TiVo has announced that Starz Entertainment, a media distribution company that owns several TV networks in the US, has signed a long-term intellectual property (IP) licence. Starz is acquiring a licence to the TiVo patent portfolios and the OTT assets of the Intellectual Ventures patent portfolio under the TiVo/IV licensing partnership. “This licensing agreement with […]
A study by Connekt suggests TV could be the missing link to spur voice purchases using voice-controlled devices such as Amazon’s Echo and Google Home. Although voice shopping through these devices has been negligible to date, the study finds consumers are strongly interested in using them to buy items that appear on the screen as they’re watching TV. TV May Be […]
Paywizard, the pay-TV subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist, and Diagnal, the expert in marketing technology solutions for Internet TV service providers, have announced a strategic partnership that enables pay-TV and OTT operators to take an intelligent, data-driven approach to delivering real-time customer communications and dynamic multichannel marketing campaigns. The new strategic partnership […]
TiVo has announced that Alticast, an end-to-end media technology provider, has renewed its intellectual property (IP) licence to deliver advanced entertainment products in Korea. The IP licence covers the patent portfolio of Rovi Corporation, a TiVo company, enabling Alticast to deliver video solutions to Korea’s leading entertainment industry players, including IPTV, cable and DTH platform […]
Hulu Live TV. the US OTT service, is gaining support for mobile push notifications when a sports game starts. Previously, users would be able to add their favourite sports teams to “My Stuff” which would put games featuring their selected teams front and centre. However, the new update notifies users on their iOS or Android […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has published fresh analysis setting out the challenges facing the UK’s public service broadcasters in the face of greater online media consumption and global competition, suggesting that greater co-operation with pay-TV and online competitors may ensure that they remain globally competitive and relevant to UK audiences. The paper, Public service broadcasting […]
Google has selected TiVo Music Metadata to provide select artist metadata and artist images for YouTube Red, YouTube Music and the Google Play Music store. Using TiVo’s music metadata offerings, YouTube and Google can connect music videos to artists’ imagery and songs for a more immersive entertainment experience. YouTube and Google can also programmatically use […]
TiVo has announced that Sharp will further utilise TiVo’s G-Guide HTML across Sharp 4K smart TVs and Ultra HD Blu-ray recorders in Japan, TiVo’s G-Guide xD app and remote schedule recording service for its Blu-ray recorders. This renewal with TiVo allows Sharp to continue delivering one of the industry’s most advanced interactive programme guides to […]
Sky has announced the next stage in the development of its Sky Q home entertainment platform. Beginning in March 2018, Sky will progressively roll out product features that it says will make the Sky Q experience even better. At the same time, Sky Group is announcing a new partnership with the music subscription service Spotify. […]
Fire TV customers in the UK can now use an Amazon Echo to enjoy far-field voice control of their Fire TV. By pairing Fire TV with any Echo device, users can simply ask Alexa to play a movie, launch an app, control playback, or show live video from compatible smart home cameras – all hands-free. […]