BSkyB has launched a free Sky Movies app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The app provides up-to-date information about Sky Movies, Sky Movies Box Office and the latest cinema releases. Each page of films currently available on Sky Movies includes a review of the film and an option to Remote Record the movie on […]
Panasonic has confirmed the launch of a new Internet Social Network application, that will be available on VIERA HDTVs. The app allows users to access social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook while also viewing programming simultaneously on their VIERA HDTV. Panasonic also announced the addition of a new gaming application from PlayJam and […]
Admitting that the initial version of Google TV “wasn’t perfect”, Google has announced a software update aimed at providing a better user experience. Writing in the Google TV blog, Mario Queiroz, Vice President Product Management, and Vincent Dureau, Director of Engineering, note that with over three billion views a day, sites such as YouTube are […]
Virgin Media has launched a range of broadband and mobile bundles which include the digital music service Spotify. Following the announcement of a partnership deal earlier this year customers will be able to access Spotify online through home computers, on mobile devices or through the Spotify app on Virgin Media’s TiVo powered digital TV service. […]
Social TV service Zeebox, developed by former BBC iPlayer developer Anthony Rose, is now live on iPad where it is the “App Of The Week.” Zeebox shows users information, apps and further downloads about shows they are watching, creates live links to the material discussed in shows and lets users follow show-based social network chat […]
Freeview, the UK’s digital terrestrial television platform, has confirmed that the Freeview HD TV Guide App has expanded to Android devices and Apple’s iPad. The free app, launched for the iPhone last year, offers instant access to the platform’s programming guide, including all standard and high definition channels. New features include a full grid view […]
AuthenTec, a provider of security and identity management solutions, has announced that Sky Deutschland, the largest pay-TV provider in Germany and Austria, has chosen AuthenTec’s DRM Fusion Downloadable client to deliver premium content services to Apple tablets via its new Sky Go application. Sky Deutschland’s Sky Go service allows mobile users to view programming from […]
ESPN Goals, the free mobile app which brings UK fans action and goals from every Barclays Premier League football match within just minutes of it taking place, notched up its one millionth UK download over the weekend of October 15-16. The app has also been deeply engaging, with fans registering more than 50 million page […]
US telco AT&T has unveiled a number of ways to allow its U-verse TV customers to bring together their favourite social apps on their smartphone or tablet with what they’re watching on TV. With the U-verse IP platform, U-verse TV and High Speed Internet customers can now connect their qualifying smartphone or tablet to any […]
Siano Mobile Silicon, a global supplier of digital mobile TV receiver chips, has confirmed the launch of Kàn, an advanced DTV player application for the reception of CMMB live TV broadcasts on Android devices. Based on Siano’s proprietary DTV technology, Kàn is the first member in Siano’s Android player family that meets both CMCC (China […]