Opera Software has announced its cooperation with Hisense, the fifth largest LED TV provider in the world. Opera will deliver its Opera Device Software Development Kit (SDK) for Linux-based devices to the company’s TV model 55XT770/50K360/K300 series, and Hisense will use Opera’s leading HTML5 engine to bring an enhanced TV-viewing experience to their customers. With […]
blinkx , the online video search engine, has unveiled an open beta of the next generation of its flagship product, blinkx.com. The new site has been designed to enhance the video discovery and viewing experience for audiences, with powerful personalisation and recommendation capabilities, and simple integration across users’ social graph. It was built from the […]
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 […]
Polish STB company Globo and the Swedish CAS and SMS manufacturer Cryptoguard have partnered to offer price effective solutions for small and medium sized cable operators. The companies say “We are proud to be able to offer the CryptoGuard hi-grade security, user friendly and price effective CAS (conditional access system) and easy to use SMS […]
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 […]
Digital TV Labs, providers of specialised receiver conformance products, services and consultancy, has become an official licensee of Dolby Laboratories. The licence enables Digital TV Labs to offer CE manufacturers and middleware vendors a new streamlined service for Dolby pre-testing. In addition, manufacturers will have access to a dedicated team of technical experts who will […]
BeBanjo has been chosen by BT Vision to help mange its VoD offering across multiple platforms. BeBanjo’s products will help BT Vision to its VoD services to its 700’000+ subscribers with more control and efficiency in several aspects including rights, scheduling, operational workflow and metadata. “Over the past 3 years the amount of content we […]