Internet TV finally looks ready to live up to its promise, according to the Sector Focus commentary by Turner Investments. Analysts at Turner see it “gaining wider consumer acceptance and commercial scale in this decade.” “Perhaps the biggest thing Internet TV has going for it,” the authors say, “is that it’s part of a technological […]
Video search engine blinkx is teaming up with woomi, the new Connected TV destination from cloud-based video distribution platform Miniweb Technologies. The deal gives audiences worldwide access to blinkx’s index of over 35 million hours of online video through the woomi service. woomi enables device manufacturers to enhance their products with a feature-rich connected TV […]
Nagra and Digital+, the Spanish pay-TV operator, have confirmed the launch of “Digital+ a la carta”, an Over-The-Top VOD and linear TV service powered and secured by Nagra and available to subscribers of the Digital+ satellite service. “Digital+ a la carta” is already available to Digital+ subscribers on a iPLUS hybrid set-top box. It offers […]
Launch of Nagra Over-the-Top solution powering iPLUS set-top box-based on demand services PC/tablet/smartphone on demand and linear TV services to be launched later this year Nagra Multi-screen solution enables operator-controlled delivery of Over-the-Top services and seamless cross-device experience Cheseaux, Switzerland – February 10th, 2011– Nagra, independent provider of value-added content protection and multi-screen television solutions, […]
ANT has announced that Humax has launched its new TV Portal using the ANT Galio Platform. An automatic over-the-air update ran from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th February to all Humax HDR-FOX T2 Freeview+ HD set-top boxes in the UK. This update included the addition of the ANT Galio Platform to facilitate the new TV […]
Anevia has enabled Itacom to successfully deploy an over-the-top (OTT) video on demand service for Paraguay. Itacom is a provider of Internet, telephony, and television services to customers in Paraguay. Itacom has chosen to work with Anevia in building a new OTT on demand video service based on ViaMotion, a software-based IP streaming solution that […]
Croatian telecommunications operator Iskon has introduced the Iskon.TV Player which enables reception of TV channels on PCs, as well as on mobile devices connected to the Internet via WiFi or the T-Mobile 3G network, such as the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices. During the test phase, a total of six TV channels will […]
Jason Kilar, the chief executive of Hulu has criticised their traditional television business model. In a blog Kilar said “traditional TV has too many ads” while Hulu’s advertising is “twice as effective as traditional TV video advertising”. Kilar continued “In the near to mid term, we anticipate being able to generate higher advertising returns than […]
National tourism agency VisitBritain has launched an online TV channel that will stream major events live, including the Royal Wedding. The company has partnered with GeoCast TV to create visitbritain.tv. Viewers will also be able to see video coverage of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic games. The tie-up is aimed at encouraging tourists to pick […]
White-label video management and publishing company thePlatform has been selected by New Zealand pay-TV operator SKY Television to provide the back-end video management for the iSKY online TV service. The iSKY service is currently available to SKY subscribers and provides the opportunity to view their favourite programmes and movies on their computers. John Fellet, CEO […]