Encryption specialists China Digital TV saw a huge rise in its NYSE share price at the end of last week. Indeed, on March 20th the price rose 9.7 per cent in the single session, and even after a modest fall-back on March 21st, the price was still significantly up on the start of the week […]
Booming subscription sales by services such as Netflix, LOVEFiLM and Spotify mean so-called ‘access services’ rather than sales of products like discs and downloads accounted for a
Disney’s struggling video game and Internet division has laid off 700 employees (26 per cent of its staff) in a major retrenchment that includes a shift in advertising strategy at Disney.com. Lay-offs came as a result of Disney’s decision to combine two businesses: booming mobile games (those played on iPads and smartphones) and sagging social […]
Many are claiming that this will be the last generation for consoles as cloud computing and network technologies have shown that they could make console hardware obsolete. However, this is not going to happen in the next seven to eight years, which is the typical life cycle of a home console. An IDATE report explores […]
KDDI will launch GameNow, Japan’s first cloud gaming service, on its Cable TV networks powered by Ubitus on the “Smart TV Box” on March 1st. GameNow turns the “Smart TV Box” into a powerful game console, bringing consumers an instant video gaming experience right from the box. Without the hassle of loading discs, downloads and […]
Nintendo has launched Nintendo Girls Club, a YouTube channel dedicated to female gamers. The newly launched channel features videos from Hollyoaks actress Jorgie Porter, Kim Cattrall of Sex in the City fame and YouTube vlogger Mandy Hynes, and plans to provide TV spots, gaming walkthroughs and introductions videos for 3DS and Wii U titles. Viewers […]
Research from Reportstack reveals that the key players in the Global 3D Flat Panel TV Market are LG Electronics, Samsung and Sony – and these vendors are being encouraged in their efforts by the rise of 3D gaming. “The increasing popularity of 3D
Second-screen platform provider Monterosa has announced that MTGx, the digital accelerator division of broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG) has licensed LViS Studio to power its real-time sports game ‘Sochi Legends’. LViS Studio is a cloud-based platform for broadcasters, sports producers and advertisers to create and monetize real-time, second screen games and experiences across mobile devices […]
Visiware, a publisher of TV game services, has released the game “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” for Bouygues Telecom’s Bbox. This latest release is in line with Visiware’s strategy of making the game available through as many pay-TV or OTT operators as possible worldwide; the game is already available through other operators and partners. […]
While CES serves as a showcase for new products like Ultra-HD TVs, these products won’t ship in high-enough volume in 2014 to rescue the traditional consumer electronics (CE) device from a decline in revenue this year, according to IHS. Worldwide CE manufacturing revenue will fall to $250 billion in 2014, down 2 per cent from […]