Orange is making software that turns smartphones into remote controls open source as it looks to make the technology available to other operators. The operator’s OCast software can be added to set-top boxes to enable consumers to use a smartphone to play videos, control playback and browse content libraries on their TVs. It said the […]
The Lego Creative Play Lab is launching a new – and free – augmented reality (AR) app, entitled Lego AR-Studio. The app allows users to explore and control virtually enhanced animated versions of Lego models in real-world environments, making and playing out their own unique stories and adventures. The app also allows users to record the […]
More than half (54 per cent) of UK 12- to 15-year-olds use social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, to access online news, making it the second most popular source of news after television (62 per cent), according to regulator Ofcom’s Children and Parents Media Use and Attitudes Report 2017. The news that children read […]
According to digital experience specialist Adobe, the adoption by TV Everywhere (TVE) providers of single sign-on (SSO) functionality has boosted TVE consumption significantly. Writing in the Adobe Blog, Blake Elmquist, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Adobe Primetime, says that the multiscreen TV platform developed single sign-on (SSO) functionality for TVE to make it easier for […]
US consumer-orientated coalition the Digital Citizens Alliance has launched new efforts to educate law enforcement, regulators, and parents about the dangers of pirated content, releasing a new video demonstrating the potential dangers of pirated movies and television shows that gets into peoples’ homes. According to the Alliance, the rise of illegal streaming devices (ISDs) has […]
RadioDNS and HbbTV have announced that RadioDNS has implemented support for HbbTV’s “Application Discovery over Broadband” specification. This new functionality is intended to benefit consumers that live in markets where the existing HbbTV triggers are not universally available. Using Application Discovery, such consumers can now get access to the enhancements that HbbTV Applications provide to […]
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has issued guidance on illicit streaming devices (ISDs) aimed at helping consumers understand why so called ‘Kodi’ and other illegal IPTV set-top boxes and sticks should be avoided. It tables five frequently asked questions, setting out its advice as follows: What is ‘illicit streaming’ and what devices are commonly used? […]
New-York based startup We Are TV, an IOS and Android AR app that launched in October, has reported 100,000 users. Available in both France and the US, We are TV allows viewers to interact with live, replay or VoD programming and enhance their experience by playing games or by posting and reading comments. “This number […]
Taplytics, a product experiment solution, has announced the introduction of TV app testing support for Apple TV, Android TV and Amazon Fire TV Devices. Taplytics now enables companies to test their product decisions on TV apps the same way that they do on web or mobile to enhance viewing experiences across all device types. TV […]
A series of product safety tests on popular illicit streaming devices entering the UK have found that 100 per cent fail to meet national electrical safety regulations. The findings are a result of a joint initiative between UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and safety awareness body Electrical Safety First which […]