One day after announcing Google Music, the company has unveiled a new Google Music app for Google TV. The app streams music directly from user’s library stored in the cloud and integrates into the Google TV system to play in the background and allow users to set up a playlist to serve as a soundtrack […]
US local TV station groups covering 76 million American homes are partnering with ConnecTV to launch a free second screen application in early 2012 that will offer viewers additional content and social media features tied to live TV. As part of the agreement, a number of the broadcasters have also made an undisclosed investment in […]
Channel 4 has kicked off a trial to explore what kind of bespoke content best suits the features of the social, second-screen TV app Zeebox. Zeebox, a cloud-based service designed to synchronise a user’s Twitter and Facebook social graphs to let viewers synchronise what they are watching on TV, launched last month. The app, which […]
Viasat Broadcasting announced that its Viaplay online pay-TV service is available to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users in Denmark, Norway and Sweden from the App Store. Subscribers to any of Viaplay’s three online TV packages (‘TV’, ‘TV+Film’ or ‘TV+Film+Sport’) can use the new app to access Viaplay’s multi-screen, on-demand video streaming service, which is […]
Technicolor has confirmed the launch of MediaEcho, an application that synchronises secondary content with Blu-ray, VoD or broadcast programming. MediaEcho synchronises a wealth of content such as cast, crew and production information, historical facts, audio and video onto a tablet device that allows viewers to deepen their engagement with the programme without cluttering the main […]
Described as the combination of a social TV application with the ability to stream and record video to watch when and where you want, digital television technology, software and services provider Motive Television has launched Video2Go, designed to provide broadcasters and pay-TV platforms with opportunities to extend their content reach beyond the TV set to […]
Capablue, a VoD and Connected TV solutions provider, has developed an interactive karaoke app on Smart TVs for DigiTop. Karaoke Superstar will give consumers instant access to an extensive playlist of tracks from favourite classic artists to the latest chart hits. Users will be able to select tracks from a playlist of over 2,000 karaoke […]
Capablue, the UK’s VoD and Connected TV solutions provider, has developed an interactive Karaoke App on Smart TVs for DigiTop Ltd. Karaoke Superstar will give consumers instant access to an extensive playlist of tracks from favourite classic artists to the latest chart hits. Users will be able to select tracks from a playlist of over […]
BSkyB has launched a free Sky Movies app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The app provides up-to-date information about Sky Movies, Sky Movies Box Office and the latest cinema releases. Each page of films currently available on Sky Movies includes a review of the film and an option to Remote Record the movie on […]
Panasonic has confirmed the launch of a new Internet Social Network application, that will be available on VIERA HDTVs. The app allows users to access social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook while also viewing programming simultaneously on their VIERA HDTV. Panasonic also announced the addition of a new gaming application from PlayJam and […]