As the company reported it had signed up 160,000 new TV subscribers to its YouView service in the three months to June 30th, quad play comms provider TalkTalk has advised its customers of a major software upgrade. Writing in the TalkTalk blog, Laurence Miall, Director of TV at TalkTalk, says the great thing about YouView […]
blinkx, the Internet Media platform, has unveiled a beta version of its new blinkx VideoAdvantage. Publishers who leverage blinkx VideoAdvantage will be enabled to power their Web and mobile properties with content from blinkx’s video catalogue, with the opportunity to share in video advertising revenue with blinkx. blinkx VideoAdvantage will provide publishers a solution to […]
TCL, one of the largest consumer electronics enterprises in China, has confirmed that the web experience on its newest Smart TV range will be built on top of the Opera Devices Software Development Kit (SDK) for Linux-based devices, and will feature Opera’s TV browser and Opera TV Store. Opera will power the viewer web experience […]
UKTV has confirmed that its new channel – Drama – is moving further up the Sky EPG thanks to a deal struck between UKTV and PBS America. Drama, which launched on July 8th and airs critically-acclaimed drama series spanning the last 40 years, currently sits at channel number 291 on the Sky EPG. From July […]
In a move designed to deliver new customer experiences and to spur innovation among smartphone and tablet app developers, satellite platform DISH has opened its third-party application programming interface (API) to developers. Trusted partners can now access many of the same second-screen APIs that DISH uses for its own DISH Explorer mobile app on its […]
Access, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, is licensing the Reference Design Kit (RDK) software stack from Comcast to enhance the development and deployment of next-generation video services that support DLNA Premium Video Guidelines and HTML5. The RDK cuts the development time in half for set-top […]
Red Bee Media, the media services company, has signed a multi-year deal with Nordic pay-TV platform, Canal Digital DTH, to supply rich metadata services across Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The deal, which was signed following a competitive tender process, will see Red Bee Media provide EPG content, including localised programme descriptions and images, to […]
Digitalsmiths the personalised video discovery specialist, announced that that zeebox, the TV companion application, has selected Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery to power key elements of video discovery across all of zeebox’s supported platforms. zeebox users can now enjoy relevant content recommendations in new ways. Launched this week, the zeebox “Recommended For You” feature delivers personalised recommendations […]
Video content discovery solutions provider Jinni has launched ‘Watch together’, claimed as the first effective social discovery feature to recommend content that suits the tastes of more than one viewer. The feature is part of the latest Jinni discovery engine API, and is now available for implementation by the company’s global customers and technology partners. […]
Movie streaming service Netflix does not infringe on Rovi patents for interactive television programme guides, an International Trade Commission judge said in a preliminary decision. The full commission plans to issue a final decision in the case in October. Last year, Rovi accused several companies of infringing on its patents for on-screen guides for TV […]