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Sky Movies on Sky Go

Sky Movies is now available live and on demand on mobile and tablets as well as on TV and online. Following the launch of a movies on demand service on the Sky Go app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, millions of Sky TV customers now have access to hundreds of movies when and where […]

November 28, 2011

Boxee Box adds SlingPlayer app

D-Link and Boxee have confirmed that the Boxee Box by D-Link now features support for SlingPlayer for connected devices. The Boxee Box set-top device supports a full web browser, full HD streaming from the Internet, all popular media file formats, and integrated social networking delivering personal recommendations straight to your TV. With the addition of […]

November 23, 2011

Google Music app for Google TV

One day after announcing Google Music, the company has unveiled a new Google Music app for Google TV. The app streams music directly from user’s library stored in the cloud and integrates into the Google TV system to play in the background and allow users to set up a playlist to serve as a soundtrack […]

November 18, 2011

ConnecTV gives US stations TV Everywhere

US local TV station groups covering 76 million American homes are partnering with ConnecTV to launch a free second screen application in early 2012 that will offer viewers additional content and social media features tied to live TV. As part of the agreement, a number of the broadcasters have also made an undisclosed investment in […]

November 15, 2011

C4 to trial Zeebox

Channel 4 has kicked off a trial to explore what kind of bespoke content best suits the features of the social, second-screen TV app Zeebox. Zeebox, a cloud-based service designed to synchronise a user’s Twitter and Facebook social graphs to let viewers synchronise what they are watching on TV, launched last month. The app, which […]

November 14, 2011

Viasat launches Viaplay on Apple devices

Viasat Broadcasting announced that its Viaplay online pay-TV service is available to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users in Denmark, Norway and Sweden from the App Store. Subscribers to any of Viaplay’s three online TV packages (‘TV’, ‘TV+Film’ or ‘TV+Film+Sport’) can use the new app to access Viaplay’s multi-screen, on-demand video streaming service, which is […]

November 10, 2011

Technicolor launches MediaEcho app

Technicolor has confirmed the launch of MediaEcho, an application that synchronises secondary content with Blu-ray, VoD or broadcast programming. MediaEcho synchronises a wealth of content such as cast, crew and production information, historical facts, audio and video onto a tablet device that allows viewers to deepen their engagement with the programme without cluttering the main […]

November 9, 2011

Video2Go from Motive Television

Described as the combination of a social TV application with the ability to stream and record video to watch when and where you want, digital television technology, software and services provider Motive Television has launched Video2Go, designed to provide broadcasters and pay-TV platforms with opportunities to extend their content reach beyond the TV set to […]

November 8, 2011By Colin Mann

Capablue karaoke app for Smart TVs

Capablue, a VoD and Connected TV solutions provider, has developed an interactive karaoke app on Smart TVs for DigiTop. Karaoke Superstar will give consumers instant access to an extensive playlist of tracks from favourite classic artists to the latest chart hits. Users will be able to select tracks from a playlist of over 2,000 karaoke […]

November 8, 2011

Capablue develops Karaoke Superstar app for Smart TVs

Capablue, the UK’s VoD and Connected TV solutions provider, has developed an interactive Karaoke App on Smart TVs for DigiTop Ltd. Karaoke Superstar will give  consumers instant access to an extensive playlist of tracks from favourite classic artists to the latest chart hits. Users will be able to select tracks from a playlist of over […]

November 8, 2011