Samsung’s ‘Smart TV’ can now access a selection of Belgacom TV’s on-demand catalogue directly from their TV, without having to be a Belgacom customer. This new, innovative offer allows users to discover a selection of 500 films. In the framework of its strategic partnership with Samsung, Belgacom offers all Samsung ‘Smart TV’ users, whether they […]
Hulu’s senior vice president of international has confirmed the launch of Hulu in Japan on Sony TVs and PS3s. On the Hulu company blog, Johannes Larcher wrote: “Watching top films and TV shows on the biggest screen in the house just got easier for our subscribers in Japan. I’m happy to announce that Hulu in […]
Capablue has partnered with PayPal for its Connected platform, enabling brands to offer connected device applications and services via a subscription or on a pay per view rental basis. Users will be able to access premium rate content from a multitude of devices, paying with PayPal within a connected TV for the first time in […]
Internet film subscription service Netflix has confirmed it is to expand to the United Kingdom and Ireland in early 2012. Further details about the service, including pricing, content and supported devices, will be announced closer to launch. Netflix has been streaming to US members since 2007, adding Canada in 2010 and 43 countries in Latin […]
A survey carried out by Galaxy Research for networking hardware vendor Netgear has found that Australians own a lot of Internet-enabled devices that they don’t bother to put online. The report shows that there are almost 70 million Internet-enabled devices in Australian homes, but nearly 19 million aren’t connected. Game consoles are amongst the most […]
Digital rights management business Base79, backed by Peter Bazalgette and Kelvin MacKenzie, is expanding. It has made two high-profile hirings: Gulliver Smithers joins from ITV as Base79’s CTO while Gideon Summerfield joins from the BBC as Head of Project Management. Base79 gets its name from the atomic number for gold. The pair will join Base79 […]
More than 42 million homes across the US and Europe are using the Internet to watch television shows and movies on the TV screen, according to research from Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices (CHD) service. The report – Multiscreen Connected TV: Assessing Device Usage and Ownership – bases its findings on a survey of 4,800 […]
Mo-DV (Mobile Digital Video), an innovator of multimedia content delivery via USB Flash Drives and Micro SD Cards, says it has developed a new technology that solves the format problems between mobile devices, HDTV sets, and other consumer electronic devices, with issued patents. The new medium enables users to play content on mobile phones, tablets, […]
Holly Knill, Head of Sky Player and Mobile TV, has admitted that the time is not yet right for the broadcaster to make its services available on Connected TVs. Knill, who is responsible for the Sky Go service, which makes Sky content available on additional devices such as iPhones, iPads, computers, and the Xbox, did […]
Intel has shut down its Digital Home Group and will no longer make chips for interactive TV set-top boxes such as the Google TV devices from Sony and Logitech, or the similar Boxee boxes from D-Link. The engineers from the group are being merged into Intel’s tablet group. Intel confirmed the move, explaining: “There is […]