OTT solutions provider Synapse TV is to launch two new free-to-view channels on UK DTT platform Freeview. TVPlayer – a free-to-air live TV streaming service – and Planet Knowledge – an on-demand documentary TV service – will soon be available to compatible Freeview HD Internet-connected homes in the UK. The TVPlayer mobile app has already […]
Lauded by some as ‘the Netflix of piracy’, open source desktop app Popcorn Time has closed down, barely a handful of days after launching, but it looks set to be resurrected by torrent site YTS, according to TorrentFreak. “We are in a better position copyright wise as for us, because it’s built on our API, […]
Telekom Slovenije, Slovenia’s biggest IPTV, ISP and mobile provider, saw a spike in usage of its TViN OTT platform during the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Almost half of Telekom Slovenije’s ‘TopTrio’ triple-play subscribers used the service on their computer, tablet or mobile phone. Telekom Slovenije’s TViN OTT platform, launched two years ago, reached new heights […]
Norigin Media, a TV Everywhere Company which enables multi-screen TV products, has entered into a partnership with Boxer TV, owned by the Teracom Group, for the licensing of its multi-screen Hybrid Apps solution in Sweden and Denmark. The new TV Everywhere client apps will extend the current Boxer TV service to mobiles, tablets, PCs & […]
UK free-to-air DTH satellite platform Freesat is to build on recent innovations such as its launch of a mobile companion app and the September 2012 launch of its <Free Time> smart EPG by launching on Integrated Digital TV (IDTV) sets. Addressing a Westminster Forum Keynote Seminar on the prospects for the UK television market, Emma […]
Massive Interactive has been working with Deutsche Telekom to expand its Videoload service in Germany. Using the Massivision Multi-screen Development Kit (MDK), Massive has integrated its unique multi-device core application to the Deutsche Telekom environment, enabling the delivery of a fully native LG TV application. Gert von Manteuffel, Vice President Product Management TV & Video […]
Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, Tagvance, an innovation project house, and Monterosa, a second screen specialist, have confirmed the launch of the first Turkish cross-TV-channel cross-screen app compatible with mobile devices. The ‘umbrella’ app enables subscribers to access original content on entertainment channels in Turkey. “Telecom operators […]
In 2013 ABI Research estimates one out of every ten US pay-TV households had access to applications on the set-top box – applications include news and information services, service provider specific apps, OTT video, games, and music services. By 2019 nearly 40 per cent of
The BBC Trust has approved proposals from the BBC Executive to launch a new online commercial service for audiences to buy and keep BBC programmes. BBC Store will allow users to buy new programmes and a selection of content from the BBC archives, on a download-to-own basis. BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, will establish […]
Nickelodeon UK and Virgin Media have teamed up to bring the My Nick Jr App to the UK. The commercial-free personal programming service is available immediately to Virgin Media TiVo customers on TV packages L and XL and will allow parents to programme a customised playlist for their preschool child. “My Nick Jr is a […]