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Virgin Media TiVo launches Eurosport app

Virgin Media has teamed up with Eurosport to create a dedicated sporting app for all of its TiVo customers in addition to the existing channels British Eurosport and British Eurosport 2. Effective immediately. anyone with Virgin Media TiVo will be able to access even more of the latest sporting news and action through their TV […]

May 23, 2014

LoveLive TV brings the live music experience to living rooms

Katy Perry whipping the crowd into frenzy at the iTunes Festival, Plan B thumping out a high-octane set from an underground car park in London and Ben Howard giving the ultimate in intimate performances from his home in Totnes! – Just some of the magical moments live music fans can enjoy in the comfort of […]

May 20, 2014

beIN Sports to launch OTT channel

French pay-TV sports channel beIN Sports is set to launch an OTT channel. Branded beIN Sports Connect, the OTT offering will give subscribers access to beIN Sports channels beIN Sports 1 and 2 as well as event channels beIN Sports Max, from a tablet, smartphone or computer. Several kinds of subscription packages will be  available […]

May 19, 2014From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

42m US homes smart device net-connected

During the first quarter (Q1) of 2014 there were 42 million US households with a TV connected to the Internet, either via a video game console, Blu-ray disc player, streaming media player or the TV itself. According to the NPD Connected Intelligence Connected Home Report, between Q1 2013 and Q1 2014 the number of homes […]

May 16, 2014

Metrological at ANGA COM 2014

Metrological, specialists in providing a TV app store framework and app content publishing platform, will demonstrate the latest version of its TV app store framework that supports both RDK (Reference Design Kit) and HTML 5.0 at next week’s ANGA COM.  The company will showcase the recently released Version 3.0 of its cloud based app framework, […]

May 16, 2014

North American cord cutters gobble up data

Findings from Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H2014, released by intelligent broadband network solutions specialist Sandvine, reveal that North American subscribers who exhibit cord cutting behaviour are dominating network usage, consuming on average 212GB a month, more than seven times the 29GB of a typical subscriber, and that in

May 14, 2014

Simplestream supports live stream play-offs trial

Multi-platform live streaming and catch-up TV service provider Simplestream has been chosen by Sky Bet to support the streaming of all of the Sky Bet Championship, League 1 and League 2 Play-Off matches for Sky Bet customers to access as the English 2013/14 football season draws to a close. Kicking off on Thursday 8th May […]

May 8, 2014By Colin Mann

Metrological launches TV app framework

Metrological, specialists in providing publishing platforms for TV and multi-screen app stores, is announcing the release of version 3.0 of its TV app framework that enables network operators to launch their own branded TV app store to enhance the main screen TV content. The latest app framework is a cloud based solution that offers operators […]

May 7, 2014

TV App Agency announces Smart TV partnership with Foxxum

TV App Agency, a specialist in Smart TV and Connected TV app development and Foxxum, a Smart TV solutions expert, have announced a partnership that will bring further value to their offerings and strengthen their standing in the Smart TV space. TV App Agency will add Foxxum‘s Smart TV platform to its list of Smart […]

May 6, 2014

Freetime for Vestel

UK’s Freesat is following up the launch of its Freetime connected TV platform on Panasonic smart TVs with a further launch on Vestel-owned brands. Vestel – the number two supplier of TVs in the UK – will be launching TVs with satellite tuners for the first time in the UK market with Freetime included. Freetime […]

May 2, 2014