Daniel Danker, General Manager, Programmes and On-Demand in the BBC’s Future Media Division, has called for industry co-operation to raise the adoption rates for Connected TV. Delivering a keynote address in the session analysing the continued evolution of OTT platforms at TV Connect in London, Danker noted that despite an exceptional adoption rate for the […]
Alex Green, Director of TV at BT Vision, has described the telco’s involvement in and support for open IPTV platform YouView as the ‘first step’ in making linear channel content available to BT customers and subscribers to its BT Vision hybrid on-demand/DTT platform. Noting that BT was approaching the question of linear TV from the […]
Dailymotion, the world’s second largest video site, has launched its new home entertainment strategy with the release of new and updated apps for Smart TVs. Dailymotion’s new Internet-connected TV apps and streaming services pull content from users’ Dailymotion web profiles to allow continuous playback, in addition to browsing for new content –providing a ‘lean-back experience’. […]
It’s that time of year again and the industry is gathering in London for the TV Connect event. This is the latest iteration of what was founded as the IPTV World Forum, and the more generic name reflects the maturity of the business and the increasing transparency of the barriers between once competing segments. Virgin […]
Giles Cottle, Head of Strategy at UK free-to-air digital satellite service Freesat has outlined the platform’s apps strategy following the successful launch of YouTube for Freesat’s connected TV users. Writing in the Freesat blog, he suggests that in some ways, it is easy to see why TV is seen as a natural next step for […]
Inview, a provider of end-to-end Smart TV ecosystems, has signed an agreement with Altech Multimedia, a provider of innovative products and services to the Global Multimedia market, to develop low cost broadcast and connected TV solutions for Africa, the Middle East and emerging markets. Altech Multimedia will port Inview’s Liberator platform onto its latest set-top […]
‘Smart TV in Italy’, the first of a series of reports from Deadline Media TV on OTT and connected television, details the current market for Smart TVs in Italy within the framework of broadcasting, broadband and mobile communications. Deadline says that using MHP (Multimedia Home Platform), Italy is the first country to widely deploy a […]
For years, US consumers have had three simple criteria when buying a television: price, size and picture quality. While those factors remain, American television buyers now are placing increased importance on technology features, including Internet connectivity and 3D display, according to the Smart TV Consumer Survey conducted by the IHS Screen Digest TV Systems Service […]
Senior managers at UK free-to-air digital satellite platform Freesat have confirmed the service’s support for the HTML5 multimedia Internet standard. The move follows Freesat’s successful launch of YouTube built on HTML 5, offering a TV-optimised, visually stunning and fully interactive viewing experience. James Strickland, Chief Technology Officer, noted that previous standards such as MHEG, which […]
A new era of television consumption is being ushered in across Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) according to a report by Discovery Networks, which also suggests that supercharged by the digital age, audiences led by the young and early adopters are showing an increasing appetite for new TV services that complement existing […]