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Linear TV still primary viewing choice

Futuresource’s latest ‘Living with Digital’ consumer research study provides updated analysis of consumer’s shifting behaviour and evolving habits across digital entertainment and connected devices. The research identified live TV (pay and free) is still the primary viewing choice for 65 per cent of respondents across the territories with France showing the most solidarity at 75 […]

August 17, 2015

At The Races launches video betting app

At The Races, operator of the UK’s market-leading horse racing website, has launched a new mobile betting app enabling punters to compare odds and place instant bets with bookmakers William Hill, Ladbrokes and Bet365 within a single app. In addition to the in-App betting, horse racing fans can access free of charge an extensive video […]

August 13, 2015

AT&T introduces ‘first-ever’ triple play

Just over a week after it closed its acquisition of pay-TV provider DirecTV following regulatory clearance, US telco AT&T has announced what it says is the first-ever nationwide package of TV and wireless services – all from a single provider on one bill, with special discounts – beginning August 10. The offer includes HD and […]

August 3, 2015By Colin Mann

TV Everywhere boost from Videocon d2h

Indian DTH satellite pay-TV operator Videocon d2h has reinforced its investment in over-the-top (OTT) services with the launch of a mobile TV app. The new app – Direct to Mobile TV – will make it possible for Videocon d2h subscribers to watch television anytime, anywhere on their mobile phones. Downloadable from the App Store (for […]

July 31, 2015By Colin Mann

New apps outrank established brands

Data from the June Application Strategies’ Monthly iPhone Entertainment App Tracker – covering 150 individual countries – indicates that established entertainment brands are being outshone by less well known applications potentially creating new media powerhouses across the globe. Of the top ten most popular free and grossing apps – based on number of appearances globally […]

July 22, 2015

HBO NOW available on Amazon Fire tablets

Amazon has confirmed that HBO NOW – the broadcaster’s OTT service – is available on Fire tablets, and will be available on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick in the coming weeks. “If there’s one thing Fire TV and Fire tablet customers are telling us, it’s that they love to watch their favourite movies […]

July 17, 2015

Sports viewers embracing second-screen sports apps

Research from TDG finds that a third of US broadband users have used a second-screen sports app while watching a game on TV. Engagement will further broaden and deepen during the next ten years as more leagues and conferences introduce their own apps, and as these apps become better attuned to the needs of live […]

July 16, 2015

Motive completes integration of Google Cast

Motive Television has announced updates to the TabletTV US Apps that will allow TabletTV users who own a Chromecast to cast what they are viewing on their tablets directly to their home TV screen.  The new app updates are available free to TabletTV US users at the Apple and Google Play app stores respectively. In […]

July 15, 2015

TiVo users now able to stream to Apple TV

Next-generation television services specialist TiVo has confirmed that for the first time, TiVo users can access their content on TV via a third party consumer electronics device. TiVo users can now stream their recorded shows to Apple TV via AirPlay. TiVo says its users have yet another way to watch their favourite shows, on another […]

July 14, 2015

Motive adds OTT players to TabletTV

Motive Television, the technology provider to broadcasters and pay-TV operators, has developed new technology to add OTT players to its TabletTV product. Examples of Internet platforms that will be available in the UK include YouTube, BBC iPlayer, STV Player, ITV Player, All4, BT Sport, and Netflix. In the US, a similar selection of the most […]

July 13, 2015