Google has unveiled further updates to Google TV, building on the 2011 update which added Google Play and simplified the entertainment discovery experience. Writing in the Google TV blog, Product Managers Greg Funk and Eric Liu say that next update makes finding whatever you want on Google TV “even faster and easier”. The update starts […]
Viewers are flocking online for live and premium entertainment and news, according to video streaming and monetisation platform provider Ooyala. The company’s Q3 2012 Global Video Index also found that among web-connected devices, the share of time spent viewing on tablets grew 90 per cent over the last two quarters, with nearly three quarters of […]
UK’s Channel 4 has announced a range of initiatives for its online platform 4oD. From next year, Channel 4 will become the first commercial broadcaster to launch free ad-supported offline viewing, meaning viewers will be able to download and watch Channel 4 shows to various devices, including smartphones and tablets. Viewers will be able to […]
Television software and services company Motive Television has confirmed the successful demonstration of the ability to watch over-the-air HD television channels on an iPad without the need of cable, satellite, or Internet. The New York demo utilises a small six-inch antenna plus Motive’s software to deliver all the free-to-air broadcasts in extremely high quality. In […]
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has confirmed that the latest Battlestar Galactica spin-off film – Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome – will be available February 19, 2013 on Blu-ray, Combo Pack With DVD, Digital Copy and UltraViolet. Fans were first able to view the movie when it premiered exclusively on Machinima’s premium channel, Machinima Prime on […]
In a further move to strengthen its position against competing OTT services such as LOVEFiLM and Netflix, Sky has entered a new multi-year licensing agreement with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution for the exclusive television rights in the UK and Ireland to current, upcoming and library feature films from NBCUniversal for its Sky Movies service. All […]
Worldwide tablet shipments totalled 27.8 million units in the third quarter of 2012, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. The tablet market grew 49.5 per cent year over year in Q3 and 6.7 per cent over the second quarter of 2012. Android shipments, led by Samsung and […]
Eighty per cent of smartphone owners use their device while watching television, according to the latest eCustomerServiceIndex results from eDigitalResearch and IMRG. The survey also found that a similar number (81 per cent) of tablet owners use their device in the same way, as do around three quarters (73 per cent) of laptop users. The […]
Amazon’s Lovefilm has launched on Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD in the UK and Germany. Kindle owners can access Lovefilm content via a one-month free trial. The service on the allows users to create playlists of TV and movie content – and there is also a pause and resume function that allows users […]
The number of adults in Britain watching TV on demand via TV sets and mobile devices is growing, whilst on demand viewing via a desktop or laptop computer has peaked, according to a study from Kantar Media. The study provides insight into consumers’ take-up and usage of digital devices and media. It found that, whilst […]