Apple TV customers in the US will be able to watch Major League Baseball and National Basketball Association games after the company confirmed deals with the sports leagues, in a sign that cable companies will face more online competition. The NBA will offer two packages to Apple TV users. For $65 per season, customers can […]
smartclip, the European digital video ad network, has appointed Yahoo’s Shirlene Chandrapal as VP Connected TV. Chandrapal joins smartclip from Yahoo Europe where she was Director of Yahoo Connected TV, a platform that delivers Internet content to TV sets. In her role, she covered all major European markets and was responsible for strategy implementation, partnership […]
The first independent event focusing purely on the TV application opportunity has been announced at this month’s IP&TV World Forum. The TVAppHub, launched to help stimulate the TV Application market, is a free-to-attend conference for developers, which will feature training, panel discussions, presentations and demonstrations. It includes speakers from Deutsche Telekom, BBC, Betfair TV, Samsung […]
NBC Universal has launched PictureBox online – its subscription movies on-demand service available through Samsung Internet-connected TVs and the iPad. The PictureBox Player, developed by video provider SyncTV, will offer the same content currently available via the existing service – distributed via Talk Talk, Virgin Media, Top Up TV and BT Vision. It features around […]
YouView, the much-delayed VOD system proposed for the UK, is to get Lord (Alan) Sugar as its new chairman. YouView, formerly known as Project Canvas, is not likely to launch fully until next year. Delegates to the Digital TV Group’s (DTG) annual summit in London on March 4th heard that a ‘beta’ test version of […]
The delayed launch of open IPTV platform YouView will result in a product that has been worth waiting for, according to the operation’s CEO, Richard Halton. He told delegates at the DTG Summit that the platform had been proved ready and would undergo extensive trials by the end of 2011, prior to a full commercial […]
The television industry needs to set several standards around navigation, User Experience, broadcast-led entry points and dual-screen viewing, according to the BBC’s Director of Archive Content, Roly Keating. Speaking at the DTG Summit, he noted that innovation and creativity had brought about new ways of delivering content, and suggested it was important to ensure enhanced […]
WizTiVi, an expert in the development and operation of platforms, has developed the new interactive application ComFM, the first radio portal in France. Available on Toshiba’s connected TV service Toshiba Places, the ComFM interactive portal gives access to a wide range of live radio, web-radio and podcasts, as well as original editorial updates. The ComFM […]
Matt Brittin, Managing Director, UK and Ireland for Google, has conceded that the Internet giant’s initial effort at entering the TV market was less than successful. “We haven’t given up; we know it was a first attempt,” he told delegates at the FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference in London. Google reportedly asked TV set […]
WizTiVi, an expert in the development and operation of platforms, has developed the new interactive application ComFM, the first radio portal in France. Available on Toshiba Places, the ComFM interactive portal gives access to a wide range of live radio, webradio and podcasts, as well as original editorial updates. The website www.comfm.com has been adapted […]