Al Jazeera has launched new mobile and tablet apps on the iOS and Android systems bringing the latest Al Jazeera news and programmes live together with on-demand personalisation. The apps, which are available for Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic, will provide breaking news alerts and special coverage notifications with a curated home screen […]
Sky’s online streaming service NOW TV is now available on the new Apple TV, giving UK users access to live action from all seven Sky Sports channels and popula shows on 13 pay-TV channels. Gidon Katz, Director of NOW TV, said: “We are pleased to be able to offer our range of flexible and great value […]
Al Jazeera English is amongst the first wave of news outlets available on the newly launched Apple TV, providing the global news and programmes live and on demand. Users will be able to save videos for later viewing, access all saved content from the Watch List, have 24-hour access to Al Jazeera’s live video stream […]
Live streaming and live-to-VoD services specialist Simplestream has joined Facebook’s Video Publishing Partner programme, giving broadcasters and media owners the ability effortlessly to publish any of their video content across Facebook. Simplestream has developed its proprietary Media Manager solution to allow its customer portfolio such as Scripps, Turner Broadcasting, Discovery, At The Races, Racing UK […]
Strategy Analytics’ iOS apps forecast predicts the Apple iOS App Store will reach nearly $30 billion (€27.2bn) in revenue by 2021. Between 2008 and 2021 Apple will pay out more than $140 billion billion to app developers.While Apple’s App Store continues to generate billions for developers, the companies benefitting continue to change significantly. In 2008 […]
NBCUniversal has further expanded its TV Everywhere offering on the new Apple TV with the launch of four new apps from the NBCUniversal portfolio: NBC, USA Now, NBC Sports Live Extra and CNBC. Users for the new Apple TV can access content from these networks on demand, as well as live programming from NBC Sports […]
The BBC has confirmed that its iPlayer service is coming to the new Apple TV. The catch-up app is not ready to launch alongside the revamped set-top box when it goes on sale this week, but the Corporation said that it would be available “in the coming months”. “Available on over 10,000 devices, BBC iPlayer […]
Arxan Technologies, a provider of application protection solutions, has announced expanded application security protections for the Apple tvOS platform. A number of the applications which come pre-installed on the newly announced Apple TV are already protected by Arxan with the most advanced application security measures designed to assure app performance, protect sensitive data, and prevent […]
Sky News has joined with Apple to be part of its UK launch of Apple News. The app, already available in the US, will enable millions of Apple News customers in the UK to access and customise Sky News’ feed directly on their mobile devices further extending Sky News’ digital reach. Andrew Hawken, Director of […]
UKTV has confirmed the launch of its on-demand service UKTV Play on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The UKTV Play app on Amazon Fire TV devices includes a new feature which enables users to create their own bespoke collections via ‘My List’. This new function will be rolled out onto other UKTV Play […]