Mobile Digital Television is on track to reach two-thirds of US households by early 2012, as dozens of TV broadcast stations are now installing new transmission equipment that will allow live, local TV signals to reach viewers wherever they go in a local market. Based on a new survey of member plans, the Open Mobile […]
Nearly four in five (79 per cent) of Brits using Virgin Media’s TiVo TV on demand service accessed web apps such as Twitter and YouTube via their TV, according to Virgin’s own research study. Virgin Media said on average, each TiVo box launched apps 4.5 times a week. Furthermore, one in every four views of […]
The UK Government has announced plans to support economic growth by modernising UK intellectual property laws. Ministers have accepted the recommendations made in an independent review which estimate a potential benefit to the UK economy of up to £7.9 billion. It has also set out the next steps in the illegal content sharing notification system […]
ActiveVideo Networks, maker of the CloudTV Platform, has been awarded damages totalling $115 million in the jury trial of the company’s patent infringement suit against Verizon Communications. The decision upholds ActiveVideo’s rights as the inventor of technology in the delivery of advanced television applications such as VoD and interactive TV. Following three weeks of proceedings, […]
Apps are increasingly popular with owners of Smart or Connected TVs, but they are only using apps they are already familiar with, according to a study carried out by the Strategy Analytics Digital Home Observatory. The research found that the most popular apps were Netflix, YouTube, Hulu Plus, Pandora and iPlayer. By contrast, usage of […]
A study released by CTAM (the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing) – Roadmap to Video Apps (What Makes Viewers APPY?) – shows that sometimes the best things in life are still free. When rating the attributes of video applications, like YouTube, Hulu or iTunes for smartphones and tablets, 63 per cent of respondents said […]
A US federal court judge has issued a preliminary injunction ordering online DVD-streaming streaming service Zediva to shut down, finding that the service is infringing on Hollywood’s rights and that its continuing service threatens the studios’ attempt to build a video-on-demand market. Zediva’s service lets users watch recently released DVDs over the Internet for $2, […]
Frontier Communications, the largest provider of communications services focused on rural America, and Dish Network, the third largest pay-TV provider in the US, have inked a multi-year renewal of their current partnership and the expansion of their bundled service offerings to all Frontier markets. Frontier serves approximately 4 million customers in 27 states with a […]
Univision Interactive Media has confirmed that its new Univision Radio App for iPhone and iPod touch is available on the App Store. The app, available in both English and Spanish, brings some of Hispanic America’s favourite radio personalities and programming from stations across the US and Puerto Rico to an ever-growing Hispanic mobile audience. iPhone […]
RBC and Bloomberg TV have announced that, effective immediately, Bloomberg TV will serve as the primary provider of business and financial news video and television content on foreign markets for RBC TV, the largest dedicated 24-hour Russian business and financial news channel. RBC TV broadcasts in the Russian language to more than 90 million people […]