at 50% original programming

    Netflix aims at 50% original programming

    MUMBAI: Challenge for few, exhilaration for many. Netflix CFO David Wells has shown a keen interest in expanding its library of original content. The streaming service is driving towards having half the content to be original production over the next five years. The rest will represent licensed TV shows and movies.

    Wells said that they had been on a multiyear transition and evolution toward more of their owned content. Marking a shift in the balance between licensed and commissioned content, the service is already one-third to halfway towards reaching this target.

    According to Wells, the goal for Netflix was to release something that appeals to each individual subscriber. On that front, they had got ways to go across different genres and formats. The nice thing about the platform was that it allows a lot of creative freedom, allowing for episodes of varying lengths.

    It’s been three years since Netflix started making original programming with House of Cards, Daredevil and more recently Stranger Things. In the movie space, the service has Adam Sandler’s The Ridiculous 6.

    Internationally, Netflix aims for about 80 per cent Hollywood content and 20 per cent local programming. Wells said that the exception was Japan, where Netflix bent more toward 50 per cent local content. About having an ad-supported model, Wells said that there was no such immediate plan.

  • Italian broadcaster RAI launches OTT service

    Italian broadcaster RAI launches OTT service

    MUMBAI: Italian public broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) has launched its free OTT service called Rai Play. The service will offer 14 live streaming channels from its bouquet – Rai 1, Rai 2, Rai 3, Rai4, Rai5, RaiNews, RaiSport1, RaiSport2, RaiMovie, Rai Premium, RaiYoyo, RaiGulp, Rai Storia, Rai Scuola.

    “We can give Italians an additional service, which includes the ability to watch programmes whenever they want, even those who at that time are not on the air, in addition to other services around content,” said RAI general manager Antonio Campo dall’Orto in a statement.

    He added, “Rai Play represents a fundamental step forward in the path that is transforming Rai in a media company. People will be free to make use of our content where and when they want. Freedom and universality are two pillars of Rai’s mission, which is to inform and educate.”

    Rai Play is free to download and is available for live streaming on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer (ver. 10 and above) and iOS, Android and Windows for smartphones and tablets.

    RAI operates in several DVB and Satellite television channels and radio stations. It broadcasts via digital terrestrial transmission and from several satellite platforms. Its broadcasts are also received in neighboring countries, including Albania, Croatia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro,San Marino, Slovenia, Vatican City, Switzerland, and Tunisia, and elsewhere on cable and satellite.

  • Italian broadcaster RAI launches OTT service

    Italian broadcaster RAI launches OTT service

    MUMBAI: Italian public broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) has launched its free OTT service called Rai Play. The service will offer 14 live streaming channels from its bouquet – Rai 1, Rai 2, Rai 3, Rai4, Rai5, RaiNews, RaiSport1, RaiSport2, RaiMovie, Rai Premium, RaiYoyo, RaiGulp, Rai Storia, Rai Scuola.

    “We can give Italians an additional service, which includes the ability to watch programmes whenever they want, even those who at that time are not on the air, in addition to other services around content,” said RAI general manager Antonio Campo dall’Orto in a statement.

    He added, “Rai Play represents a fundamental step forward in the path that is transforming Rai in a media company. People will be free to make use of our content where and when they want. Freedom and universality are two pillars of Rai’s mission, which is to inform and educate.”

    Rai Play is free to download and is available for live streaming on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer (ver. 10 and above) and iOS, Android and Windows for smartphones and tablets.

    RAI operates in several DVB and Satellite television channels and radio stations. It broadcasts via digital terrestrial transmission and from several satellite platforms. Its broadcasts are also received in neighboring countries, including Albania, Croatia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro,San Marino, Slovenia, Vatican City, Switzerland, and Tunisia, and elsewhere on cable and satellite.

  • Idea Cellular to offer live TV, music services

    Idea Cellular to offer live TV, music services

    MUMBAI: It’s the charge of the telco brigade. First Airtel and Reliance Jio hared into the content space by announcing their Wynk, Wynk Video and Wynk Games and JioGames, JioCinema, JioTV, JioPlay, JioOnDemand services offering an array of video, music, game chat apps. Now it’s the turn of another telco major – the Aditya Birla group owned Idea Cellular – to do the same. In an investor presentation, the company says it is planning its own range of mobile digital services right from live television to videos to music to games to music to news/magazines to chat and even money transfers.

    First off the blocks will be Idea Game Spark (Q3 FY 2017), Idea Videos and Idea Music before the last quarter of FY 2017 (January-March 2017). Idea TV, Idea News/magazines, Idea storage and Idea chat will follow in FY 2018 (April 2017 onwards).

    In the presentation, Idea says it expects mobile data usage to sky rocket just like voice over mobile did in the growth phase of wireless telephony. About 1.1 billion Indians will get access to wireless broadband by 2019-2020 (250-300 million in March 2015), and the subscriber base of 3G/4G services is expected to rapidly swell from 130 million in March 2016 to 540 million by 2021. Idea expects data consumption per user to more than treble from the current 475 MB per month in the same period.

