DVR specialist TiVo has announced a new TiVo app for the iPad. The app will be available for free from the Apple iTunes App store in the coming weeks. The TiVo Premiere App enables users to search, browse, explore and share entertainment all without interrupting whatever is playing on their TV. TiVo Premiere users will […]
Kantar Media has published highlights from its futurePROOF study on the ownership and use of digital media in Britain. The research suggests that connected TV will have a big impact on British digital behaviour in 2011, with the launch of YouView. Awareness of IP television has not yet reached the mainstream with only 42 per […]
Nielsen’s latest State of the Media: TV Usage Trends report revealed that television viewing in the US remains at a high, yet the emergence of the DVR as a widely distributed device has changed consumption habits in many homes. In the second quarter of 2010, the average person clocked more than 143 hours of television […]
Telenor’s Canal Digital, the Nordic TV platform and TiVo have confirmed the start of a long-term strategic alliance which will see TiVo products introduced and distributed as the main consumer experience for Canal Digital DTH satellite customers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The TiVo product will be available exclusively through Canal Digital where it […]
US Dish Network has launched a ‘true TV Everywhere’ offering enabling Dish Network subscribers to watch live and recorded television programmes on compatible smartphones, tablets and laptops. Dish Network subscribers can access these features when they download and use the Dish Remote Access application via their broadband-connected, Sling-enabled receiver. Dish Network has introduced Sling Adapter, […]
Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand (SCENZ) has confirmed it will launch PlayTV, a HD PVR, for viewing via PlayStation3 on any TV. PS3 owners in New Zealand will be able to watch, pause and record Freeview/HD digital television, either on a big screen TV, or when they are on the go with PSP (PlayStation Portable), […]
In an effort to increase downloads on its relatively new Caspa service in Australia, TiVo has confirmed a 35 per cent reduction in price, including a $50 cashback promotion. Hybrid TV, the licensees of TiVo in Australia, has announced a new RRP for its media storage and content delivery device. Formerly $699, the TiVo is […]
The newly enlarged Motive Television has commenced trading on AIM after its reverse takeover of AdecqDigital and a £4.75 million (E5.45m) fundraising. With the acquisition, the company is targeting an emerging technology market with a new product range. Motive aims to benefit from changing trends with a move from linear traditional real-time viewing to ‘non-linear’ […]
Microsoft has confirmed an agreement with Canal Plus to deliver live programming to owners of Xbox 360 games consoles in France. French Xbox 360 owners will be able to utilise their console as a decoder for all Canal Plus premium channels, as well as a bouquet of CanalSat thematic channels. Users will also be able […]
Shares of TiVo Inc. raced ahead after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office backed the validity of its patent on technology that allows viewers to rewind, pause or fast-forward live TV. TiVo said the patent office reaffirmed the validity of the “time warp” patent after EchoStar Corp. asked for a reexamination. TiVo said the decision […]