Google plans to introduce its long-awaited service for users to upload and store their music collections on the Web and listen to their songs on Android phones or tablets and on computers. The announcement of the new service will be made at the company’s developers conference. The service, to be called Music Beta by Google, […]
Channel 4 has released an iPad app for its 4oD TV catch-up service, joining the BBC and its iPlayer application. The app, which unlike the website will only feature catch-up TV and not archived programming, is free to download from the Apple App Store. TV episodes are available to watch for up to 30 days […]
Viacom International Media Networks has launched a global integrated campaign to promote MTV’s mobile price plans. Called Gif Me More, it was partly devised by MTV Facebook fans, who selected the campaign’s main character Gif God from a selection of five. Gif Me More is aimed at promoting MTV Mobile’s price plans and boosting its […]
VoD movie service Viewster will launch its Android app across 30 European markets through a new partnership with Motorola. Motorola will carry the Viewster app on the Motorola ATRIX smartphone as well as on the new Motorola XOOM tablet. The app will be localised for regional markets, with 5 language versions available at launch. The […]
Motorola Mobility has struck a deal with BelAir Networks to deliver its comprehensive WiFi portfolio to cable operators worldwide. This new relationship combines Motorola’s portfolio of cable video and broadband solutions and customer support organisation with BelAir’s WiFi solutions for service providers, and supports cable operators’ needs to promote competitive differentiation, improve customer retention and […]
Sony has confirmed plans to launch two tablet computers running Google’s Android operating system. The devices, codenamed S1 and S2, will go on sale towards the end of the year. Sony said that its first tablets would come in two form factors: one will have a conventional 9.4 inch touchscreen, while the other will feature […]
Italy’s leading commercial broadcaster Mediaset has signed a commercial deal with Vodafone Italia, with the goal of providing bundled TV-telephone services to existing and new customers. The joint offer of services will include the sale of smart cards for the Mediaset Premium pay-TV service available on DTT, as well as ADSL broadband connections. The agreement […]
Sky’s technology focus this year will be on companion devices – tablets, smartphones etc, with road map of further apps. Speaking to TechRadar Sky technology chief Brian Lenz said the company sees companion devices as a great way of increasing viewer interaction without distracting from the main activity of TV viewing. “We have been learning […]
The tablet market will grow to a $49 billion business by 2015, research firm Strategy Analytics said. This will make it the third largest consumer electronics sector, after televisions and personal computers, the research firm said, forecasting 149 million units will be sold in 2015, growing eightfold from 2010. “Tablets are a high-value casual-computing segment […]
With more than 165 million tablets expected to ship over the next two years, tablets are growing in popularity and changing the way that we consume content. People are spending considerable time with tablet devices and using them to play games, browse the web and search for information. Growth in the tablet market is only […]