Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus is launching a multi device access service allowing its subscribers to have simultaneous access to the pay-TV platform through up to four different devices located at home. The subscriber will be able to watch Movistar TV channels through a TV set, a mobile phone, a console or PC or tablet […]
Digital UK has published an updated technical specification for connected TV service Freeview Play, setting out new features and requirements for products developed during 2017. Freeview Play combines live television with catch-up TV and on-demand services from the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and UKTV, making it easy for viewers to watch what […]
Hibernia Networks, a provider of global, high speed telecommunications solutions, had announced its collaboration with Equinix, an interconnection and data centre company, to expand the Equinix Media Cloud Ecosystem for Entertainment (EMCEE) into Equinix data centers in Asia, Europe and North America. The expansion allows customers to seamlessly cross-connect with those facilities on demand, enabling […]
Multi-screen cloud video software company Easel TV has made its OTT platform Suggested TV available on the fourth-generation Apple TV box and on Google Cast. The first use of these latest Suggested TV device players will be for the Curzon Home Cinema service. Curzon Home Cinema Director Phil Mordecai said the company’s investment in the […]
Amazon is bringing more voice control and universal search functionality to its Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Alexa voice control support for Amazon Video will also lets users navigate through a video by giving instructions such as “skip ahead two minutes”, “rewind 30 seconds” or move to the next episode by saying “next”. […]
LG is to boost output of its OLED high-end TV displays by 70 per cent this year in order to tap into consumer demand. The Korea Times is reporting that production will rise 70 per cent this year and that LG is now claiming a market share of about 90 per cent of OLED sales. […]
Amazon has confirmed that new features are coming to the best-selling Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. These features will be enabled automatically as part of a free, over-the-air software update currently being delivered to customers. Through this update, customers can now easily use their voice to search for favourite content, find the best […]
NBC Olympics has confirmed that it leveraged Content Delivery Networks services specialist Akamai Technologies for online video streaming, website and video delivery along with security solutions to support its record digital offering for Rio 2016, which included 3.3 billion total streaming minutes, 2.71 billion of which were live. One hundred million unique users tuned in […]
End-to-end video entertainment provider and #TelcoTV solution specialist Netgem has launched the Music Avenue, a multi-room music aggregation and playout service for music lovers. Forming part of Netgem’s strategy to move from connected TV services into connected entertainment, the Music Avenue is an integral component of Netgem’s range of content services, representing the first step […]
EKT (Eagle Kingdom Technologies), a company specialised in the design and manufacturing of Set Top Box solutions and DOCSIS modems is launching a range of Operator SmartTVs that will completely change the TV landscape. It has long been a wish of some operators to bring consumers their complete content offering on the big screen without […]