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 […]
Telefónica Digital has said it expects to drive annual revenues of approximately €5 billion for its parent company Telefónica by 2015 with an annual revenue growth rate of 20 per cent. The Spanish company also announced global agreements with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM to use Telefónica’s billing relationships so customers can pay for mobile […]
ITV and Samsung Electronics have confirmed the launch of ITV Player on Samsung’s Smart TVs. The agreement sees ITV become the first UK commercial broadcaster to launch an App in Samsung’s Smart TV store; Samsung Apps. ITV will join an ever-growing collection of services available on Samsung Smart TVs such as, YouTube, Teletext Holidays, Curzon […]
Teletext Holidays has launched an app on Virgin Media’s TiVo box. The app – available on iPhones, iPads, Android devices and now through Virgin Media’s TiVo box – provides a quick and easy way to browse for value package holidays Aleks Habdank, director of digital entertainment at Virgin Media said in a statement: “The flexibility […]
IAB UK, in collaboration with ESPN in the UK, has published the results of research into fans’ media consumption around the Euro 2012 football tournament, to shed light the role played by online, mobile and social alongside more traditional media. The research – conducted with UK sports fans – found that while TV remains the […]
Ahead of the 2012 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix this weekend, the F1 companion experience on the Sky Sports for iPad app has added split-screen technology, meaning Sky customers can watch more of the action by selecting two live camera feeds simultaneously on the same screen. Viewers can choose from several different live video […]
TDF has introduced a free “Restart” facility available on all five channels of France Télévisions, the French public television service, available immediately. “We are convinced that Restart will meet a real need felt by DTTV viewers. Backed by our staff’s development work we can now provide an end-to-end service for our channels from content uptake […]