Positioning themselves better to meet technological and business challenges faced by the content consumption market, France Telecom Group companies Viaccess and Orca Interactive are to merge their management structures. This new organisation will allow customers to benefit from the strength and expertise of legacy telecommunications combined with the innovative edge of an agile technology company […]
Multi-screen digital TV content security solutions specialist Conax has unveiled Conax Xtend Multiscreen, a new pre-integrated solution for enabling easy migration to advanced multiscreen services. The solution is a high performance, cost-efficient ecosystem for multiscreen hybrid-broadband-broadcast content delivery and consumption. The solution has been developed together with middleware provider, Cubiware, and content management system provider, […]
Global video search engine blinkx has reported full year revenues increased 73 per cent to $114.4 million year-over year. Chief executive and founder Suranga Chandratillake said the proliferation of powerful connected devices and high-speed broadband networks had catalysed consumer appetite for web video. During the year, the company acquired Burst Media, an online media and […]
blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, has announced that a blinkx app is now available on Sony Internet-enabled home entertainment devices. Consumers can now watch videos from blinkx’s extensive index of professionally produced content on a variety of customised channels. The blinkx app for Sony gives customers immediate access to blinkx’s index of premium […]
Online video specialist Ooyala has unveiled its new solution in content discovery designed to enables publishers to improve dramatically monetisation of multi-screen video. In pre-release with select customers, the technology is already driving a four-fold increase in consumer engagement, meaning longer viewing periods, more videos completed and increased revenue. As the newest addition to its […]
LG has announced that the Voice Control functionality for its Smart TV Magic Remote will begin a roll-out in April. The company says it will begin issuing an update for all of its Smart TV sets, which will be completed by the end of the month. The 2012 iterations of its Cinema 3D TV sets […]
Jinni, the creator of the taste and mood-based discovery engine for movies and TV programming, has announced the new version release of its API for TV operators and consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers. Leveraging the benefits of Jinni’s core technology, the new API offers advanced personalisation features across all catalogues, including live broadcast TV, powered by […]
SaskTel will soon be one of the first providers in North America to introduce a new recommendation feature to its IPTV service, Max Entertainment Services. The feature will be powered by Gravity R&D’s Gravity IMPRESS engine. Gravity R&D is one of the leading providers of movie recommendation systems. SaskTel is the leading communications service provider […]
Verizon and Veveo have revealed that Verizon will license certain Veveo technology that can be used to enhance FiOS TV to provide new personalised search capabilities across a TV, phone or tablet. Veveo’s technology personalises the search and discovery process by allowing customers to browse less and watch more of the programmes, movies and other […]
Digital entertainment technologist Rovi has confirmed that its TotalGuide solution is now available on Panasonic’s 2012 Smart TVs and Blu-ray recorders for the European market. Panasonic’s VIERA Connect platform on these devices features a customised implementation of TotalGuide – available as the Rovi Guide application – for finding and discovering broadcast TV programmes through advanced […]