Apps are increasingly popular with owners of Smart or Connected TVs, but they are only using apps they are already familiar with, according to a study carried out by the Strategy Analytics Digital Home Observatory. The research found that the most popular apps were Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, Pandora and iPlayer. By contrast, usage of […]
A study released by CTAM (the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing) – Roadmap to Video Apps (What Makes Viewers APPY?) – shows that sometimes the best things in life are still free. When rating the attributes of video applications, like YouTube, Hulu or iTunes for smartphones and tablets, 63 per cent of respondents said […]
Univision Interactive Media has confirmed that its new Univision Radio App for iPhone and iPod touch is available on the App Store. The app, available in both English and Spanish, brings some of Hispanic America’s favourite radio personalities and programming from stations across the US and Puerto Rico to an ever-growing Hispanic mobile audience. iPhone […]
CashPlayTV has launched, claiming to be the world’s first 24-hour quiz TV channel to run solely on social networks and mobile devices. The channel is licensed by UK comms regulator Ofcom and powered by the App:Play platform, the channel uses simulcast technology to transmit real-time video content to players, providing an unmatched, rich and collaborative […]
Following its launch for the 2010/11 English Premier League football season, ESPN has confirmed that its ESPN Goals app is now free for the coming campaign. Goals and video clips from all 380 Premier League matches will be available on mobile devices via Apple iTunes, Android Market Nokia’s OVI Store, the BlackBerry App World and […]
Amazon has confirmed the acquisition of Pushbutton, the UK-based TV technology company. Pushbutton develops apps for next-generation and interactive television and connected devices, and was responsible for developing the LOVEFiLM movie streaming service on Sony Bravia Internet-enabled TVs and the PlayStation 3 last year. The e-commerce giant, which bought the remainder of LOVEFiLM in January […]
Applications have dominated the news in the smartphone and tablet worlds for some time but with the advent of ‘smart TVs’ consumers are now rapidly adopting online TV applications that are integrated into their connected TVs with. In-Stat research survey estimates that over 60 per cent of these connected households will use a TV app […]
CJ HelloVision, Korea’s largest cable provider and subsidiary of conglomerate CJ Media Group, has revealed it will provide its ‘tving’ application for Samsung’s Smart TVs. With this partnership, Samsung’s Smart TV users will be able to easily access the wide array of content on the tving platform, which will start its service in Korea at […]
Orange Spain is making its Mobile TV service available for Android and iPhones with the launch of an own application called Orange TV Player claiming to be the first Spain’s operator to develop such a feature. Android and iPhone users will be able to have access to two different TV packages and pay per view […]
Just a few days after CNN made its decision to stream full live programming onto the web and onto mobile devices, its president, Jim Walton, says 10 million users have downloaded the broadcaster’s app. Walton told CNN staff in a memo: “As you know, this week CNN and HLN began streaming their full 24-hour television […]