French pay-TV sports channel beIN Sports is set to launch an OTT channel. Branded beIN Sports Connect, the OTT offering will give subscribers access to beIN Sports channels beIN Sports 1 and 2 as well as event channels beIN Sports Max, from a tablet, smartphone or computer. Several kinds of subscription packages will be available […]
During the first quarter (Q1) of 2014 there were 42 million US households with a TV connected to the Internet, either via a video game console, Blu-ray disc player, streaming media player or the TV itself. According to the NPD Connected Intelligence Connected Home Report, between Q1 2013 and Q1 2014 the number of homes […]
Metrological, specialists in providing a TV app store framework and app content publishing platform, will demonstrate the latest version of its TV app store framework that supports both RDK (Reference Design Kit) and HTML 5.0 at next week’s ANGA COM. The company will showcase the recently released Version 3.0 of its cloud based app framework, […]
Findings from Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H2014, released by intelligent broadband network solutions specialist Sandvine, reveal that North American subscribers who exhibit cord cutting behaviour are dominating network usage, consuming on average 212GB a month, more than seven times the 29GB of a typical subscriber, and that in
Multi-platform live streaming and catch-up TV service provider Simplestream has been chosen by Sky Bet to support the streaming of all of the Sky Bet Championship, League 1 and League 2 Play-Off matches for Sky Bet customers to access as the English 2013/14 football season draws to a close. Kicking off on Thursday 8th May […]
Metrological, specialists in providing publishing platforms for TV and multi-screen app stores, is announcing the release of version 3.0 of its TV app framework that enables network operators to launch their own branded TV app store to enhance the main screen TV content. The latest app framework is a cloud based solution that offers operators […]
TV App Agency, a specialist in Smart TV and Connected TV app development and Foxxum, a Smart TV solutions expert, have announced a partnership that will bring further value to their offerings and strengthen their standing in the Smart TV space. TV App Agency will add Foxxum‘s Smart TV platform to its list of Smart […]
UK’s Freesat is following up the launch of its Freetime connected TV platform on Panasonic smart TVs with a further launch on Vestel-owned brands. Vestel – the number two supplier of TVs in the UK – will be launching TVs with satellite tuners for the first time in the UK market with Freetime included. Freetime […]
Sony has confirmed a deal with Sky that will see the Sky Go and Now TV services become available on the PlayStation 4. Now TV will launch this summer and Sky Go ‘later this year’. Now TV offers live streaming and on-demand content from a selection of Sky channels and has been available on PlayStation […]
BBC iPlayer saw a record 320 million TV and radio requests in March, up 18 per cent year on year and breaking the previous high of 315 million requests set in January this year. For the first time ever, TV requests from tablets and PCs were on par, both constituting 29 per cent of all […]