Ubitus, an expert in cloud gaming solutions, is bringing console and MMO games to Google TV with low latency mode and broad range of gaming controller devices in the market. By deeply optimising for the Google TV platform to achieve low latency cloud gaming mode, Ubitus can enable OEMs to offer OTT cloud gaming services […]
Mediaset’s on-demand offer, Premium Play, has surpassed one million users, of which 750,000 are active via an Internet connection. Premium Play, which launched in February 2011, is providing over 3,000 content (including football channels and HD) for subscribers of the pay-TV service Mediaset Premium, at no extra cost. The service has been averaging 10,000 new […]
PlayJam is to further widen its family appeal in a deal with Disney across EMEA, that will bring a range of branded content to the PlayJam Games Network. PlayJam will launch Disney game bundles comprising of titles based on a wide range of highly popular properties. Powered by PlayJam’s Platform, the games will feature within a […]
The new PlayStation Store has gone live in the UK, after initial “teething problems” meant last week’s roll-out was stalled in Europe. The store – which offers games, movies and TV shows to rent or buy – is now more visually-oriented and carousel-based to make it quicker and easier to browse. The UI makes use […]
According to a study by Nielsen, game consoles drive an increase in overall time spent in front of a TV set, helping to balance a slightly lopsided TV time scale in which women historically spend more time watching TV than their male counterparts. In a blog post, the measurement and information specialist notes that in […]
PlayJam, operator of the largest games network on Smart TV, has announced a deal to extend its social and monetisation platform APIs to Marmalade, the powerful cross-platform tool that enables app developers to create without compromise. From November this year, developers using the Marmalade SDK to create native games in C++ for Smart TV will […]
Sony is to launch a new smaller, lighter version of the PlayStation 3 console on September 28th The updated console is half the weight and volume of the original machine and will be available in two specifications: one with a 500GB hard drive, and the other, a budget version with a 12GB flash memory. The […]
Nintendo’s “Wii U” game console will have innovative TV and video features when it launches in November as it plays catch-up with Microsoft and Sony and aims to lure gamers back from the Internet and mobile devices. This first new Nintendo home console in six years will allow users to make personal TV and video […]
In Q1 2012, Americans spent nearly 35 hours per week watching video across screens and close to another five hours using the Internet on a computer. Amercians spend 1 hour 38 minutes per week on gaming devices and among owners of gaming devices that have the ability to stream video content (also referred to as […]
Playcast Media, the cloud gaming service providers, has announced new technology partnerships with some of the largest companies in the set-top market: Cisco, Pace and AirTies which represent a total new install based of over 100 million households worldwide on top of the existing partnerships with Samsung and Sagem. The partnerships include an integration of […]