As the BBC prepares a big push for its online coverage of this summer’s Olympic games, Ralph Rivera, the BBC’s director of future media, says this year could be pivotal for TV’s next evolution. “Our aspiration is that 2012 will do for digital and connected televisions what the coronation did for TV,” he told the […]
Suggesting that connected TVs are “punching below their weight,” in terms of iPlayer requests, Daniel Danker, General Manager, iPlayer at the BBC has called on consumer electronics manufacturers to simplify such devices. “If connected TV is going to be mainstream, you have to go back to basics,” he told delegates at the DTG Summit 2012 […]
Connect TV, a broadband-supplied portfolio of TV channels, launches this weekend to UK viewers with Freeview HD or Smart TV functionality, and are broadband-enabled. Connect TV has embraced MHEG functionality and uses a batch of dedicated channel numbers on the EPG. Some of the TV services are already generating around 200,000 streams a month. CEO […]
French media regulator CSA has commissioned a study on the development of connected TV. Emmanuel Gabla, a CSA board member, said that though only about 5 per cent of French homes had a connected TV now the regulator believed connected TV would become common in the future. The CSA is concerned the entry of new […]
Comparing Q4 2011 to Q3 2011 across one of the world’s largest online video footprints, Google TV viewing grew 91 per cent and video plays on tablets, smartphones and connected TVs nearly doubled, according to findings from digital video technology, analytics and services provider Ooyala’s Q4 2011 Video Index report, which reveals insights into video […]
Samsung Electronics has announced a partnership with Central European Media Enterprises (CME) to bring CME’s Voyo transactional and subscription VoD services onto Samsung Smart TVs. Viewers will be able to select from hundreds of titles including blockbuster movies and series, to catch-up on their favourite local shows immediately after broadcast, to view TV episodes ahead […]
It is ironic that the frontline in the net neutrality conflict has shifted to a country where broadband speed is more abundant than anywhere on earth. KT Telecom of Korea has announced it will ‘manage’ the broadband capacity it claims is being soaked up by Smart TV users. It says it must do so to […]
Red Bull is considering connected TVs as its next major broadcast platform for its host of live-event streaming and video-on-demand content. The brand, which already has a web-based TV channel, redbull.tv, is incorporating connected TVs into the heart of its digital strategy as another key channel to host its content, reports NMA. Red Bull international […]
TV and video platform specialist Vision247 has launched the Vision TV Network, delivering live streamed international broadcasts via compliant FreeviewHD-connected devices. The service enables broadcasters and video content owners to broadcast their channels over the Internet, to all FreeviewHD-enabled devices in the UK. Vision247’s own channel, Vision TV Network, aggregates premium channels from national broadcasters […]
South Korea’s leading ISP KT has put itself firmly in the vanguard of network providers that believe service providers must pay for connection to their markets. KT says it will demand a share of the profits companies such as Google and Apple derive from Internet-enabled TV services as network operators. Last week KT took its […]