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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Having successfully launched their interactive Connected TV and STB platform last December at AppsWorld, UK based Green Button Media which has already received the thumbs up from major industry players, today reveals Oggle – the name for their platform’s consumer brand. Green Button’s Founder and Chairman, Barry Rubery, believes Oggle can become the brand name […]
Publishers must get their content onto connected TVs “before it’s too late”, says former YouView chief technology officer Anthony Rose. Talking to the Association of Online Publishers he said, “In this matter, you can’t be too early, if you wait too long, all the good territory will have been staked out and taken.” He predicted […]
SideReel, the independent online TV destination, has released results from an online video survey of 1800+ users. Conducted in December 2010, the survey identifies usage patterns in the areas of social media, Web TV, and the use of connected devices. “People are mixing new technologies with familiar ones to get a personalised TV experience that […]
Opera Software has confirmed it will deliver its browser on Sony Bravia televisions and Blu-ray Disc players. Opera aims to deliver more “lean-forward”, interactive components to connected home users by offering Opera’s solution to Sony’s state-of-the-art devices. The Opera Devices Software Developer Kit (SDK) is the cross-platform, standards-based backbone of Opera for connected TVs and […]