A subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo has begun offering the first TV channels aimed exclusively at users of smartphone and tablet computers. Mmbi inc.’s Nottv service offers access to three channels of programming for ¥420 (€3.8) a month in the Tokyo and Osaka metropolitan areas and other locations. Mmbi President Harunari Futatsugi said it was just […]
Orange is launching its smartphone app for interacting with TV shows to the UK. User point the phone camera at the TV to identify shows by cloud based signal processing then they can share their viewing habit with social networks. The app has had about 100,000 downloads since release in France last year. It will […]
HBO Central Europe, the leading provider of premium TV in central and eastern Europe is offering HBO GO to all HBO MAXPAK subscribers with a broadband Internet connection on the Dolce Romtelecom network starting April 2nd; the service is available on all Internet-connected devices. HBO GO service allows subscribers to watch their favourite shows directly […]
US telco Verizon Communications’ Chief Executive Lowell C McAdam has suggested the company could launch a wireless video service the end of the year which would allow its pay-TV subscribers to view some content on their mobile devices should regulators approve a proposed spectrum and marketing deal with cable operators. McAdam said an “integrated” service […]
Hulu Plus, the US online subscription service, has confirmed it is now available on seven Android tablets with a brand new, “super deluxe” Hulu Plus user interface. Writing in a company blog, Software Developers Rajiv Makhijani and Zachary Pinter advise that the Hulu Plus app from Google Play can be downloaded, enabling a new way […]
Channel 5 is to launch its TV catch-up Demand 5 to Android devices, connected TVs and the PS3 this summer. The broadcaster says it has seen viewing across Demand 5 double over the past 12 months. James Tatam head of digital said syndication remains a core part of its strategy, and has helped drive “huge” […]
Cisco has announced its intent to acquire privately held ClearAccess, a Vancouver based company that provides TR-069-based software to service providers for the provisioning and management of residential and mobile devices. This acquisition includes ClearAccess’ software business and talent. The hardware portion of ClearAccess’ business, Smart RG Gateways, will continue forward as SmartRG. Cisco and […]
UK Mobile network 3 has warned is ready to take legal action against Ofcom and derail the already long-delayed 4G spectrum auction. The sell-off, which could raise as much as £4 billion (€4.8bn) for the Treasury, is scheduled for early 2013. 3, the newest and smallest mobile network in the UK with a 10 per […]
comScore, a specialist in measuring the digital world, has released an overview of mobile news access across the five leading European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) using the comScore MobiLens service. The study showed that nearly 37 per cent of smartphone users in EU5 reported accessing news sites via an app or […]
O2 has voiced its anger at Ofcom for giving Everything Everywhere provisional approval to rollout a 4G network. O2 has said that Ofcom is contradicting itself by allowing Everything Everywhere to rollout 4G using its 1800MHz spectrum before its rivals. O2 believes this gives Everything Everywhere an unfair advantage which goes against Ofcom’s aim to […]