fanatix and ESPN have lauhced a new social mobile app for cricket lovers. The social-first application brings news, scores, blogs, images, video and social media content from the digital cricket brand – ESPNcricinfo – on to fanatix, the mobile social network for sports. “By combining ESPN cricinfo’s first-class content with the social functionality provided by […]
Rovi Corporation has announced that Rovi Video, a database for global TV, movie and celebrity metadata, will supply data for the TV electronic programme guide experience, OneGuide on Microsoft’s Xbox One. The launch is a part of a larger initiative that is planned to include the use of Rovi Video on Xbox One in multiple […]
Following the collapse mid-July of its owners’ plans to sell the operation and instead commit resources to enable it to achieve its maximum potential, US online entertainment service Hulu is now reported to be in talks to integrate the platform with established pay-TV operations. Hulu’s subscription service, Hulu Plus could be included as part of […]
The High Court has issued Orders requiring the six largest UK ISPs (BT, Sky, Virgin Media, EE, TalkTalk and 02) to block access to two illegal streaming sites, SolarMovie and Tubeplus. These sites provide access to a wide variety of copyright infringing TV and film content without permission from rights holders. Lord Justice Arnold November […]
HD and 3D TV are failing to impress, as the UK’s TV viewers put digital recording features, on-demand content and subscription-free viewing on their list of ‘must have’ TV features, according to research from set-top box provider Humax. The survey of 2,000 UK adults reveals
Google has been forced to remove over 200 million “pirate” links from its search listings by rights holders in 2013 a four-fold increase over 2012. Data released as part of Google’s transparency reports, compiled by TorrentFreak, show that at the current rate removal of alleged piracy links, Google will have been forced to delete over […]
The pay-TV industry continued to lose subscribers in the third quarter, providing further evidence that some consumers are dropping their pay-TV subscriptions, or cutting the cord. The industry as a whole lost 113,000 subscribers in the quarter compared with 101,000 in the year ago-period, according to a report by Wall Street research firm MoffettNathanson. The […]
Research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that global TV advertising revenues in the Middle East and Africa will climb by 5.2 per cent in 2014 to reach $171 billion. This follows a 1.9 per cent increase expected for 2013. The rise in 2014 will be driven by improving consumer and corporate confidence along with […]
Pay-TV subscriptions for the 102 operators across 26 countries covered in a new report from Digital TV Research will increase from a collective 105.8 million in 2008 to 131.9 million in 2012 and onto 147.1 million by 2018. The European Pay TV Operator Forecasts report estimates that these operators represented 85 per cent of European […]
Online entertainment service Netflix has unveiled what it describes as the biggest update to its TV experience in the service’s history, a “radically new look” that makes Netflix on TVs a much richer and more immersive experience, according to the company. The new design was created specifically for the big screen, featuring multiple cinematic images […]