Research In Motion has revealed that the new BlackBerry World storefront for BlackBerry 10 will offer one of the most robust music and video catalogues in mobile. The new BlackBerry World will include an extensive catalogue of songs as well as movies and TV shows, with most movies coming to the store the same day […]
Twitter has launched Vine, a mobile service that allows users to capture and share short looping videos. According to Twitter, as is the case with Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine (six seconds or less) inspires creativity. “Now that you can easily capture motion and sound, we look forward to seeing what you create,” […]
Since 2011, media discovery company Shazam has partnered with global brands to make television adverts Shazam-enabled, allowing viewers to interact with adverts and brands by ‘tagging’ them. By using the Shazam App, viewers could receive additional information about the brand or product, gain access to special offers, enter competitions, and take advantage of social sharing […]
Video streaming and monetisation platform provider Ooyala has developed a Twitter Video Card solution, in close collaboration with Twitter, that enables Ooyala customers a turnkey method of embedding videos directly into their Twitter streams for instant playback. Previously, users were only able to include a link to a video in Twitter. This approach inserts a […]
Announcing a raft of licensing agreements, taste-and-mood based entertainment discovery engine specialist is now claiming to be the biggest discovery provider for Tier-1 providers worldwide, and that its semantic approach will be at the forefront of next-generation entertainment experience. Jinni says the deals represent aggressive worldwide growth and the beginning of market transformation from the […]
Chinese online video site LeTV is joining with Innovation Works and Shenzhen Capital Group to establish the ‘Kaiping Fund’ (literally ‘Screen-On Fund’), which will invest up to 100 million yuan in promising projects over the next three years, according to Yang Yongqiang, LeTV chief technical officer. The fund will focus chiefly on smart TV applications, […]
Sky Sports has updated its iPad app with users now having access to on-screen analysis tools used during live football coverage. For the first time, viewers watching live Sky Sports Barclays Premier League matches can access some of the same analysis technology used by Gary Neville and Ed Chamberlin on Ford Monday Night Football. The […]
BBC Sport has launched a free mobile application for iPhone and iPod touch devices in the UK. The customisable app provides football transfer news, a live scores section, live text coverage of a selection of sports, plus live Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra streams. Video highlights will be introduced soon; as will […]
Univision Communications, a media company serving Hispanic America, has announced a partnership deal with Samsung that will make UVideos, its bilingual digital video network, available on all 2013 Samsung Smart TVs, connected Blu-ray players and home theatre systems. Beginning this spring, users of select Samsung devices will be able to access Hispanic programming via the […]
Entertainment network EPIX will launch its app on the PlayStation 3 system during the first quarter of 2013, with an app for the PlayStation Vita handheld system to follow in the spring. EPIX will provide authenticated subscribers with access to more than 3,000 titles, including a HD lineup of new releases like Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol, […]