Time Warner Cable has signed an agreement with Microsoft that will open the door to a new viewing experience for Time Warner Cable customers. In the upcoming months, the TWC TV app will be available on the Xbox 360 console. Time Warner Cable video subscribers in the US who are Xbox Live Gold members will […]
ESPNcricinfo is unveiling wide-ranging, multiplatform coverage for this year’s Ashes cricket series between England and Australia. Cricket fans will be able to follow all the action online, on mobile with the all-new version of the ESPNcricinfo mobile app, and on television as ESPNcricinfo provides viewers with some of the most popular moments from the history […]
Mobile visual discovery app, Blippar, has formed a partnership with Formula One driver Max Chilton. Blippar’s logo will be prominently displayed on the nose of Chilton’s Marussia F1 car at this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone and for the rest of the Formula One season. In addition to featuring on the nose of Chilton’s […]
Samsung has announced the launch of Eurosport onto its Smart TV platform making it the first regional sports broadcasting service available on Samsung Smart TV. The new sporting App will give users access to over 5,000 hours of live sport every year including coverage from the Tour de France, World Championship Athletics, tennis Grand Slams, […]
Darren Childs, CEO of UKTV, has revealed that the broadcaster’s channels are to be carried on open IPTV platform YouView later in the year. Delivering a keynote address at the IEA Future of Broadcasting Conference in London on the relationship between the Internet and broadcasting, Childs noted that in the early days, TV had spent […]
YouView has launched its free YouView App for Android, allowing customers to record their favourite programmes remotely from their Android devices. Programme schedules are listed by ‘now and next’, as well as day by day listings per channel. The app, now available for Android devices as well as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, provides […]
Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, has announced that Axonista, the Irish TV app developer, has selected Civolution’s SyncNow ACR technology for integration with its Ediflo platform. This enables broadcasters to boost viewer engagement through 2nd screen apps built by Axonista. “Our platform provides a suite of tools […]
The connected TV apps and services market is expected to explode in the next five years as new app frameworks in smart TVs, net-tops (i.e. Apple TV, Roku), Blu-ray devices and game consoles serve as the foundation for a new TV app economy. NextMarket Insights forecasts the US TV app economy to reach $14 billion […]
Following the launch of Twitter’s video-sharing app, Vine, Facebook-owned Instagram has announced that users will be record and share 15-second clips by tapping a video icon in the app. They can also apply filters to videos to add contrast, make them black and white or different hues. Speaking at a launch event held at Facebook’s […]
Sky News is now offering live 24/7 broadcast news on Apple TV, further extending its international reach. The service, which launches subscription free, will enable millions of Apple TV customers in the US, UK and Ireland to access live Sky News directly on their HDTV through Apple TV. Effective immediately, Apple TV customers will see […]