WhereverTV Broadcasting, a specialist in delivering OTT subscription television services, has launched the GlobalTV Interactive Program Guide for Android smartphones and GoogleTV. WhereverTV’s Global IPG App is a downloadable software application designed to help viewersmanage over 300 free and readily accessible Internet TV channels in many languages from more than 60 countries, including the US […]
Rovi Corporation and Nuance Communications have expanded their relationship to advance voice activated guidance and content discovery applications for digital entertainment customers across the globe. Nuance has signed a multi-year data licensing agreement for Rovi Video and Rovi Music and plans to integrate Rovi’s rich entertainment data for multiple countries with Nuance’s Dragon TV as […]
Hisense announced a strategic partnership by which it will deploy Hillcrest’s patented Freespace in-air pointing and motion control software in its next-generation of Smart TVs and Pulse set-top boxes. Freespace enables point-and-click, gesture and motion control of Smart TV devices through simple in-air movements of a handheld remote control. This allows users to navigate their […]
Today’s Internet connected TV experience introduces masses of generic and special interest content from live TV, video on demand and online video services. Content discovery becomes essential, however various related solutions leave consumers with a dilemma of choice. Responding to the increasing importance of content personalisation, international Smart TV solutions specialist Foxxum and TV discovery market […]
Cognitive Networks, a provider of real-time data services that power Enhanced TV on Smart TVs, has revealed tha LG Electronics will be the first to integrate Cognitive Networks’ real-time data service on its Smart TV platform, enabling a more robust “Enhanced TV” experience for consumers. Enhanced TV allows viewers to run applications that augment the […]
Opera Software and TiVo have announced a technology integration to enhance the power of web technologies on TiVo devices with the Opera Devices SDK, as well as open up the world of HTML5 TV apps through the Opera TV Store. This partnership will enable TiVo to bring the latest web and HTML5 content to cable […]
FindAnyFilm.com, the easy-to-use gateway to legitimate film, TV and video services, has announced the addition of Distrify titles to its website. This comes as Distrify, which has been at the forefront of the industry in offering direct-to-audience distribution, becomes the first in a host of legal independent film providers to take advantage of the site’s […]
LG Electronics has selected Gracenote to power the On Now service in its latest Cinema 3D Smart TV line-up in Europe. Gracenote eyeQ will provide TV schedules and listings, movie and TV show descriptive metadata, as well as cover art and images to help viewers navigate and find what to watch across both broadcast and […]
Aspiro TV, a company that enables multi-screen TV services, is set to be bought by the company’s management team and relaunched as Norigin Media, a TV Everywhere company. This will be with effect from September 1st, 2013. The management group will comprise of Espen Erikstad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jussi Komonen, Chief Operating Officer (COO) […]
INSIDE Secure has announced that Korean fabless semiconductor maker Telechips has embedded the INSIDE DRM Fusion Agent solutions for high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) and digital transmission content protection (DTCP-IP) into its newest TCC892X family of set-top box multimedia application processors. Using the INSIDE solutions and a trusted execution environment (TEE) based on the Solacia […]