AOL has announced the AOL HD app is available for download on Sony Internet-enabled devices – continuing the momentum from AOL HD’s launch on connected devices including Samsung, Google TV, Roku, Boxee, DivX TV and Yahoo! Connected TV. “Today’s announcement signals AOL HD’s commitment to creating an interactive and engaging environment that takes our incredible […]
FremantleMedia has created a new digital division, FremantleMedia UK Interactive, combining the expertise and knowledge of the former talkbackTHAMES digital team and Screenpop, the group’s innovation and mass participation unit. The division will be headed up by Peter Cassidy, formerly Managing Director of Screenpop. Cassidy will report into Christian Grobel, FremantleMedia UK’s new Director of […]
Samsung is bringing the Verizon FiOS TV app to its line of Smart TVs and Smart Blu-ray Players in 2012. The app will allow Verizon FiOS TV subscribers to instantly access 26 live TV channels, including HD channels, directly through the subscribers’ connected Samsung Smart TV or Smart Blu-ray Player. No additional hardware is required. […]
LG Electronics and Verizon have formed an alliance that will see LG introduces the Verizon FiOS TV app to current LG Smart TVs and Blu-ray players in 2012. The new app will allow Verizon FiOS TV subscribers in the US to access 26 live HD channels directly through their connected LG Smart TV or Blu-ray […]
Technicolor has unveiled its new consumer brand, M-GO at CES. This free app offers seamless access to all content across all connected devices, through a cloud-based experience. Technicolor also confirmed strategic relationships around M-GO with Intel, Samsung, and VIZIO. M-GO has a state-of-the-art discovery engine that fetches consumers the content that they want to watch […]
Myspace has announced an over-the-top social TV service that will be available on the next generation of Panasonic Viera Connect-enabled HDTVs. Launching in the first half of 2012, Myspace TV allows viewers to discover, share and comment on the programmes they’re watching. Initial channels on Myspace TV will be music-focused, leveraging Myspace’s music rights and […]
Microsoft and News Corp have announced plans to launch a series of new apps for Xbox LIVE that will feature content from News Corp’s broadcast, news and Web properties. The apps will incorporate content – as well as voice- and motion-activated controls using Kinect for Xbox 360 – from brands including Fox Broadcasting, Fox News, […]
Vizio and Google confirmed the introduction of the VizioVAP430 Stream Player that turns any HDTV into an enhanced Vizio Internet Apps Plus (V.I.A. Plus) smart TV that incorporates the latest Google TV. The Stream Player allows consumers to access countless entertainment content and online services with web access through a fully capable Chrome browser, and […]
Flingo, a publisher of applications for smart TVs, has launched one-click posting to Twitter and Facebook directly from smart TVs, making Social TV more available to US viewers. With just one click of the remote control, viewers can watch and share information, such as commentary about what they are watching and what TV programmes they […]
Sky has entered into a strategic partnership with zeebox, the ‘second-screen’ consumer service that brings together broadcast TV and the Internet. Launching in the first half of 2012, Sky and zeebox will present a companion app experience for Sky customers which offers ‘augmented’ TV viewing features, such as connecting with friends around TV shows, finding […]