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Eurocinema plans live and SVoD service

Eurocinema, North American’s only VoD channel dedicated to European cinema, has revealed plans to expand its global footprint with the launch of Eurocinema World, a 24/7 live channel and SVoD service featuring award-winning European films and select Euro-centric lifestyle segments. Showcasing winners and nominees from the global film festival circuit, Eurocinema World will launch in […]

October 5, 2015Colin Mann @ MIPCOM

Alticast: Ready for the IoT

@IBC 2015 Advanced Television talks to Tiaan Schutte, President EMEA for Alticast, about provisioning for the Smart Home and Internet Of Things and how they are rapidly developing as service and revenue opportunities for pay-TV providers.     [bitsontherun JVEFX7b5-ni7dlelE]

September 29, 2015

STARZ PLAY now on Samsung Smart TVs

STARZ PLAY, the authenticated online TV Everywhere service for STARZ premium subscribers, has launched on Samsung Smart TVs. STARZ subscribers may now watch exclusive STARZ Original series including Blunt Talk, Survivor’s Remorse, and Power, among others, as well as hundreds of movies and first-run films on Samsung Smart TVs. The launch marks STARZ PLAY’s most […]

September 25, 2015

Hopster launches on Android

Hopster, an app featuring educational programming and games for kids, has announced its international launch on Android, available to download for free via Google Play. Hopster has also partnered with global technology leader Samsung to provide an exclusive offer to Galaxy device owners. Any UK customer with a compatible Galaxy tablet or smartphone will be […]

September 18, 2015

Mobile 24% of digital ad-spend in 2015

Consumer and advertising expenditure on handset-based mobile media will rise twelve per cent in 2015, and approach $425 billion (€380bn) by 2021, according to Strategy Analytics. Strong growth in smartphone penetration, combined with ubiquitous data connectivity via mobile and WiFi networks, and latent consumer demand to access popular Internet services continues to drive the consumption […]

September 9, 2015

Viacom Play Plex mobile TV apps

Viacom has announced the launch of Viacom Play Plex, a suite of mobile TV apps allowing its distribution partners to offer smartphone and tablet users around the world access to the best content from all of its international TV brands, anytime and anywhere. Starting in the fourth quarter of 2015, the Viacom Play Plex apps […]

September 8, 2015

BBC WW, Monterosa launch Dancing With Stars app

BBC Worldwide has announced a new partnership with the multiscreen specialist Monterosa to produce the official companion app for their global franchise Dancing with the Stars. The app has been developed by Monterosa who specialises in creating interactive mobile content and will be offered to BBC Worldwide’s broadcast partners internationally as a companion to the […]

September 8, 2015

ITV Rugby World Cup 2015 app

ITV has revealed details of its dedicated Rugby World Cup 2015 app, which will launch with a host of interactive features and be available before the tournament kicks off on September 18th. The app will include the latest news, expert analysis from the team of pundits, video highlights of every match, the best of social […]

September 7, 2015

Amazon Prime offline viewing for iOS, Android

Members of online video streaming service Amazon Prime in the UK, US, Germany and Austria are now be able to download movies and TV episodes, including Amazon Original Series, to iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets for offline viewing, at no additional charge. Amazon Video says that it is the only online subscription streaming video […]

September 2, 2015

Amazon Underground games “100% free”

Amazon has launched Amazon Underground, a new app store that lets users play games for “actually free”. The app store, which can be downloaded for Android phones, looks set to take on the “freemium” model that has become popular with games developers. The business model sees publishers offers games for free initially — but then […]

August 27, 2015