British space media company Sen is making views of the Earth from space available online. Space Live will deliver continuous live views of Earth from orbit, in ultra-high definition, including a live feed. It will be available on ITVX and other online platforms. Sen is developing a freemium business model, offering subscription options with downloads available. It is aiming to build out a network of video cameras in space.
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The television set accounts for approaching half of in-home YouTube viewing in the United Kingdom, as measured by Barb. YouTube still makes up only a minority of television viewing, but broadcaster programming now accounts for less than 60% of viewing on television. At an industry briefing, Barb presented some further details of their measurement of YouTube viewing on television in the United Kingdom.
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Channel 4 in the United Kingdom has agreed a deal to carry hundreds of titles from UKTV on the Channel 4 online service. UKTV is a commercial operation that is wholly owned by BBC Studios, a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It will augment the online offering of Channel 4, which says that it is growing online viewing faster than other British broadcasters or leading online players Netflix, Amazon, and Disney.
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Italian technology company Bending Spoons is reported to be in talks to acquire AOL from Yahoo for about $1.4 billion. Bending Spoons recently acquired the online video platform Vimeo for a similar sum, having previously picked up Brightcove. AOL was once on an online giant and its combination with Time Warner was the biggest merger in history at the time, the height of the dot com boom.
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The Hulu brand will reach Disney+ viewers worldwide when it becomes the global general entertainment brand on the service, replacing Star in international markets. Meanwhile, with Hulu now under its full control, Disney is planning to fold the Hulu brand into its Disney+ service, together with ESPN.
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Amazon is launching the first television products on its Vega OS, its replacement for Android. Its Fire TV range has always been based on a customised version of Android but it seems Vega is not Android anymore and is built directly on the Linux kernel.
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