MOVL has announced the release of their patented MOVL Connect Platform at the Game Developers Conference Online in Texas. The MOVL Connect Platform gives developers the tools necessary to create apps that can link SmartTVs and mobile devices. The platform allows various devices to communicate in a shared experience and supports the creation of multi-user, […]
Sports fans across Europe can stay ahead of the game thanks to Eurosport’s new mobile score centre for iPhone, available in 9 languages. Providing scores, results and goal alerts from live matches across a range of major team and individual sports, Eurosport claims the free app is one of the most comprehensive results apps in […]
British developers are increasingly choosing to release their games as apps on smartphones and Facebook, rather than traditional players such as the PC or games consoles. Almost half of UK developers now produce games for mobile devices and social networks – with two-thirds opting for Apple’s iPhone – according to the survey of 104 businesses […]
Swiss-based iConcerts is ramping up activities for its connected TV launch, announcing distribution deals with key manufacturers Samsung, Toshiba Europe , LG Electronics , Philips and Panasonic who will all feature the iConcerts VoD music service on multiple platforms (TV, BD/DVD Players, set top boxes, tablets etc). The iConcerts connected TV app will roll-out throughout […]
The iPad app has been designed to let users pause, fast-forward and rewind the movies they stream. The app is free to download, but movies and TV shows can only be streamed by LoveFilm subscribers LoveFilm CEO Simon Calver said the launch marks an important step in its strategy to boost the portability of its […]
Facebook’s ubiquity and identification of its users as individuals has made it a utility, with the prospect of becoming the leading distributor of media in the future, according to Dharmash Mistry, partner at venture capital firm Balderton Capital. Participating in the Red Bee Media ‘Tomorrow Calling’ panel debate looking at future developments in network technology, […]
CloverLeaf Digital, an independent provider of interactive television applications and services, has announced that Consolidated Communications, one of the largest independent local telephone companies in the US, has launched CloverLeaf’s AppDaily TV apps solution. CloverLeaf’s television apps solution includes an app store, a personalised quick-access dashboard, and a full suite of over 40 localised news […]
Facebook will this week unveil a real-time stream of what its users are watching and listening to online. The social network will introduce the new “ticker” stream alongside partnerships with major media companies it said at its f8 conference in San Francisco. The announcements form part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of building a “social […]
PlayJam, the TV Social Games Network, has announced that the PlayJam Games Channel will launch in November this year as an app on Panasonic’s VIERA Connect-enabled HDTVs worldwide. The PlayJam Games Channel will bring hundreds of casual games directly into the e connected living room via a single icon located within the main UI of […]
Metrological Media Innovations and Liberty Global have announced that Liberty Global will adopt Metrological’s Widget framework for its Next Generation TV platform – Project Horizon. The Widget framework establishes the bridge between Internet delivered content and pay-tv services in order to provide digital television subscribers a range of innovative interactive applications and enhanced services. The […]