    In March 2016, it had 22.8 million wireless broadband subs each of whom consumed 642 MB of data per month. Idea explains that its broadband services today are available to 400 million Indians; it is targeting to expand that 500 million by March 2017. It’s on course to have nearly 100,000 data sites active in 17 circles by the end of FY-2017.

    With the launch of its digital content and other apps, mobile subscribers are likely to be spoiled for choice and competition is expected to hot up between Jio, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. For television channels and content creators, however, it’s going to open up new worlds of opportunity.

  • Idea Cellular to offer live TV, music services

    Idea Cellular to offer live TV, music services

    MUMBAI: It’s the charge of the telco brigade. First Airtel and Reliance Jio hared into the content space by announcing their Wynk, Wynk Video and Wynk Games and JioGames, JioCinema, JioTV, JioPlay, JioOnDemand services offering an array of video, music, game chat apps. Now it’s the turn of another telco major – the Aditya Birla group owned Idea Cellular – to do the same. In an investor presentation, the company says it is planning its own range of mobile digital services right from live television to videos to music to games to music to news/magazines to chat and even money transfers.

    First off the blocks will be Idea Game Spark (Q3 FY 2017), Idea Videos and Idea Music before the last quarter of FY 2017 (January-March 2017). Idea TV, Idea News/magazines, Idea storage and Idea chat will follow in FY 2018 (April 2017 onwards).

    In the presentation, Idea says it expects mobile data usage to sky rocket just like voice over mobile did in the growth phase of wireless telephony. About 1.1 billion Indians will get access to wireless broadband by 2019-2020 (250-300 million in March 2015), and the subscriber base of 3G/4G services is expected to rapidly swell from 130 million in March 2016 to 540 million by 2021. Idea expects data consumption per user to more than treble from the current 475 MB per month in the same period.

    In March 2016, it had 22.8 million wireless broadband subs each of whom consumed 642 MB of data per month. Idea explains that its broadband services today are available to 400 million Indians; it is targeting to expand that 500 million by March 2017. It’s on course to have nearly 100,000 data sites active in 17 circles by the end of FY-2017.

    With the launch of its digital content and other apps, mobile subscribers are likely to be spoiled for choice and competition is expected to hot up between Jio, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. For television channels and content creators, however, it’s going to open up new worlds of opportunity.

  • BSE to Tweet real-time updates

    BSE to Tweet real-time updates

    MUMBAI: Twitter and Asia’s first stock exchange, BSE, have joined forces in their pursuit of providing real time information to the business community in India on Twitter via auto tweets, DMs and more. Investors can access financial data at the tip of their fingers, through four unique integrations:

    ·Hourly Tweet updates of the Sensex figures

    ·@BSEIndia’s display photo change every two minutes to reflect the current Sensex figure and level

    ·Real time replies for Sensex 30 current stock prices via an auto-response

    ·Direct Message subscription facility for Daily Opening and Closing stock price for Sensex 30 companies

    Twitter is the first international social media platform that the BSE is leveraging to enable Indian investors to access stock-related information via a digital platform with ease.

    Twitter has activated four unique features through hourly tweets, autoresponder tweets for Sensex 30 stock prices, auto direct messages for opening and closing figures of Sensex 30, and a ‘live’ display photo that will change every two minutes to project the dynamic Sensex figure and level.

    During trading hours (9 am to 3.30 pm), @BSEIndia will send hourly tweet updates of the Sensex figures, level, and Top 5 gainers and Top 5 losers.

    @BSEIndia’s display photo will change every two minutes to reflect the current Sensex figure and level — with a red arrow pointing downwards when it is down, and a green arrow pointing upwards when it is up. At a glance, people can gauge the market condition.

    For Sensex 30 current stock prices, people can Tweet to @BSEIndia with the company hashtag to get the current company stock price via an auto-response. The official hashtags for companies are listed on www.bseindia.com. For example, you can Tweet: @BSEIndia #HDFC:

    One can also subscribe to a special Direct Message subscription facility for Daily Opening and Closing stock price for Sensex 30 companies. One can activate this facility by Tweeting ‘#Subscribe #CompanyName’.

    Viral Jani, Media Partnerships, Twitter India said, “This is the first-ever association in Asia between a stock exchange and a social media platform to provide real-time market updates.”

    Endorsing this partnership, Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, BSE India, said, “BSE is known for its innovative products and strategies.”

  • BSE to Tweet real-time updates

    BSE to Tweet real-time updates

    MUMBAI: Twitter and Asia’s first stock exchange, BSE, have joined forces in their pursuit of providing real time information to the business community in India on Twitter via auto tweets, DMs and more. Investors can access financial data at the tip of their fingers, through four unique integrations:

    ·Hourly Tweet updates of the Sensex figures

    ·@BSEIndia’s display photo change every two minutes to reflect the current Sensex figure and level

    ·Real time replies for Sensex 30 current stock prices via an auto-response

    ·Direct Message subscription facility for Daily Opening and Closing stock price for Sensex 30 companies

    Twitter is the first international social media platform that the BSE is leveraging to enable Indian investors to access stock-related information via a digital platform with ease.

