The BBC is to offer a new range of applications that will deliver BBC Online services to a range of mobile devices. Licence fee payers have already been able to access the BBC website on mobile phones for eight years. BBC Director of Future Media & Technology Erik Huggers said it is planning to release […]
Qualcomm plans to add TiVo-like television recording functions to wireless devices in an effort to stoke consumer interest in its mobile-TV service. Qualcomm's Media Flo already allows AT&T and Verizon Wireless subscribers to watch broadcast TV on their mobile phones. As its audience increasingly shifts to using VOD, Flo will evolve to meet that need, […]
Red Bee Media has been appointed by Channel 5 Broadcasting to manage all its video on demand services including content distribution to Five's VOD service, Demand Five, and the syndication, live streaming, content management and delivery of the broadcaster's original full-length programmes to YouTube in the UK. The contract win sees Red Bee Media manage […]
Nagravision has revealed that its Nagra Media Access conditional access system (CAS) has been selected by SkyLife, the sole DTH pay TV service provider in Korea with 2.4 million subscribers to secure their new HD platform. SkyLife, one of the largest and most advanced DTH operators in Asia, is aggressively migrating from standard definition to […]
Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, and Brightstar, a global player in the wireless industry, have announced a partnership to bring a low-cost handset that delivers live, free-to-air broadcast TV to Latin American and African consumers prior to this summer’s 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa. Brightstar’s Avvio 505 device, which incorporates […]
Brightcove, the online video platform, has confirmed a deal with Turner Broadcasting to support its online video content in the UK, Spain, France, Italy, Germany and other countries throughout Europe. Turner Broadcasting will use the Brightcove platform to expand its advertising-supported online video offerings and to introduce a variety of new enhanced online video programming […]
From Colin Mann in London Online TV service SeeSaw has launched to the public, having been in beta testing to 20,000 people since January 26th. It currently offers over 3,000 hours of content for free, with plans to introduce paid-for premium content “within a couple of months” according to John Keeling, Platform Controller. SeeSaw aims […]
Sony says its new Wi-Fi-enabled tablet device, the “Dash Personal Internet Viewer,” will include a dedicated application for Netflix’s streaming service that will allow Netflix subscribers to watch thousands of movies and TV episodes directly on the unit. The Dash, which has a seven-inch touch screen and is expected to begin shipping in April for […]
Prisa, would like to have Telefonica as a partner to help launch HD television, the chief executive of Spain’s biggest media group has said. “There are no agreements for the moment. But it would be great. A partner like Telefonica would give us very interesting contacts,” Juan Luis Cebrian said, in an interview published in […]
YuMe, a six-year-old company for dynamic insertion of ads in online video announced that it has raised $25 million in additional capital in a round led by Menlo Ventures. Existing YuMe backers, including Accel Partners, Khosla Ventures, BV Capital and DAG Ventures, also participated in the funding. YuMe matches advertisements to videos on such sites […]