Time Warner Cable has confirmed the launch of the TWC TV app for Android smartphones. The free app allows Digital TV customers to search programme listings by title or episode name, browse network schedules, set favourite channels and even program their DVR right from their smartphone. The app is available to video customers at the […]
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has activated a function on its Ziggo TV app which allows customers to watch live television from their Apple devices. With the Ziggo TV app 2.0 app, customers can watch ten Dutch channels on their iPad, iPhone 3GS or 4S, and iPod Touch, including Nederland 1, Nederland 2, -Nederland 3, RTL […]
China’s two largest video-streaming sites, Tudou and Youku are heading for court after Tudou announced that it is taking action – together with its license partner Cti TV – over alleged piracy of a popular TV series on Youku. The Tudou claim relates to a chat show hosted by model and actress Dee Hsu to […]
Sports broadcasting giant ESPN’s Latin American coverage is about to add multiscreen options for viewers to its popular ESPN-3 channel. ESPN-3 launched on November 14th and the broadcaster says the mobile and PC/tablet options will go ‘live’ during Q1/2012. ESPN-3 is available in the main Argentine operators – such as Cablevisión, Telecentro and Supercanal, It […]
The BBC’s R&D department has summarised work that broadcasters are doing across Europe in Holographic TV. The engineers are also researching 3D holoscopy for the Internet as well as ‘next generation’ 3D applications. A technical ‘White Paper’ from the BBC brings readers up to date in the latest thinking in advanced television applications which also […]
Nintendo has teamed up with the Eurosport to create 3D video content for its newest handheld. A dedicated Eurosport video player application is now available free of charge from the Nintendo eShop. Once installed, the app automatically downloads the latest videos via SpotPass. The initial wave of videos will be two to three-minute clips from […]
Virgin Media is adding three extra channels to all its pay-TV subscribers just in time for Christmas, with the immediate launch of Sony Entertainment Television, CBS Action and NDTV. The addition of these new channels further bolsters Virgin Media’s line-up with the launch of 13 new channels this year alone, including eight in HD. Sony […]
Increasingly, people are using their Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii consoles to stream movies and TV shows, according to a survey released by the Nielsen Co. Because all three consoles readily connect to the Internet, viewers can use them to access VoD services like Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube and ESPN to watch on their […]
A coalition of nine of the largest Internet companies is backing the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act, the anti-piracy measure proposed last week by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif). “We write today to express our support for the legislation you are developing,” states an open letter to […]
The US National Football League has signed record-setting television rights deals with Fox, NBC and CBS that will see the broadcast networks pay a total of nearly $28 billion in fees over nine years. That breaks down to an average of $3.1 billion a year, representing a 63 per cent increase over the $1.9 billion […]