Apple is increasing the price it charges for apps in the UK, India and Turkey. UK costs will numerically match those of the US, meaning that a TV episode that costs $0.99 will now be 99p. That represents a 25 per cent rise over the previous currency conversion, which was 79p. The main factor is […]
In a move that strengthens its mobile video portfolio and positions it to address the rise in mobile video consumption, content services protection and enhancement specialist Viaccess-Orca has acquired BigHill, a Finland-based software company that specialises in developing mobile apps for TV content. An agreement between the two companies was reached in December 2016. Adding […]
There was a kind of funny story all over the press here last week. Amazon Echoes in California (where else) started ordering doll’s houses for their owners. In a true case of echoes within echoes, a local TV show in San Diego was reporting how a young girl had told Alexa – the Echo’s operating […]
Snap, the company behind social media messaging app Snapchat, has confirmed it will set up its main international hub in the UK. The company says it chose Britain because of the nation’s “strong creative industries” in a move that bucks the general Brexit mood. Claire Valoti, Snap’s UK general manager, said: “The UK is where […]
The Paramount Channel has launched a mobile app for smartphones and tablets in Italy. The channel is aired on the national DTT platform and on DTH platform Tivusat (in HD). The free app, available for Android and iOS devices, offering easy and mobile access to content from the Paramount Channel. Developed with a user-friendly format, […]
Disney Channel France has launched a free mobile app available on both iOS and Android devices. The new app promises more than 200 pieces of content including music videos, animated gifs, competitions and interviews related to its popular kids’ series such as The Descendants, Soy Luna, Liv & Maddie and Camp Kikiwaka. This app serves […]
Describing the unveiling of its Virgin TV V6 set-top box as the industry’s “worst-kept secret”, David Bouchier, Chief Digital Entertainment Officer at UK quad-play operator Virgin Media, also introduced a new HD TellyTablet created by Virgin Media, designed specifically as a personal Smart TV to watch television in HD quality. The Virgin TV launch event […]
Netflix members worldwide can now download their favourite content, in addition to streaming the service’s series and films at no extra cost, which it says makes it even easier to watch Netflix on the go. In a blog post, Eddy Wu, Director of Product Innovation, says that while many members enjoy watching Netflix at home, […]
A survey of 2,700 parents in the US, Canada and the UK, designed to illuminate how children age 0-12 consume entertainment content and brands, carried out by pure-play children’s content company DHX Media and market intelligence specialist Ipsos has revealed that kids have embraced mobile on-demand viewing, and that tablets are their preferred screen for […]
Italian mobile telephony operator TIM and media group Vivendi have launched a new application for viewing original series produced and filmed for smartphones. TIM customers will have exclusive access on mobile devices, including in HD, over mobile networks, Wi-Fi and off-line, after downloading. The Studio+ service envisages formats developed specifically using narrower angles and more […]