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NBCUniversal launches TV Everywhere campaign

NBCUniversal is launching an overarching cross-portfolio consumer marketing campaign spanning 14 cable networks and brands to bring awareness and engagement to the media and entertainment company’s TV Everywhere initiative. From drama and comedy to sports and news, viewers will be reminded how they can ‘Watch TV without the TV’, which the company says is a […]

December 17, 2014

Bravo and Telemundo apps on Xbox One

NBCUniversal continues to add new products to its TV Everywhere offering with the rollout of Bravo Now and Telemundo Now on the Xbox One in the US, joining USA Now and Syfy Now. Fans of NBCUniversal’s premiere lifestyle and entertainment brand Bravo Media, and the definitive Hispanic mainstay Telemundo, will have access to authenticated content […]

December 17, 2014

BBC Red Button on EE TV

EE, the UK digital communications company, has revealed that EE TV customers can now use BBC’s Connected Red Button directly from BBC channels to access iPlayer and the BBC Sport and News Apps, offering live sport, video highlights, headlines and scores. EE TV also offers five new content applications to complement its existing mix of live and […]

December 11, 2014

Hopster on Samsung Smart Hub

Working in partnership with Hopster, Samsung is bringing ad-free TV for preschool children to the Samsung Smart Hub. The new app, now available on Samsung Smart TV, offers U-rated TV shows for children aged between 2 – 6 years old on the biggest screen in the house. The Hopster Smart TV App is also the […]

December 11, 2014

Curzon App allows day-and-date viewing

Samsung Electronics Co. UK has confirmed the availability of a refreshed and improved Curzon Home Cinema Smart TV App on the Samsung Smart Hub, giving users access to select films, including recently acclaimed titles Joe starring Nicolas Cage, and Ida from director Pawel Pawlikowski, the day they are released in Curzon cinemas. Widening its cinema […]

December 3, 2014By Colin Mann

6 new channels for Virgin TV Anywhere

Quad-play operator Virgin Media has added 4Music, CBS Action, CBS Drama, Extreme Sports, The Horror Channel and Sony SAB to Virgin TV Anywhere, which it claims is the UK’s most comprehensive TV on-the-go service. The addition of the new channels to the service brings the total number of channels available for Virgin TV customers to […]

November 28, 2014

Watchup launches on Xbox 360

Watchup has confirmed that its video aggregator news app is now available on Xbox 360. With Watchup on Xbox 360, users can watch videos from some of the most credible names in news like The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Sky News and CNET, among others, without a cable subscription. “Watchup on Xbox 360 […]

November 27, 2014

EPIX premium TV app on Chromecast

Premium entertainment network EPIX is launching its EPIX app on Google Chromecast, the latest step in its continued leadership in the expansion of TV Everywhere. EPIX was the first premium network to launch on XBOX 360, PlayStation, iOS, Android tablets, Windows 8.1 and Roku players. Authenticated subscribers will have streaming access to EPIX’s unmatched, on-demand […]

November 26, 2014

UPC Hungary: 80% YouTube STB take-up

The percentage of available subscribers accessing YouTube via existing STBs in UPC Hungary has risen substantially to 80 per cent, according to Arpad Jordan, CTO, UPC Central and Eastern Europe. Addressing delegates at the OTTtv World Summit in London, Jordan admitted that from previous experience, UPC expected something around 30 per cent to 40 per […]

November 19, 2014By Colin Mann

Encore and Movieplex on Xbox One

Starz has announced that Encore Play and Movieplex Play, the authenticated online TV Everywhere services for Encore and Movieplex premium subscribers respectively, launched successfully today on Xbox One. The Encore Playand Movieplex Play launches today follow the associated August 2014 debut of Starz Play on Xbox One. All three premium pay TV Everywhere services are also available on Xbox 360, […]

November 19, 2014