Raising public awareness will play a significant role in ensuring the success of digital rights ecosystem UltraViolet, according to panellists at the Digital Hollywood conference in Marina del Rey. “True ownership of purchased content in the digital space, and the ability to use that content mostly anywhere you want, is the message the industry needs […]
Discovery Networks International is launching FTA channel Discovery MAX on January 12th that will be available throughout Spain on the DTT platform on the channel 69 currently occupied by Veo TV. The launch of this new channel on Spain’s DTT is the result of a recent agreement between Discovery Networks and Unidad Editorial in the […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to the National Hockey league (NHL) in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland from Medge Consulting. The rights include, but are not limited to, exclusive live coverage on free-TV, pay-TV and the Internet, until the end of the 2015-16 season. MTG has held rights to NHL […]
The US creative community is coming together in a national effort to protect jobs and American creativity by fighting back against the online theft of TV shows and movies. Creative America, a grassroots coalition formed by labour unions, guilds, studios and networks, has unveiled a nationwide campaign to unite the more than two million Americans […]
Freeview, the UK’s digital terrestrial television platform, has confirmed that the Freeview HD TV Guide App has expanded to Android devices and Apple’s iPad. The free app, launched for the iPhone last year, offers instant access to the platform’s programming guide, including all standard and high definition channels. New features include a full grid view […]
Orange and Troisième il Productions are partnering to launch a new programme entirely dedicated to the world of 3D. As the first TV magazine on 3D in France, Mag3D is a monthly 26 minute programme shot in 3D, offering a range of topics to inform, educate and entertain the viewer about 3D technology. The first […]
AuthenTec, a provider of security and identity management solutions, has announced that Sky Deutschland, the largest pay-TV provider in Germany and Austria, has chosen AuthenTec’s DRM Fusion Downloadable client to deliver premium content services to Apple tablets via its new Sky Go application. Sky Deutschland’s Sky Go service allows mobile users to view programming from […]
ESPN Goals, the free mobile app which brings UK fans action and goals from every Barclays Premier League football match within just minutes of it taking place, notched up its one millionth UK download over the weekend of October 15-16. The app has also been deeply engaging, with fans registering more than 50 million page […]
US telco AT&T has unveiled a number of ways to allow its U-verse TV customers to bring together their favourite social apps on their smartphone or tablet with what they’re watching on TV. With the U-verse IP platform, U-verse TV and High Speed Internet customers can now connect their qualifying smartphone or tablet to any […]
Siano Mobile Silicon, a global supplier of digital mobile TV receiver chips, has confirmed the launch of Kàn, an advanced DTV player application for the reception of CMMB live TV broadcasts on Android devices. Based on Siano’s proprietary DTV technology, Kàn is the first member in Siano’s Android player family that meets both CMCC (China […]