UK customers of VoD aggregator platform ScreenHits TV can now integrate BBC iPlayer on-demand content and live channels into their personalised TV discovery experience On-demand programmes and live channels from the BBC will appear in the ScreenHits TV interface, and selecting one of the BBC’s programmes will take viewers through to watch on BBC iPlayer. […]
The BBC is making its archive more accessible than ever before, launching a new Programme Index tool with a searchable index of nearly 100 years of BBC TV and radio broadcasts. “Programme Index, like BBC Genome before it, is a spine of data – this time stretching back nearly 100 years,” explains Susannah Stevens, senior […]
Noting that NEXTGEN TV is expected to reach 70 per cent of all US residents by the end of 2021, and to help unlock this emerging growth opportunity for TV and STB manufacturers, OTT and Hybrid TV software solutions provider Vewd has confirmed the availability of an ATSC 3.0 middleware integration option for Vewd OS, […]
LG Electronics has confirmed the availability of the fuboTV app on its webOS Smart TVs (2018-2021 models) in the US, including its LG OLED TV lineup. LG customers can now enjoy more than 100 sports, news and entertainment channels from sports-focused live TV streaming platform fuboTV. LG Smart TVs users will be able to enjoy […]
WIND VISION, the first Android TV subscription platform launched in Greece and one of the first of its kind in Europe, continues to innovate and evolve to provide the best user experience. One of the ingredients of this success is leveraging leading technology and IT services. In addition to using ZAPPWARE’s platform for video services, […]
Music-related service Qwest TV, co-founded by music icon Quincy Jones, has secured its first major US cable partnership, joining Xfinity On Demand. The entire SVoD catalogue —1,300+ concerts, documentaries, and performances from around the world— is now available to Comcast Xfinity customers. It suggests the partnership offers a new kind of musical experience to the […]
In a move to build the most user-friendly and engaging TV solution for Austria, the ORS group has signed a multi-year deal with the Copenhagen-based metadata specialist Simply.TV. ORS chose Simply.TV after a thorough multi-vendor assessment covering: The ability to deliver real-time metadata from 100+ linear TV channels Direct feed integration with Austrian and German […]
Sky Q has added Kids Quotes to its voice search function after research it commissioned revealed that more than two thirds of children use phrases from their favourite films and TV shows every day, with over half of parents resorting to saying quotes to work out what their kids want to watch on TV. The […]
ZEASN, a provider of OTT and Smart TV solutions, has unveiled its new smart voice solutions – Whale Speaker OS and Whale AI Voice. The company has also announced that a new Smart Speaker product equipped with Whale Speaker OS has successfully passed the Amazon Alexa ACM Audio Call Certification recently, being the world’s first […]
Content discovery and viewer insight solutions provider ThinkAnalytics has confirmed that its content discovery and viewer engagement platform is fully integrated with Amazon Personalize. Media and entertainment service providers now have a choice of complementary personalised recommendations solutions running on the ThinkAnalytics platform in the AWS cloud for real-time personalised user experiences at scale. Working […]