Accedo, an enabler of Smart TV and IPTV apps today announced that it has developed an Olympics app for Terra (Telefónica Group), a global digital media company and Internet provider in Latin America The service will see Terra’s Smart TV customers in Brazil follow the live action from London 2012 and share their experience in […]
Zeebox, the social TV provider, has released all the results of its latest sample research in the UK and US. The company says it has has published the survey data in order to generate feedback from other market participants. You can access the research here. Among other findings: In the UK 28 per cent of […]
Half of all adult mobile phone owners in the US now incorporate their mobile devices into their television watching experiences, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Centre’s Internet & American Life Project. These “connected viewers” used their phones for a wide range of activities: – 38 per cent of cell owners used […]
BBC Worldwide has revealed that the launch of the iPlayer in 16 countries has seen the app downloaded one million times, and that global trials will now be expanded into the autumn. The trial app was launched in July 2011 and offers users outside of the UK “the best of the BBC’s content” for €49.99 […]
PacketVideo has revealed that its Twonky Beam button will be integrated into BedRocket, ToonGoggles, and U-NEXT’s video websites, as well as within the Anywhere Artist mobile app software development kit (SDK). When watching a video on one of these sites users can click on the Beam button to wirelessly transfer the video from their smartphone, […]
MobiTV, the TV apps maker for smart phones, has pulled its initial public offering to raise up to $75 million blaming “unfavorable market conditions”. MobiTV reported an $11.8 million loss last year even though its revenue rose 27 per cent to $85.1 million. MobiTV must compete for customer attention with companies like YouTube and Netflix, […]
Dutch football channel Eredivisie Live is launching its TV everywhere app in August in partnership with cable operator Ziggo. The “Eredivisie Live Go” service will offer users access to all live matches whilst on the move. Eredivisie Live Go will make all live and on-demand programming from the channel available on tablets, smartphones and home […]
BBC Sport has launched an Olympics application for Android and iOS smartphones in the UK. The free app offers up to 24 streams of live events coverage, catch-up coverage and highlights, comprehensive schedule and results pages, and daily news stories which can be saved for offline reading. Phil Fearnley, General Manager BBC News & Knowledge, […]
Pay-TV companies are struggling to keep up with video experiences enabled by connected TVs and iPads, according to analyst firm ABI Resesarch. Their situation, caused by a slow-moving business model, as well as serving less technically savvy consumers, is exacerbated by suffering a hardware disadvantage as they rely on set-top boxes that are typically a […]
Facebook users will be reminded about NBC’s coverage of the Olympic Games in London, and viewers of NBC’s coverage will be nudged to talk about the Games on Facebook. It is part of a collaboration between NBCUniversal’s NBC Olympics division and the social networking site. Data from Facebook will inform television coverage on NBC and […]