Priced at £100, the seven inch tablet – which Argos says is aimed at the “tweenie” market – undercuts Tesco’s recently launched Hudl by £20.
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By 2018, the Online TV and Video Forecasts report states that 520 million homes in 40 countries will watch online television and video (both paid-for and ad-supported) – more than three times the number in 2010.
The news follows details of the iPlayer’s evolution announced by director general Tony Hall, in which he described a ‘next generation’ platform that would act as the ‘front door to the BBC’.
Advertisers, agencies and publishers will be able to record how many people, by age and gender, are seeing their ad across TV and online – both combined, or exclusively across either platform.
Over one in three Millennials watch mostly online video and no broadcast TV, according to research from the New York Times.
A High Court ruling has forced TVCatchup to remove 21 of its channels aired by broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
BT will offer Sky Movies for a monthly subscription that customers can add to their existing TV package from October 26.
Subject to consultation, networks could have to pay more than four times the current amount to use the radio spectrum.
Starting in November, the social media feature will be used across NBC Universal’s cable and broadcast networks, including its coverage of the Winter Olympics.
The report found that a number of parents surveyed admitted to making video calls to let their children know that dinner was ready.
