Pay-as-you-go digital movie and TV streaming service M-GO – a joint venture between DreamWorks Animation and Technicolor – and LG Electronics have confirmed that US owners of LG Smart TVs are now able to access M-GO’s library of new releases from Hollywood’s top talent in movies and TV shows streaming directly on their big screens. […]
Premium entertainment network EPIX, the joint venture between Viacom, its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Lionsgate, has confirmed the availability of the EPIX app on the PlayStation4 (PS4) system in November 2013. EPIX will be the first premium TV network to launch an authenticated app on the new PS4 system expanding the network’s current […]
Quiptel, a provider of next generation Internet TV software platforms, has announced the general availability of the Quiptel Media Platform, (QMP) 3.0, an end-to–end suite of software modules that enable broadcast quality IPTV, OTT, On-Demand and Catch Up TV services over unmanaged and managed networks. The Quiptel Media Platform provides operators, content providers and broadcasters […]
According to the results of a new survey conducted by the TV Systems Intelligence Service at research firm IHS, the bad news for the television market is that nearly three-quarters of US consumers are not interested in buying a Smart TV during the next 12 months. The good news is
Wuaki.tv has announced a partnership with Panasonic that makes the Wuaki.tv service available directly through Panasonic Smart TVs, bringing a hybrid streaming service to the living room. Panasonic Smart TV users can now access Wuaki.tv’s catalogue of quality movies and TV shows directly through a dedicated app on their TV, allowing them to browse, rent […]
The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 759 million by 2018 for 40 countries covered in the Connected TV Forecasts report from Research and Markets, up from 115 million at end-2010 and the 307 million expected at end-2013. This translates to 26.8 per cent of global TV sets by 2018, up […]
xTV, a Silicon Valley based company pioneering the new, has announced the deployment of its Connected TV and Media Management platform, featuring some of the world’s best known brands. The xTV platform enables organisations to build their own enterprise media network that organises all of the enterprise video, social & breaking news into a Real-time […]
For the next half decade, connected television is primarily a complementary, incremental, platform for existing broadcasting and content owners, according to the findings of a recent report – Connected Television in the UK and Ireland – from consultancy firm Deadline Media TV. The report’s author,
The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report, covering the second quarter of calendar 2013, shows Australians are progressively adopting new screen technologies, creating new options to view broadcast television and other video. Australians continue to spend the vast majority of their screen time with the in-home TV set. People watch an average 96 hours and 37 minutes […]
Smart or connected TVs are the most important device for an operator’s future content revenue, according to trend research from Irdeto, the specialist in Media Protection, Multiscreen and Revenue Assurance solutions. The vox-pop research, conducted among broadcast industry professionals at IBC 2013, also confirmed that many in the industry see OTT entrants as the biggest […]