Digital entertainment technology specialist Rovi Corporation is to acquire digital video processing, playback and distribution technologies provider Sonic Solutions in a stock and cash transaction valued at some $720 million and the per share value of Sonic common stock at signing of the agreement is $14.17, a 38.2 per cent premium to Sonic’s 30 […]
Sky has announced its Sky+ App for iPad is available on the App Store. Now iPad users with a Sky+ or Sky+HD set-top box can search for and record programmes no matter where they are in the world. The Sky+ App has many features, including a highlights showcase section where customers can find the top […]
FiOS TV customers who also have Apple’s iPad can now download and use Verizon’s free FiOS Mobile application, which lets customers manage their DVRs and browse FiOS VOD offers remotely, plus turn their iPad into a remote control for their HD set-top boxes. Verizon started offering customers the ability to use their mobile device as […]
Comcast has unveiled its new Xfinity TV app, which will enable Xfinity TV digital customers to watch TV shows and movies directly on the iPad either at home or on-the-go in the coming weeks. The Xfinity TV app is a TV guide and a mobile video player all in one. It enables customers to change […]
BBC’s quasi-interactive Red Button service has high reach but isn’t appreciated enough to justify its cost the BBC Trust has concluded. The Red Button cost £39.3 million (E44m) in 2009/10 and had 12 million users a week. The Trust and BBC management say it’s not yet clear how Red Button will figure in YouView’s IPTV […]
L4 Media, the interactive media company, has unveiled Panorama, the company’s new television widget platform. Panorama is designed for IPTV and television service providers who want to make it easy for consumers to access personalised content, like Twitter and Facebook updates, weather forecasts, and sports scores, directly from their televisions. L4 Media announced that Nokia […]
CloverLeaf Digital, an independent provider of interactive television applications and services, has announced the introduction of its AppDaily TV apps solution. CloverLeaf’s television apps solution includes a quick-access personalised dashboard and app store, a full suite of localised news and information apps, social networking apps, and CloverLeaf’s DashDaily community publishing apps. Providers of IPTV and […]
blinkx, the video search engine, has launched blinkx Beat for Google TV. blinkx Beat is a playlist of the latest and most popular online videos – available in full-screen, with single button control. Users can replay videos that they like and share them with friends. “blinkx Beat was designed and built to be watched like […]
BinWeevils, the immersive 3D online entertainment platform for children, has launched an integrated “social video-on-demand” service which will allow children to watch major TV hits from Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. Available immediately, members of BinWeevils’ ‘Bin Tycoon’ subscription service will be able to pick from over 200 hours of on-demand TV content and communicate and […]
Alcatel-Lucent’s DMS service is providing Telus with a digital storefront for its multimedia offering which includes applications, games, ringtones, and wallpapers to more than 7.9 million mobile and broadband Internet customers across Canada. Alcatel-Lucent Digital Media Store is an end-to-end managed and hosted service for multicontent stores that allows service providers to deliver high quality […]