    Twitter has activated four unique features through hourly tweets, autoresponder tweets for Sensex 30 stock prices, auto direct messages for opening and closing figures of Sensex 30, and a ‘live’ display photo that will change every two minutes to project the dynamic Sensex figure and level.

    During trading hours (9 am to 3.30 pm), @BSEIndia will send hourly tweet updates of the Sensex figures, level, and Top 5 gainers and Top 5 losers.

    @BSEIndia’s display photo will change every two minutes to reflect the current Sensex figure and level — with a red arrow pointing downwards when it is down, and a green arrow pointing upwards when it is up. At a glance, people can gauge the market condition.

    For Sensex 30 current stock prices, people can Tweet to @BSEIndia with the company hashtag to get the current company stock price via an auto-response. The official hashtags for companies are listed on www.bseindia.com. For example, you can Tweet: @BSEIndia #HDFC:

    One can also subscribe to a special Direct Message subscription facility for Daily Opening and Closing stock price for Sensex 30 companies. One can activate this facility by Tweeting ‘#Subscribe #CompanyName’.

    Viral Jani, Media Partnerships, Twitter India said, “This is the first-ever association in Asia between a stock exchange and a social media platform to provide real-time market updates.”

    Endorsing this partnership, Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, BSE India, said, “BSE is known for its innovative products and strategies.”

  • Deutsche Telekom pushes LTE speed to 1.2Gbps with Huawei

    Deutsche Telekom pushes LTE speed to 1.2Gbps with Huawei

    NEW DELHI: Deutsche Telekom and Huawei have accelerated mobile data transfer in Berlin’s LTE network to more than 1.2 Gigabits per second (Gbps), achieving a technology mix of four sending and receiving channels (4×4 MIMO) and five carrier frequencies deployed live for the first time and proving LTE Advanced Pro (4.5G) gives the highest data speeds.

    Deutsche Telekom and Huawei used the latest evolutionary step of this technology – LTE Advanced Pro (4.5G) – with a conventional mobile base station which was bundled with a small cell solution; the data traffic flowed over five carrier frequencies instead of just one. This required one thing above all from both the transmitter station and the receiving devices: they have to support 4×4 MIMO (multiple input – multiple output) technology. If all these components are used, individual users can enjoy peak speeds of more than 1 Gbps. Wireless capacities in the equipped cells are also improved greatly for all users.

    The current move by Deutsche Telekom and Huawei represents the next step in a long-term innovation collaboration in the development of mobile communications technologies and the roll-out of Germany’s fastest LTE network.

    “User behavior is evolving rapidly on the way to a gigabit society.
    That’s why fast Internet access can’t be limited to just fixed lines and fiber optics – our customers also want the highest possible speeds,” said Deutsche Telekom AG Board Member for Europe and Technology Claudia Nemat.

    Huawei Deutsche Telekom executive Lin Baifeng said, “Together, we innovate for the advanced wireless technology and Huawei is happy to support Deutsche Telekom to prove the benefits of LTE Advanced Pro (4.5G), in real field application.”

  • Deutsche Telekom pushes LTE speed to 1.2Gbps with Huawei

    Deutsche Telekom pushes LTE speed to 1.2Gbps with Huawei

    NEW DELHI: Deutsche Telekom and Huawei have accelerated mobile data transfer in Berlin’s LTE network to more than 1.2 Gigabits per second (Gbps), achieving a technology mix of four sending and receiving channels (4×4 MIMO) and five carrier frequencies deployed live for the first time and proving LTE Advanced Pro (4.5G) gives the highest data speeds.

    Deutsche Telekom and Huawei used the latest evolutionary step of this technology – LTE Advanced Pro (4.5G) – with a conventional mobile base station which was bundled with a small cell solution; the data traffic flowed over five carrier frequencies instead of just one. This required one thing above all from both the transmitter station and the receiving devices: they have to support 4×4 MIMO (multiple input – multiple output) technology. If all these components are used, individual users can enjoy peak speeds of more than 1 Gbps. Wireless capacities in the equipped cells are also improved greatly for all users.

    The current move by Deutsche Telekom and Huawei represents the next step in a long-term innovation collaboration in the development of mobile communications technologies and the roll-out of Germany’s fastest LTE network.

    “User behavior is evolving rapidly on the way to a gigabit society.
    That’s why fast Internet access can’t be limited to just fixed lines and fiber optics – our customers also want the highest possible speeds,” said Deutsche Telekom AG Board Member for Europe and Technology Claudia Nemat.

    Huawei Deutsche Telekom executive Lin Baifeng said, “Together, we innovate for the advanced wireless technology and Huawei is happy to support Deutsche Telekom to prove the benefits of LTE Advanced Pro (4.5G), in real field application.”