Advanced Television

Connected TV

Research: Yahoo study reveals TV’s future is online

In order to make sense of the new landscape for brands and agencies created by the convergence of TV and Internet, Yahoo recently partnered with Ipsos OTX MediaCT, surveying DSL-connected households in the US. The study focused on gauging consumer usage of Internet-connected TV devices, as well as attitudes around advertising on Yahoo!’s Connected TV […]

February 7, 2011

Accedo Broadband working with Telstra to develop live TV apps for connected TV

Accedo Broadband, provider of app stores and applications for IPTV and Connected TV is working with Telstra to develop BigPond TV applications for multiple TV and blu-ray platforms. The applications launched in January and are delivering seven Telstra BigPond TV channels to LG and Samsung Connected TV sets and blu-ray players across Australia. The channels […]

February 7, 2011

woomi’s smart Samsung move

Cloud-based video distribution platform Miniweb has confirmed that woomi, its connected TV destination, is now live across the UK on all Samsung smart TVs that feature the Internet@TV portal. The UK launch marks the beginning of woomi’s European rollout. By mid 2011, Miniweb predicts woomi to be on more than half of the world’s connected […]

February 4, 2011By Colin Mann

Smartclip for Woomi ads

Miniweb, the cloud-based video distribution platform for connected TVs, has signed an exclusive, international advertising sales agreement with smartclip – the online video advertising sales network. The deal will generate advertising revenues from Miniweb’s connected TV application, woomi. Advertisers will roll out campaigns across woomi over the next few months, supported by an already strong […]

February 2, 2011

blinkx launches TV API

blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, has confirmed the launch of a TV API (Application Programming Interface). The API is designed to provide partners in the fast-growing Connected TV ecosystem – from box makers and TV manufacturers, to app developers and game consoles – access to blinkx’s index of over 35 million hours of […]

February 2, 2011

Viasat, Irdeto deliver on-demand to LG TVs

Irdeto has announced that customer Viasat has expanded its Irdeto Broadband system to enable access to live and VOD content from its LG NetCast enabled connected TV platform. As the largest commercial free and pay-TV provider across Scandinavia and the Baltic region, Viasat is building on its foundation of traditional satellite broadcasting to enabling the […]

February 1, 2011

KIT digital consolidates IP video market

KIT digital, the provider of cloud-based video asset management solutions for multi-screen delivery, has made three separate acquisitions aimed consolidating the IP video market and creating a truly ‘Lens-to- Lens’ video offering. The deals involve New York City-based KickApps, Paris-based Kewego, and San Francisco-based Kyte, for aggregate consideration of approximately $77.2 million. “These strategic acquisitions […]

January 31, 2011By Colin Mann

Connected TV platform makes entry into MENA

In a development that will revolutionise the region’s connected home entertainment industry, Techstorm, a UAE-based new media technology company, has partnered with Silicon Valley-based Verismo Networks and their Internet TV Platform to launch the VuMax service and bring HD quality entertainment directly to TV sets through broadband Internet. This will be an operator-independent OTT platform […]

January 31, 2011

Research: CE market boosted by connected devices in 2011

Global unit shipments of consumer electronics (CE) products will climb 2.6 per cent in 2010, partly driven by rising sales of products that play a role in the connected home and that focus on usability—rather than technological wizardry—according to iSuppli research. CE product shipments in 2011 are projected to reach 1.60 billion units, up from […]

January 26, 2011

Oggle breaks cover

Following the launch of the company’s interactive Connected TV and STB platform in December 2010 at the AppsWorld trade event, UK-based Green Button Media has revealed Oggle as the name for the platform’s consumer brand. Green Button’s Founder and Chairman, Barry Rubery, believes Oggle can become the brand name on everyone’s lips when talking about […]

January 26, 2011By Colin Mann