Suggesting it offers good fun and safe entertainment, in a trusted environment, Discovery is launching Discovery Kids, a digital subscription service, offering on demand Kids content through Amazon’s Prime Video Channels in the UK. Discovery Kids is targeted at families with children aged four-to-eight, and is designed as a safe and fun place for parents […]
Off-net transactional TalkTalk TV users are become Rakuten TV customers – gaining access to all the content available on the SVoD service. TalkTalk customers’ service is to remain unchanged, with continued access to TVoD, EST, linear channels and SVoD via TalkTalk TV on their set-top boxes and connected devices The company says that Rakuten TV […]
There was good progress in the combined virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) market in 2017, as a growing user base invested in more content, apps and out-of-home VR entertainment, according to critical information, analytics and solutions source IHS Markit. The global market for consumer AR and VR content and apps grew by 72 […]
INSIGHT TV, one of the world’s largest UHD broadcasters and producer of native UHD HDR content covering action sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, is creating a Windows Store Application that will allow true 4K UHD content to be streamed to any Universal Windows Platform (UWP) device. The new app is being built on the latest 8th […]
24i Media, a global TV app developer, is helping power the newly launched Tennis Channel app, which is now available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Roku devices. The redesigned app lets fans watch tennis anywhere in the home or on the go. “Our fans expect access to tennis anytime, anywhere and on […]
ESPN+, the upcoming direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International in partnership with ESPN and featuring ESPN branded content, will launch on April 12th and offer fans what the broadcaster describes as a “dynamic” lineup of live sports, original content and an “unmatched” library of award-winning on-demand programming for a subscription price of […]
BBC Research & Development has made new work on BBC Two’s arts and culture series Civilisations available for people to try. Nine new artefacts have been added to augmented reality (AR) app Civilisations AR and Civilisations Explorer has been launched, an interactive website that lets people discover the TV series at their own pace. People […]
A global survey of over 80,000 Internet users by GlobalWebIndex reveals that Latin American digital consumers are the most likely to be watching the FIFA World Cup, where 65 per cent of Internet users will be tuning in online and on TV. Globally, over half (55 per cent) of male Internet users watch the World Cup either online or TV; just […]
Shorts International, the movie entertainment company and operator of the ShortsTV channel. Using advanced machine-learning algorithm technology, the ShortsTV App marries the linear ShortsTV feed with the functionality of the Internet, at the click of a button on a viewer’s remote control. The ShortsTV App enables viewers to either watch TV or to create, control […]
Verizon Digital Media Services, part of Oath, has been selected by Tennis Channel to power the Tennis Channel app’s video delivery. The Tennis Channel app offers live tennis matches and tennis-related VoD content to fans around the world. Verizon Digital Media Services’ end-to-end platform, which includes the all-new Live Event Operations managed service, will help […]