Three quarters of people are picking online content via word of mouth or suggestions from Twitter and Facebook, according to a report by video search specialists blinkx. The company’s Matt Scheybeler said: ‘We use search as a starting point less often and instead we’ve become comfortable scanning and processing long streams of information – Facebook […]
Launching simultaneously with a press event on the IBC show floor and a customer session in central Amsterdam, Liberty Global unveiled its much vaunted Horizon TV, a family of products designed to allow customers to view and share all of their favourite content across the TV, computer, tablet and smartphone. Horizon TV is available immediately […]
Input devices and interaction mechanisms specialist ruwido has launched its r117 device, which it claims will revolutionise the TV control, input and interaction landscape. ruwido has created a product that combines voice control with the functionality, intuitive navigation and aesthetics. The company recognises that while the physical remote control will remain fundamental to the living […]
CogniK, a provider of content discovery solutions for the media and telecom sectors, and Netgem, a specialist in connected home technologies and solutions, have successfully completed the integration of CogniKiosk, CogniK’s content discovery engine optimised for VoD stores. CogniKiosk, part of CogniK’s suite of content discovery solutions, provides an easy Application Programming Interface which is […]
Freesat, the UK’s free-to-air digital satellite television provider, has launched a new on-screen TV guide, available in its next generation Freesat+ boxes. Bal Samra, Chairman of Freesat, said the service had become “a force to be reckoned with” since its launch in 2008, and suggested the next-generation guide, called <free time>, was a “great step […]
Spain’s digital DTH platform, Canal Plus, owned by Prisa, is launching a new application on its iPlus set-top-box that will allow subscribers to use a personal content recommendation system in line with their likes and interests. Developed by Jinni, the new app will enable users to select and watch their own content as well as […]
ThinkAnalytics has launched ThinkMovies and ThinkTV, two enhanced metadata libraries that integrate with ThinkAnalytics’ Recommendations Engine to further aid intelligent navigation and personalised discovery and ultimately raise ARPU and improve customer satisfaction & loyalty. These modules represent the largest sources of pre-tagged metadata for movies and TV and are the latest tools to help pay-TV […]
UK supermarket retailer Sainsbury’s has licensed digital entertainment technologist Rovi Corporation to power a new digital video service for Sainsbury’s Entertainment. This puts in competition with market leader Tesco, and follows electronics group Dixons Retail’s KnowHow Movies service, which also relies on Rovi. Expected to launch later this year, the new service will offer video […]
Netflix has launched a new ‘post-play’ experience which makes viewing multiple TV episodes easier, by minimising the credits post show and cueing up the next episode. The next episode will start to play in 15 seconds if nothing is done. Users can also stop it to get more information or select another episode. The experience […]
UK digital broadcaster Sky has unveiled an update to the Sky+ app for iPad which allows Sky TV customers to use their iPad as a remote control. Sky customers will be able to take even more control of their main TV experience through the app, using it to change channels as well as pause, play […]