OneSeg is the mobile phone TV service that piggybacks on to the ISDB-T hybrid digital terrestrial transmissions system. Brazil is installing ISDB-T throughout the country. Ibope Media, which is partnered with Nielson Online in Brazil, has been contracted to start measuring the impact and viewership of the ISDB-T OneSeg mobile transmissions. OneSeg is being transmitted […]
Four out of ten Europeans households are buying ‘bundled’ Internet, phone and TV services from a single provider, a Eurobarometer survey shows. The survey also found that 65 per cent of people limit their mobile phone calls because of cost and that calls over the Internet are becoming increasingly popular. The E-Communications Household Survey was […]
Virgin Media has released its own-brand TiVo app for Android, allowing its customers to remotely record their favourite shows on the go. The Virgin Media TV Guide app is available as a free download to Virgin Media customers via the Android Marketplace. As well as the ability to control which shows the user’s home system […]
Channel 4 News has launched a free app across iPhone, iPad and iTouch devices. The apps will include the most popular features from the website. Users will also be able to read the complete catalogue of news blogs available on the site, and read news stories updated in real-time via the apps, which integrate with […]
Receiving live TV on a mobile phone, tablet, or computer is a popular feature throughout Western Europe, with 30 per cent of broadband households highly interested in these TV Everywhere services, according to Parks Associates’ recent consumer survey Connected Consumer in Europe. The international research firm found UK broadband households the most interested in receiving […]
Eurosport’s multimedia platform has been named No.1 in Europe, by the 2011 EMS Summer Survey. The survey found that Eurosport’s combined platform reach across TV, online and mobile out-stripped nearest rival MTV by 28 per cent among the EMS target demographics. The Survey cited strong performances in Eastern Europe, premium sports rights and a burgeoning […]
With more than two million downloads for mobile phones and tablets (iPhone, iPad, Android, smartphones), France 24 is launching a new application especially designed for Windows Phone 7. Completely free and available in 3 languages (French, Arabic and English) the new France 24 application makes full use of the ergonomics of the Windows Phone 7 […]
Silicon and processor technology specialist Intel is to open a facility in the Shoreditch area of London to focus on the user experience and design capability necessary to support the media and communications industries’ response to the always-on, connected era of media consumption. Eric Huggers, Corporate Vice President, and General Manager, Intel Digital Home Group, […]
Internet movie subscription service Netflix is to expand to 43 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean later this year, offering unlimited TV shows and movies streaming instantly over the Internet to TVs and computers for one monthly subscription price. Netflix has been streaming to US members since 2007, adding the service in Canada in […]
Dominant Belgian telco Belgacom is launching a new service that allows customers to watch TV everywhere and on any device, in a transparent way, without having to bother about the technical aspects. The initiative follows the launch in 2010 of a series of new offers on the telco’s IPTV service, Belgacom TV, together with video […]