Ensequence and Sony Electronics have reached a multi-year deal to embed Ensequence’s platform software on all Sony Connected TVs. The collaboration offers advertisers and programmers a more scalable way to engage viewers directly with TV ads and shows, transforming passive viewing into active participation. Ensequence’s advertising enhancements include clickable banners, landing pages, product request forms, […]
The BBC is overhauling its Red Button service to make it future-proof for the next generation of connected TVs. ‘Connected Red Button’ will allow viewers with Internet-enabled TVs to watch a selection channels even if they are off air, and catch up with previous episodes of shows. It will launch initially with Virgin Media’s Tivo […]
An expected 2013 launch of an ‘iRadio’ service from Apple is likely to be well ahead of any TV product launch, according to Richard Greenfield, Media Analyst at BTIG Research. Writing in the BTIG blog, Greenfield says that following the November 29 launch of iTunes 11 and a series of industry executive meetings, it is […]
LG Electronics has launched its 84-inch Ultra High Definition TV at The Gadget Show Live, making the 84LM960V the first of its kind in the UK. “We are proud to be the first to offer UK consumers Ultra High Definition technology for their homes, with our 84-inch LM960V that is as impressive in functionality as […]
Over 220 million Smart TV sets will be sold worldwide in 2017, up from the 54 million that will be sold in 2012, according to Informa Telecoms & Media’s Smart TV device forecasts. Thirty one per cent of households worldwide will own at least one Smart TV in five years time, with household penetration much […]
Pay-TV continues to dominate the US home entertainment industry, with 86 per cent of homes paying a regular fee to receive linear TV channel broadcasts, and revenues rising 4.3 per cent in 2011 to reach $94 billion according to a new industry report from research and knowledge-based consulting company Futuresource Consulting. “This figure does include […]
BitTorrent has reached deals with 20 consumer-electronics manufacturers, according to CEO Eric Klinker. The brunt of BitTorrent’s deals are for TV models that will launch over the Christmas period in Europe and Asia, according to Klinker. For many Internet-connected HDTVs marketed in the US, the manufacturers already have deals with streaming-video providers such as Netflix, […]
In a sign that consumers increasingly want to connect their ‘main screens’ (TV and computer) over half (55 per cent) of people in Britain have connected their TV sets to the Internet according to a YouGov study on the nation’s TV habits. The findings could presage a big increase in sales for Smart TVs. The […]
Viewers are flocking online for live and premium entertainment and news, according to video streaming and monetisation platform provider Ooyala. The company’s Q3 2012 Global Video Index also found that among web-connected devices, the share of time spent viewing on tablets grew 90 per cent over the last two quarters, with nearly three quarters of […]
According to the latest Nielsen Cross-Platform Report, Americans spent more than 34 hours per week in front of a TV set in Q2, 2012, where they watched traditional TV, DVDs and played games. Most of the content from these activities was delivered to the TV set in a traditional manner– over broadcast, cable, satellite or […]