Sonic Solutions’ RoxioNow platform licensee, Sears, has launched its online movie download service, Alphaline Entertainment. The new service enables the US retail giant and its Kmart customers to download entertainment online, including new movies on the same day they are released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Sonic is working with Sears on a multi-phase rollout […]
Sky has announced its Sky+ App for iPad is available on the App Store. Now iPad users with a Sky+ or Sky+HD set-top box can search for and record programmes no matter where they are in the world. The Sky+ App has many features, including a highlights showcase section where customers can find the top […]
ABI Research anticipates that mobile devices may turn out to be the best form factor to bring 3D technology into mainstream markets. By 2015, 3D devices—including smartphones, notebooks, mobile Internet devices, and portable game players—will comprise over 11 per cent of the total mobile devices market. “Emerging 3D technologies for mobile devices do not require […]
FiOS TV customers who also have Apple’s iPad can now download and use Verizon’s free FiOS Mobile application, which lets customers manage their DVRs and browse FiOS VOD offers remotely, plus turn their iPad into a remote control for their HD set-top boxes. Verizon started offering customers the ability to use their mobile device as […]
Belgian triple-play operator Telenet has launched Yelo, a multimedia platform designed to enable its digital TV customers to watch their favourite television programmes and videos wherever they are. Yelo makes it possible for the viewer to not only watch his favourite programmes on the familiar TV screen, but, from now on, also on an iPad, […]
Icareus Technologies’ DVB-H Mobile TV Playout solutions are powering the recently launched LIME TV in Jamaica. LIME Jamaica (part of Cable & Wireless Communications Plc.) is partnering with DC Digital to offer DVB-H mobile-TV services to LIME’s customers. In the beginning the service will consist of ten channels and it will be available for both […]
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has confirmed that it will provide public television stations in 20 US markets with funding to begin delivering mobile digital television programming by the end of 2011. With the help of more than $2 million in grants from CPB, stations can purchase and install mobile DTV equipment that will […]
Digital broadcast network Babelgum and production company Oktane Media Ventures have announced the creation of FAST Weekly, a custom content-driven programme highlighting must-see films and animation on the network’s Web and mobile platforms. Babelgum will air the show in weekly segments every Thursday through 2010 and into 2011. “With thousands of high-quality films and video […]
Mo-DV, an innovator of multimedia content delivery via USB Flash Drives and Micro SD Cards, has announced that its Mo-DV Universal Player intellectual property (IP) with Digital Rights Management (DRM) is now enabling major movie studios to securely offer movies on SD cards for Android devices. This milestone follows Mo-DV’s success in enabling movie studios […]
KPMG’s Media Barometer surveyed a total 4,312 UK consumers from YouGov’s panel in September, for its Media and Entertainment Barometer. Among the main findings: —27 per cent own a smartphone. “This rose to 44 per cent and 43 per cent amongst the 18-24s and 25-34s respectively.” —35 per cent have downloaded paid apps in the […]