Amazon’s LOVEFiLM and Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution have agreed a major multi-year content deal giving LOVEFiLM members streaming access to recent and forthcoming movies and TV series. LOVEFiLM members will have instant, exclusive on-demand access to the second pay-TV window of Twentieth Century Fox film content. The film deal commences with titles theatrically released […]
LG Electronics and TP Vision (which makes Philips-branded smart TV sets in a number of territories) have confirmed the formation of the Smart TV Alliance. The group’s mission is to create a set of open HTML-based standards so that application developers can make apps that run across smart TV brands. “The Smart TV Alliance creates […]
Video management software and services company KIT digital is teaming up with Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising media content, to offer a solution that enables second screen interaction (2Si) and monetisation opportunities with so-called ‘dumb’ TV Sets. KIT digital has integrated Civolution’s Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology, SyncNow, […]
A report from Juniper Research has valued the ‘Smart Home’ market at $60 billion by 2017, rising from $25 billion this year – driven by strong growth within the smart home entertainment segment, along with contributions from other segments including smart monitoring & control and smart health. The report notes that there are many definitions […]
Founded in December of 2011, the Connected TV Marketing Association (CTVMA) was established to serve as the trade body of the Connected TV industry, helping facilitate the emerging commercial opportunities of the platform. With business initiatives flourishing in the space, the CTVMA has been rapidly setting forth their planned and future endeavors along with a […]
The number of US consumers currently accessing the Internet through their TV sets is on the rise and will continue to grow dramatically in the year ahead, according to a national consumer study conducted by Frank N Magid Associates in late March of 2012. The research, conducted as part of the Magid Media Futures 2012 […]
Over a quarter of TVs shipped during Q1 2012 were equipped with Internet connectivity, according to data from NPD DisplaySearch. Approximately 27 per cent of TV sets shipped worldwide had internet connectivity, led by Japan, where 46 per cent of sets had networking capability, and Western Europe with 36 per cent. In a good example […]
Smart TV specialist Inview and AUPEO! Personal Radio, a provider of personalised audio streams for Internet-connected devices, have teamed up to turn Smart TVs into next generation radios. Following a global content deal, the free online music service AUPEO! will feature as standard on all Connected TVs and STBs that incorporate Inview’s technology. Inview’s Connected […]
Samsung is to introduce a cloud-based video games service to its premium TVs. It has made a deal with Gaikai to use the California firm’s streaming technology to let its customers play titles written for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 without having to own one of the consoles. The tie-up was announced at the […]
Many Smart TV owners are frustrated because of slow user interfaces and complex registration procedures, according to the latest research published by the Strategy Analytics Digital Home Observatory (DHO) service. The report, “Slow Connected TV Interfaces Inhibit App Store Exploration,” finds that users feel the performance of smart or connected TVs is much slower than […]