Next-generation television services specialist TiVo has confirmed that for the first time, TiVo users can access their content on TV via a third party consumer electronics device. TiVo users can now stream their recorded shows to Apple TV via AirPlay. TiVo says its users have yet another way to watch their favourite shows, on another […]
The BBC has launched a new international BBC News app for iOS and Android devices. The free app, which since dropping into stores on Friday has already seen 1.5million downloads, has been completely redesigned. It offers a uniquely personalised approach to its award-winning news on-the-go, combining top stories and most-watched stories with a set of […]
Jumptuit has added an all new iOS app to a seamless multi-platform solution that connects smartphones, tablets, PCs, smart TVs and leading cloud services. The new Jumptuit iOS app is developed in Swift, Apple’s programming language. With Jumptuit, media on iOS devices plays instantly and smoothly through the Jumptuit TV native app. The Jumptuit TV […]
As consumers embrace and experiment with a host of new ways of watching TV content, a new GfK MRI report has identified six new TV viewing audience groups and how they combine emerging and traditional options for TV use. TV Share of Clock – the first of four studies in GfK MRI’s new The Future of TV […]
Whipclip, the mobile platform that allows consumers legally to create and share their own video clips of television shows and music videos, has raised more than $40 million in the initial closing of its Series C financing led by Eminence Capital, LP, a $6.4 billion asset management firm. Additional participants include existing investors Institutional Venture […]
The WWE Network is now available for $9.99 (€9.15) per month in Italy, offering all 12 annual WWE pay-per-view events live, including WWE Battleground on July 19th where Brock Lesnar will face Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. New subscribers to WWE Network receive their first month of service for free. WWE Network […]
A+E Networks has launched Lifetime Movie Club, the network’s first direct-to-consumer subscription service which grants subscribers access to a library of Lifetime Movies without commercial interruptions for $3.99 a month. The subscription video service comes in time for the 25-year anniversary of Lifetime Movies and is available exclusively on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch at […]
UK over-the-top television platform TVPlayer is to launch TVPlayer Plus, a subscription service, this summer. TVPlayer Plus will be priced from £4.99 (€7.05) per month (with no contract) and enables live streaming of 25+ premium television channels, including Lifetime, HISTORY, H2, Crime + Investigation, Gold, Alibi, Watch, Good Food, Eden, Home, Discovery Channel, TLC, ID […]
Sky has revealed plans to develop a new dedicated kids app. This follows the recent expansion of the kids’ shows available in Sky’s on demand library from 700 to 4,000 episodes. Development of the app for mobile devices is already underway and it is expected to launch in early 2016. To build it, Sky is […]
900 Seconds Oy, a Finnish media technology developer, has launched a live video broadcasting service for consumers: Eyeye TV. The service is currently available for iOS users. The Android app will be launched in July. Jari Ovaskainen, the chairman of the company, sees huge opportunities in live video broadcasting: “The social media, as we know […]