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StarzPlay launches new app in Spain

StarzPlay, the SVoD service from Starz, has launched a new app in Spain to make it available on mobile and tablets device. For €4.99 a month subscribers will be able to watch hundreds of films and series like Power Book II: Ghost, Hightown, Vida, The Act and Divergente. The app allows up to 4 subscribers […]

March 4, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Report: Gamers the prize when it comes to mobile ads

Liftoff, a specialist in mobile app marketing and retargeting, has published its second Mobile Ad Creative Index. Effective mobile advertising is now essential, as the platform in 2019 dethroned television for consumer’s attention. The latest report analysed 353 billion ad impressions across 4.86 billion clicks, 189 million app installs, and over 245 million first-time events […]

February 13, 2020

Indonesia: HBO GO launches as standalone service

HBO GO is now available in Indonesia as a standalone service. The streaming app is accessible via the HBO GO Asia website, and can be downloaded from the App Store or Play Store for IDR60,000* (approximately €3.65) a with a 7-day free trial. In Indonesia, the app first launched last year and continues to be […]

February 12, 2020

Data: Disney+ app 41m downloads

Two months after Disney’s launch of its Disney+ SVoD service, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data confirms that the service’s mobile app has now been downloaded nearly 41 million times across the App Store and Google Play and has generated an estimated $97.2 million in user spending. In a blog post, the app intelligence firm says […]

January 15, 2020

Apple TV on LG TVs

LG has revealed at CES that its new lineup of OLED TVs will include an Apple TV app, letting users access the Apple TV+ streaming service, Apple TV channels, and iTunes video library content. In addition to the new 2020 models, LG says the app will also be coming to 2019 and 2018 models later […]

January 8, 2020

Apple TV awards The Explorers ‘App of the Year’

The Explorers, a TV production house and web-site devoted to capturing images of the Earth’s natural and human heritages, has been awarded Apple TV’s ‘App of the Year’ as part of Apple’s ‘Best of 2019’ portfolio. The Explorers has been recording all its images in 4K and now in 8K, and invites users to also […]

January 2, 2020By Chris Forrester

ZEE5 now on the Huawei App Gallery

ZEE5 has partnered with smart device provider Huawei to makes ZEE5’s Android App available on the Huawei App Gallery, thereby reaching the platforms 570+ million global monthly active users across international markets. Huawei app gallery users can now access ZEE5’s library of more than 100,000 hours of on demand content, 60+ live TV channels, latest […]

December 16, 2019

Frndly TV beta app on Apple TV

Frndly TV has debuted its live and on-demand TV streaming service on Apple TV in the US with the public launch of its beta app. In addition, UPtv is now available to all Frndly TV customers for no additional cost. “There has been great demand for Frndly TV from Apple TV users, so we wanted […]

December 13, 2019

iPlayer glitch hits Samsung TVs

A software glitch is preventing the BBC’s iPlayer app from running on many of Samsung’s smart TVs. Affected owners are being advised to download a software update, but the patch does not work on some older models – reportedly models released between 2o11 and 2015 – which will have to wait until the new year […]

December 12, 2019

LaLigaSports TV launches new apps 

La Liga is enhancing its OTT service, LaLigaSports TV, with the addition of new apps and the use of Artificial Inteligence. With over 400,000 subscribers, LaLigaSports TV is now facing a technological revolution. The OTT service has announced the launch of Players app in 2020, targeting football fans with exclusive info about matches and players. […]

December 4, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid