Boxee has announced it will introduce a Live TV dongle in January that will connect to the Boxee Box and let users watch channels like ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC for no extra fee. The Live TV stick is available for pre-order now for $49. “If you are like us then the way you watch […]
Sony is said to be mulling the launch of an OTT competitor to pay TV operators. The company is in exploratory talks with several big media and companies, including Comcast-controlled NBCUniversal, News Corp. and Discovery Communications, for rights that would allow it to carry their TV networks OTT to Sony devices in the US, according […]
Google is committed to a TV platform and sees a lot potential as the connected TV market develops, despite the failure of its first attempt at TV, according to Suveer Kothari, head of international, Google TV. Kothari told the OTT Summit in London Google was aiming to make ‘Google TV 2’ as open an operating […]
Netflix is ramping up the studio content for its planned UK and Ireland launch in 2012 by agreeing a multi-year digital licensing agreement that will bring a broad range of Miramax films to Netflix members. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed. “Netflix is proud to be able to offer the unmatched mix […]
Humax and Opera Software have announced that the HD set-top-boxes (STB) model, ‘iCord HD+/ME, IR-2020HD’, powered by Opera’s browser technology is now available in the Middle East and will soon appear in other regions as well. This HD set-top-box features the Humax TV Portal, which enables viewers to have a more enhanced experience of full […]
Broadband provider TalkTalk is to launch an in-house trial of YouView in early 2012. The broadband provider said it will launch a “friends and family” trial of the service in the first quarter next year, although the proposed launch date will likely be in January. TalkTalk will give around 3,000 of its YouView STBs, made […]
Disney-ABC Television Group’s ABC Entertainment and the Warner Bros Television Group (WBTVG) have reached a wide-ranging agreement regarding the digital distribution of series produced by Warner Bros Television for ABC for the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons. Under the terms of the new agreement, ABC has the ability to distribute any series produced by WBTVG during […]
Verivue announced that it will join forces with itaas, RGB Networks and Verimatrix to deliver a fully integrated solution to network operators seeking to deploy a live multiscreen TV Everywhere service. Verivue is offering its OneVantage content delivery solution, which when used in conjunction with RGB Networks’ multiscreen transcoding and packaging solution, with DRM from […]
While companies such as Netflix and Hulu have the potential to be serious media contenders, the content roster from over-the-top (OTT) television platforms is not as broad or compelling as the line-up provided by traditional pay television companies, suggests credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings in a market commentary. According to Fitch, padding of their Internet […]
Digital entertainment solutions provider Rovi Corporation has unveiled a major update to its Rovi Advertising Network aimed at providing marketers with advanced tools for driving higher rates of engagement with TV advertising across set-top boxes, connected TVs, media players, game consoles and more. New features are designed to enable consumers to more fully interact with […]