Viewers with access to online video sources on their TV are more likely than their counterparts to be reconsidering the value proposition of incumbent pay-TV services, suggests a new report from The Diffusion Group (TDG). The report – Net-Connected TV User Dimensions – finds that adult broadband users with an Internet-connected TV are twice as […]
VIZIO, the US LCD TV company, has confirmed the availability of its all-new connected platform – VIZIO Internet Apps Plus. VIZIO Internet Apps Plus provides consumers with an intuitive smart TV experience. The platform features advanced, full-screen app browsing and discovery, HTML 5 app support, the ability to control apps with mobile devices and an […]
Media management and global content delivery service provider GlobeCast has confirmed the release of an application to allow its MyGlobeTV service to be accessed on any Internet-connected device. MyGlobeTV is a consumer television service available in the United States that delivers a broad range of international and genre-based audiovisual content from around the world directly […]
NHK World TV, the 24/7 English-language channel for Japan’s largest broadcaster, NHK, is now live on the Opera TV Store app platform, enabling viewers to live-stream the station’s entertainment content. The free NHK World TV app on connected TVs, allows audiences to watch news, documentaries, music, cooking programmes, fashion trends, technology insights and much more […]
Open IPTV platform YouView – backed by a consortium of the UK’s broadcasters and telco providers – is looking to develop the service beyond its set-top box-based launch, reports the FT. Sources suggest that some shareholders are keen to extend service across a range of devices, including connected TV sets, smartphones and tablets. Any such […]
BSkyB is offering potentially millions of viewers the chance to convert their TV set into an Internet-connected ‘smart’ TV for under £10.00 (€11.60) with the launch of the NOW TV Box. The box bears witness to Sky’s investment in streaming device manufacturer Roku. In mid-November 2012, Anthony Wood, chief executive officer for Roku, revealed that […]
Satellite operator Eutelsat has confirmed the successful completion of the first phase of development of a ‘smart LNB’ for a Direct-to-Home antenna that opens the door for broadcasters to operate their own ecosystem of linear television and connected TV services directly by satellite. The ‘smart LNB’ is now entering into the industrialisation phase in advance […]
Following the completion of the country’s digital switchover, Australian free-to-air television is planning its next technological evolution combining broadcasting and the Internet. Freeview Australia – the industry grouping comprising free-to-air licensees Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service, Seven Network, Nine Network, Network Ten, Prime Media Group and Southern Cross Broadcasting – is working with the […]
TCL, one of the largest consumer electronics enterprises in China, has confirmed that the web experience on its newest Smart TV range will be built on top of the Opera Devices Software Development Kit (SDK) for Linux-based devices, and will feature Opera’s TV browser and Opera TV Store. Opera will power the viewer web experience […]
According to a report from The Diffusion Group, as TV viewing shifts to broadband and non-TV video platforms, video viewing will shift away from legacy pay-TV environments such as the living room television, and toward app-enabled secondary screens such as tablets, which will in essence serve as second TVs. According to TDG’s forecast, by 2020 […]