More than a quarter of the UK’s population will log onto Instagram at least monthly by the end of 2017, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast of social network users. In total, 16.7 million people will be regular users of the platform, an increase of almost 35 per cent over 2016. Snapchat won’t be far behind, […]
AT&T is launching the AT&T Primetime tablet, available from August 25th for the multiplay operator’s business and consumer customers to purchase for $10 (€8.47) a month for 20 months with an AT&T Instalment plan, or $29.99 with a two-year contract. This AT&T exclusive tablet is loaded with entertainment and productivity features like such as TV […]
Connected entertainment specialist VIZIO has added Google Play Movies & TV to its line of VIZIO Internet Apps Plus Smart TVs. The newly-added app brings a new dimension to the VIZIO Internet Apps Plus Smart TV experience by granting viewers access to tens of thousands of new release movies and next day TV shows, along […]
The TV App Agency (TVAA), the software developers for TV applications on multiple platforms, has designed the front-end applications that are delivering the powerful user experience for the Zee Entertainment Middle East Z5 Weyyak AVoD service. Z5 Weyyak is the first digital foray into the Arabic territory for Zee Entertainment, which has swiftly established a […]
Facebook has unveiled its long-trailed move to compete in the television market by expanding its video tab offerings with a redesign called Watch. The redesigned product will be available initially to a limited group in the United States. Facebook signed deals this year with Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to produce […]
Finnish multi-play operator DNA has confirmed the availability of its open ecosystem Android TV hub, DNA TV-hubi. The device combines a set-top box, Chromecast built-in and a smart phone-style app store for TVs. DNA TV-hubi uses the Android TV operating system, with Katsomo, Yle Areena and Ruutu, the apps of the three major TV channels […]
In a move that will eventually see it end its distribution agreement with Netflix, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire majority ownership of direct-to-consumer streaming technology and marketing services, data analytics, and commerce management specialist BAMTech, announcing plans to launch its ESPN-branded multi-sport video streaming service in early 2018, followed by a new […]
Following the success of Sherlock and Planet Earth II in China, CBeebies programming is the latest British cultural export to be taking the country by storm. Increasing numbers of Chinese children are tuning into CBeebies favourites, incuding Hey Duggee and Go Jetters as British kid’s programmes prove popular throughout the nation. Figures released by BBC […]
LG Electronics has confirmed that UK owners of its Smart TVs will be able to benefit exclusively from the introduction of the Sky Store TV app integrated into the LG webOS platform. With new movies, such as Beauty and the Beast, to Kong: Skull Island and Logan added every week, Sky Store allows users to […]
Having revealed in its Full Year results that on a 12-month rolling basis churn was 11.5 per cent, Sky has taken steps to address the problem, with the introduction of Sky VIP, which it describes as the first tenure-based loyalty programme in the TV and Broadband sector. Sky foreshadowed the initiative in its results announcement, […]