Amazon and Google have announced that the two companies will launch the official YouTube apps on Amazon Fire TV devices and Fire TV Edition smart TVs in the coming months, as well as the Prime Video app for streaming to Chromecast and Chromecast built-in devices. In addition, Prime Video will be broadly available across Android […]
Social media sharing app TikTok has been removed from Apple and Google app stores in India. The move follows a ruling by the Madras High Court, which ordered its removal over concerns that it was being used to spread adult content. TikTok has more than 120 million users in India, mostly teenagers, but has faced […]
Vodafone Spain has launched Kids Planet, an app with over 3,000 TV episodes – from the likes of Sanrio, Planeta Junior, Lingo Kids and Motion Pictures – targeted at children aged 3-12 years. Subscribers can use the app across all devices device with content categpries including games, videos and songs from a host of popular […]
IHS Markit has offered its insight following Apple’s unveiling of its new streaming TV and news service from Apple Apple’s commitment to content across all media forms, as well as credit and payment options, indicates the company will continue to invest in its expanding service provision businesses, according to Maria Rua-Aguete, executive director, IHS Markit, […]
Foxxum, a global player in the development and operation for Smart TV solutions has introduced BOE as a new partner. BOE provides high end TV panels and TV sets and will now integrate the Foxxum app store into its Smart TV devices. The companies say the collaboration will offer cost-effective, high quality User Interfaces and […]
Consumers are increasingly using digital technology for more than just shopping. There is a revolution occurring in how consumers access entertainment and media, for example. Thirty-eight per cent of global consumers stream entertainment at least daily, and among Gen Z consumers, cord-cutting for entertainment is at more than 50 per cent. The findings are published in […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has welcomed the world’s first commercial deployment of the HbbTV Operator App (HbbTV OpApp) by Panasonic. The specification enables end users to access […]
In the week that Spotify has launched an EU competition case against Apple for imposing unfair and discriminatory conditions on competing services in its app-store, European Publishers Council Chairman and CEO of de Persgroep, Christian Van Thillo, highlights that this same challenge is also faced by news publishers offering apps for media consumers. Van Thillo […]
VoD platform Rakuten TV has revealed pan-European expansion plans through partnerships with Samsung Electronics, LG, Philips and Hisense to introduce a remote control button on their Smart TV units in Summer 2019 directly linking to the Rakuten TV streaming service. The company is undertaking a dramatic step of growth, becoming more prominent across the devices […]
International music video service Xite has announced the debut of the “ultimate music video experience” in the US – with its all-new user and artist friendly streaming app across set-top boxes, connected devices, and smart TVs. Availability on mobile devices and tablets will follow in the second half of 2019. Xite is now on Amazon […]