Following a period of beta testing, the BBC has launched its live, interactive video player in advance of the London 2012 Olympics. The player combines HD video with relevant data designed to enhance the viewing experience. Writing in a BBC Internet blog, Alex Perry Product Manager, Interactive Video Player, BBC News & Knowledge, explained that […]
Telefonica in an attempt to boost pay TV consumption, has launched a new mobile application that will inform viewers about just released films available on Movistar Imagenio, its VoD service Videoclub or on DTT. Called POPCHA!, the app is accessible free of charge through Apple Store to be used initially in iphones but with plans […]
The BBC is streaming live sporting events on Facebook, the biggest tie-up to date between the social-networking site and an international broadcaster. The service launched with live coverage from the Wimbledon tennis championships. During the Olympic Games, the BBC will run 24 simultaneous streams in addition to the main BBC channels. Users outside the UK […]
Google is getting help from shock jock Howard Stern to revive its Internet TV software, which has languished since its debut 19 months ago. Sirius XM will make all of its programming, including Howard Stern, available on Google TV, through a new app that will let listeners pause live programmes and play back up to […]
Brightcove has unveiled the App Cloud Dual-Screen Solution for Apple TV. The new solution enables media publishers to develop content apps for the iPhone and iPad that simultaneously control content, data and information presented on an HDTV while displaying synchronised content on the iPad or iPhone. The dual-screen solution leverages Apple’s AirPlay technology, which allows […]
Shazam, the media discovery company, will provide NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, a social TV interactive experience to viewers of the 2012 London Olympics. While watching the Olympics across NBCUniversal properties – NBC, NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, Bravo and CNBC – US viewers can use the Shazam app on their mobile […]
Microsoft has bought the four-year-old business social network Yammer for $1.2 billion. The purchase of Yammer, dubbed “Facebook for the workplace”, is the latest instalment in Microsoft’s bid to protect its dominant Office products from a challenge by Google. The service claims to have more than 5 million corporate users at groups including Ford, Shell, […]
Accessories giant Belkin will introduce its own place-shifting device, called @TV in July, and in direct competition to EchoStar’s Sling Media range of products. @TV will retail in the USA at $149. Belkin says it will also supply a $12.99 iPhone/iPad and Android ‘App’ that allows Smart-phone users to watch live and recorded programming from […]
LG Electronics and TP Vision (which makes Philips-branded smart TV sets in a number of territories) have confirmed the formation of the Smart TV Alliance. The group’s mission is to create a set of open HTML-based standards so that application developers can make apps that run across smart TV brands. “The Smart TV Alliance creates […]
As widely anticipated, Microsoft has unveiled at a Hollywood event a tablet hardware product to compete with Apple’s iPad. Company executives showed two Windows tablets and accessories that feature what Microsoft claims are significant advances in industrial design and attention to detail. Surface – as the new product has been dubbed – is designed to […]