US cablenet Syfy has launched an app allows US users to stream its programming to mobile devices. The Syfy Now app will enable subscribers using iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices to access content the day after its original broadcast on Syfy. Authenticated viewers can stream full episodes of shows including Haven, Defiance and Paranormal […]
ESPN has launched a new sports app in the UK, giving fans control of their mobile sports news and information experience. ESPN UK is a feed-based app that gives control to the user – allowing them to personalise their own news service discover content most relevant to their interests. Available in the App Store and […]
BBC Worldwide is continuing to work with JCA to provide content management and distribution services for its supply chain. BBC Worldwide SVP operations Ben Blomfield said: “It’s essential for BBC Worldwide to provide a timely, cost effective and efficient supply chain of content to our partner broadcasters around the world.” JCA has a long standing […]
Google has announced that Walmart -owned Internet movie delivery service VUDU is now available on its Google Fiber TV service. Writing in the Google fibre blog, Sarthak Ray, Google Fiber Product Manager, writes: “If you’re looking for a specific movie or TV show to watch tonight, chances are increasingly good that you’ll be able to […]
Amid a plunge in subscribers for cable, and now satellite providers, IPTV was the only segment of the U.S. pay-TV market to achieve growth in the second quarter, according to a new report from information and analytics provider IHS. The US IPTV providers – represented by AT&T Uverse, Verizon FiOS and others – boasted a […]
Newly-released streaming media and connected TV research from Parks Associates indicates that the number of US broadband households with a streaming video media device, such as a Roku or an Apple TV, has doubled since 2011, reaching 14 per cent in 2013. In the report – Connected TV: Trends and Innovation – the firm notes […]
Lionsgate’s forthcoming movie release Bachelorette will August 16 become the biggest mainstream film ever to be released simultaneously across cinemas nationwide, video-on-demand and download to own. The studio is offering what it says is the first multi-platform blockbuster title released in partnership with on-demand services including Sky Store, Virgin Movies, Xbox Video, Film Four, BT […]
Cisco Systems is to trim about 5 per cent of its workforce, equal to around 4,000 jobs. The news caused the company’s share price to crash 9 per cent in after-hours trading late on August 14th. CEO John Chambers, speaking on an analysts call, said the company is seeing a slow, steady improvement in its […]
The gas and oil rich state of Qatar is involved in a joint-venture satellite with Eutelsat, which is now fuelled up and ready to launch. Dubbed Eutelsat 25B/Es’Hail-1, the satellite is intended to occupy the 25.5 degrees East orbital slot. The problem is that Arabsat already occupies the adjacent 26 degrees East position. The new […]
Free Internet television provider FilmOn.com has opened its Seattle antenna array, making it the twelfth FilmOn data centre in the USA offering consumers free access to individual antennas over the Internet, which it says enables it to outperform its rival Aereo in coverage, size and price. FilmOn is legally able to offer its full service […]