DTS, a specilaist in HD audio, has announced a partnership with mobile multimedia software vendor NXP Software to integrate a suite of DTS audio technologies in their QuickPlayer and CineXPlayer smart media player solutions. DTS’ collaboration with NXP Software enables studios, service providers and network operators to rapidly deploy HD video services with the highest […]
OTT provider FilmOn.com says its Air tuner for iPhone/Android is now available in the UK. The company will be shipping the FilmOn Air for free, to all its yearly UK and European based subscribers, so they can watch local network television on their computers and mobile devices. FilmOn has licensed over 120 HD online television […]
As predicted by advanced-television.com, US retail giant Walmart has confirmed details of its disc-to digital conversion service. The service is powered by Walmart-owned video streaming service VUDU and will increase the take-up of the studio-backed UltraViolet digital content rights ecosystem. The initiative sees Walmart, in partnership with the major Hollywood studios Paramount Home Media Distribution, […]
Weighed down by the economics of the deal, the Indian information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry has dropped plans to offer Mobile TV services and restrict its spectrum allocation to digitisation of Doordarshan’s terrestrial network. The ministry’s plan to create a regulatory framework for introduction of mobile TV services has been hanging fire for several years […]
As the BBC prepares a big push for its online coverage of this summer’s Olympic games, Ralph Rivera, the BBC’s director of future media, says this year could be pivotal for TV’s next evolution. “Our aspiration is that 2012 will do for digital and connected televisions what the coronation did for TV,” he told the […]
A report from Juniper Research finds that growing user satisfaction with mobile TV on tablets will push average monthly viewing times to 186 minutes per month in 2014. The report finds that as users become more accustomed to viewing content on tablets, and as a wider range of content becomes available on tablets, consumers will […]
Sky Italia has expanded the range of devices that its Sky Go multiscreen service is available on. Previously only available on iPads and Galaxy Tabs, the service is now accessible on PCs, Macs and iPhones. Sky Go, which offers 25 channels, is free to all Sky Italia HD customers – accounting for 73 per cent […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has announced that its Premium Play service will be available for the iPad from April. The service provides access to over 2,000 TV programmes that can be watched on a TV, a computer or an Xbox console. Launched in November 2011, the Premium broadband service has now been running for 100 […]
Bell has announced further enhancements to its Mobile TV service including an improved interface, an advanced programming guide and other innovative features. Powered by Canada’s QuickPlay Media, the new Bell Mobile TV player delivers live access to upcoming popular sporting events such as Tim Hortons Brier, NCAA March Madness and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as […]
Initial findings from the Mobile Media Consumption Q4 2011 survey conducted by independent mobile advertising network InMobi suggest that mobile has surpassed TV in terms of time spent,with mobile web users spending 27 per cent of their media time on mobile and spending 22 per cent of their media time on TV. InMobi suggests that […]