Connected TV interactive services developer WizTiVi has agreed a partnership with L’Équipe.fr, the sports information website. WizTiVi developed an interactive application directly available on Toshiba Places, as well as Panasonic and Samsung connected TV. Users can see live and streaming sport news on their TV set. They can find information from L’Equipe.fr, as well as […]
Open IPTV platform YouView has published its final core technical specification for launch and announced further device partners. A single technical document, detailing the core YouView interoperability specification for launch is now available on the YouView web site. The YouView Core Technical Specification references the Digital Television Group’s D-Book 72 and provides a set of […]
Broadcast and professional video specialist Grass Valley has partnered with global software security and media technology company Irdeto to enable broadcasters and other owners of live and pre-recorded content to more easily and efficiently manage and distribute that content to any Internet-connected device. By combining the power of Grass Valley’s MediaFUSE automated content repurposing and […]
Following the deal made at IFA last year, Samsung´s new generation of connected Smart TVs now offer access to maxdome, Germany´s largest online video store, allowing users to view movie and series highlights from maxdome directly on their televisions. Currently, maxdome offers a selection of over 35,000 titles. In addition to a wide range of […]
KIT digital, the premium software and technology services provider for multi-screen video delivery, has moved to strengthen its ability to manage complex and large-scale IP video deployments in the US and the UK by signing a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the capital stock of digital media platform specialist ioko365 Ltd (ioko) […]
Google is working on a major overhaul of YouTube as it tries to position itself for the rise of Connected TVs, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to people familiar with the matter, YouTube is looking to compete with broadcast and cable television, which would entail enticing users to stay on the website longer, and […]
Speaking at the Connectivity Conference at MIPTV in Cannes, Vivendi Mobile Entertainment CEO Cèdric Ponsot said “there’s a lot of fear around how connected TVs will affect existing businesses and broadcasters,” but he urged people to meet it head on. He said content creators must not hold back from increasing syndication and distribution of content […]
All BT Vision subscribers will be able to access the BBC iPlayer service via their TVs by June says iPlayer product manager Gideon Summerfield. Recently the BBC has released a version of the player for Freeview HD boxes that conform to the D-Book 6.2.1 specification powered by MHEG-5 middleware. The BBC has also certified the […]
Hulu’s chief executive Jason Kilar has confirmed figures first released at IP&TV World Forum stating Hulu+ will have over a million subs by year end. Kilar also reiterated that the company is on track to approach $500 million in revenue in 2011, up from $263 million in 2010. Its first-quarter revenue grew 90 per cent […]
D-Book 7, the detailed interoperability specification for digital terrestrial television with extended Connected TV functionality, is now available from the UK’s the Digital Television Group website. D-Book 7 is the product of 18 months of industry collaboration between manufacturers, service providers and technology companies. The seventh edition builds on previous editions of the D-Book and provides an […]