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Metrological TV app store for UPC Hungary

Metrological, provider of a cloud based software application platform, has deployed a cloud based TV app store on UPC Hungary’s HD mediaboxes by partnering with ActiveVideo. As a result of this partnership UPC Hungary launched a TV App store, without replacing its existing mediaboxes. Metrological’s cloud based approach is enabling UPC Hungary to virtualise mediabox […]

July 23, 2014

Yahoo strengthens mobile with Flurry deal

Yahoo is to acquire mobile analytics and advertising specialist Flurry in a reported $300 million deal it says reinforces its commitment to building and supporting useful, inspiring and beautiful mobile applications and monetisation solutions. Yahoo says it is on a mission to re-imagine users’ daily habits, and mobile is at the centre of everything it […]

July 22, 2014

Qplay shutters service

Qplay, the video entertainment experience from TiVo founders Mike Ramsay and Jim Barton, has announced its imminent closure, barely six months since its launch. In a blog post, the company says it is with “heavy hearts” that it announces that Qplay will be closing, with the last day of service being Friday, July 25, 2014. […]

July 21, 2014By Colin Mann

Beamly to support Android TV

Social TV platform Beamly is bringing its personalised TV guide, content discovery, content recommendation, remote control, personalised news feeds, community and show engagement platform to the first screen. “We’ve always seen the future as being not about the first screen or the second screen, but a two-way connection between the device in your hand where […]

July 21, 2014

Commonwealth Games Ultra-HD showcase for BBC R&D

BBC Research and Development has announced a range of new trials and public demonstrations as part of its Commonwealth Games showcase. These experiments bring together a wide range of industry partners and are helping to shape BBC R&D’s vision for the future of TV, and include a number of broadcasting milestones: The first ever Ultra-HD […]

July 18, 2014By Colin Mann

Freesat mobile app on Android

Freesat, the subscription free satellite TV service, has launched an Android version of its Freesat App. Extending the power to manage and control their TVs via mobiles and tablets to even more viewers, the new Android version of the Freesat App is now available for free download from the Google Play store. Optimised for the […]

July 17, 2014

MTV deploys Tunepics on Geordie Shore

MTV UK will be using new mobile social network Tunepics in its social marketing campaigns across key music and entertainment shows and MTV branded live music events. Geordie Shore series 8 will be the first MTV series to utilise Tunepics, enabling key moments from the new series of the show to be shared with fans in real […]

July 17, 2014

Tablet TV preps UK retail launch

Motive Television, the London-based provider of revenue enhancing solutions to the television industry, signed a final agreement with Korean Digital Media Adapter vendor and broadcasting solution provider icube Corporation. Motive and icube are preparing to release retail products that will enable full-featured and certified Freeview broadcast TV to be received on mobile devices in the […]

July 16, 2014

Horizon Go app for upc cablecom customers

Since last year, upc cablecom’s TV customers have been able to watch TV on mobile Apple devices while out and about using the free Horizon TV apps. Now, the subsidiary of Liberty Global is launching a version for Android devices while also introducing a new design. For customers with Apple devices, there will now be […]

July 16, 2014

Telepizza arrives at Samsung Smart TVs through InnoWave

InnoWave, a Portuguese IT Company with strong international focus, has launched thr Telepizza app for Samsung Smart TVs. The new application allows users to order Telepizza products from the comfort of their sofa and it’s now available on all Smart TVs and Blu-ray players from Samsung in Portugal. Telepizza is also accessible at MEO, Vodafone […]

July 16, 2014