Movie search website FindAnyFilm.com has added a number of UltraViolet-enabled titles to its website. This comes with a series of other new features to the site, including improved design and the integration of the EE Film Store data from the UK’s first 4G network provider. With the aim of quickly connecting audiences with legal content […]
As the use of multiple connected devices in the home continues to increase year over year, home networks provide the foundation to connect mobile devices, appliances and systems in the home, according to Gartner. Gartner said that a network that shares a robust, reliable and fast fixed broadband access in the home will provide a […]
More TV viewers watched BBC programmes on a tablet computer than a smart phone for the first time in March with 200,000 more views on iPlayer via tablet than phone. The BBC said the landmark was driven by TV shows, rather than radio – proving that tablet computers are rapidly becoming the second screen for […]
Motive Television US patent application titled “Place-shifting apparatus and system” has been approved and will be granted. This patent application was originally filed in 2006 by NXVision Ltd and was acquired by Motive Television in 2010 along with the rest of the assets of NXVision. The patent discloses an embedded place-shifting system which allows transfer […]
Sky has confirmeded that its Sky Go on-demand service has come to four new Android devices. The native application has added support for the Sony Xperia Z, HTC One, Motorola RAZR HD and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4. Sky Go, which grants subscriber access to 49 channels and a range of on-demand content, was already […]
Second screen service Zeebox has reached five million downloads, its CTO Anthony Rose told the PEVE Entertainment conference in London. Among new updates planned for the service, Rose said that Zeebox was due to roll-out its Shazam-style audio-recognition capabilities very soon, starting in the US. Talking about content partnerships he said: “We know a lot […]
Adobe has released a broad set of industry data and insights about online video and ad consumption. Key findings in the Digital Index report show that TV Everywhere adoption increased 12-fold; mobile video viewing grew by 300 per cent; Facebook users are seeing twice the level of engagement with video over non-video content; and pre-roll […]
Global revenues from mobile streamed music services are expected to rise by more than 40 per cent to $1.7 billion, according to a report from Juniper Research. For the first time, these revenues will thereby overtake those generated by full-track downloads to mobile devices. The report observed that growth in premium service adoption was increasingly […]
INSIDE Secure, a specialist in embedded solutions for securing transactions, content and digital identity, has worked with the BBC to provide the technology to enable viewers to download BBC TV programmes directly to smartphones or tablets for free. Viewers can keep them to enjoy for up to 30 days. INSIDE Downloadable DRM Fusion Agent for […]
Almost 75 per cent of European adults access the Internet regularly, and more than half of them own two or more connected devices, according to Forrester’s report on the state of consumers and technology for Europe. Based on a survey of more than 22,000 respondents, the study provides in-depth graphical analysis of a wide range […]