Snap has unveiled new augmented reality (AR) and camera search experiences for creators, partners, and Snapchatters. Snap’s Lens Studio is a free, publicly available desktop app for anyone to build and distribute Lenses on Snapchat. Lens Studio packages up Snap’s computer vision and graphics technology into simple templates for creators. More than 400,000 Lenses have […]
Frustration with mobile streaming video is persistent and on the rise, according to research by Penthera. The study found that mobile video viewers still run into issues such as having videos not start, rebuffering in the middle of play, and connectivity problems, even as usage continues to surge worldwide. As more and more OTT viewers […]
Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that people who use a mobile phone to watch TV programmes must pay a subscription fee to the country’s public broadcaster, NHK. The ruling confirms the existing Broadcasting Law can be extended to cellular phone users with suitable equipment. Judge Toshimitsu Yamasaki rejected two appeals challenging that the law applies […]
EE has launched new content offers with Amazon Prime Video and MTV Play featuring inclusive mobile data for new and existing EE pay monthly mobile customers. The move comes in addition to EE’s existing Apple Music and BT Sport offers – which in total allow customers to save up to £164 (€191) on subscription costs, […]
Sky Mobile has announced a new version of its Watch offer, giving customers unlimited streaming on any Sky app, such as Sky Go, Sky Kids, Sky Sports and Sky Cinema, without using any of their data allowance. With Watch, Sky customers can stream content through the Sky apps anywhere in the UK and the EU […]
Orange and Ericsson have carried out the first video transmission in real time on a 5G network during MWC in Barcelona. The transmission was synchronised from three different locations (Barcelona, Madrid and MWC) through a 5G network compatible with a 3GPP standard. Over the last year, Orange and Ericsson have been carrying out 5G trials […]
Premier single-seater race series Formula 1 has announced a new two-year agreement with Sky Deutschland that will see Sky broadcast all Grand Prix weekends live across satellite, cable, IPTV, web and mobile in Germany and Austria, along with German-language rights in Switzerland, for 2019 and 2020. As a result, subscribers with the Sky Sport Pack […]
Advanced network communications and technology solutions provider Windstream and app-based TV video delivery solutions specialist MOBITV are to launch an app-based television service, Kinetic TV, which will enable Windstream’s residential customers to access content when and where they want it, powered by the MOBITV CONNECT Platform. This television service will launch in phases, starting in […]
Freeview has launched its mobile app for iOS devices. Users can stream live shows from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 and on demand content from BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My5, and UKTV Play whenever and wherever. The Freeview app is available to download from The App Store now. As with all Freeview […]
The Bounce, a live, weekly studio show centred around the NBA, will debut today (January 21st) on Yahoo. The built-for-mobile show will feature a “nightly pulse of the league” with a number on top analysts and basketball legends. It will air five nights a week — Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday — and will run through […]