As paid video content becomes more available via different distribution channels, tablet and wireless phone-viewing usage has increased, while PC/Mac-viewing usage has decreased from 2011, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Residential Pay-to-View Study. The study, now in its second year, provides insights concerning attitudes, viewing preferences, behaviour patterns, awareness and experiences […]
Telefonica’s IPTV service Movistar Imagenio is launching on Apple’s iPhone and iPad thereby reaching 95 per cent of all smartphones as the service is also available on Android and Blackberry phones. Telefonica claims to have over 100,000 mobile clients to Movistar Imagenio which offers over 50 TV channels, among them Gol TV, Paramount Comedy, TNT, […]
Glashart Media, a Dutch provider of radio and television services via fibre networks, has launched the Glashart Media TV App with LiveTV for the iPad. Glashart customers can download the app for free and use the service until the end of the year at no cost. Next year, a monthly subscription fee of €3.95 will […]
Video management software and services company KIT digital is teaming up with Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising media content, to offer a solution that enables second screen interaction (2Si) and monetisation opportunities with so-called ‘dumb’ TV Sets. KIT digital has integrated Civolution’s Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology, SyncNow, […]
Mike Darcey, BSkyB’s COO, has admitted the pay-TV operator’s planned OTT service ‘Now TV’ could be carried on open IPTV platform YouView, scheduled for launch later in the summer of 2012. Although BSkyB had expressed concern that public money had been used to support a project for which he felt the market should determine a […]
As widely anticipated, Microsoft has unveiled at a Hollywood event a tablet hardware product to compete with Apple’s iPad. Company executives showed two Windows tablets and accessories that feature what Microsoft claims are significant advances in industrial design and attention to detail. Surface – as the new product has been dubbed – is designed to […]
The massive distribution of Canal Plus through all existing platforms continues now with the launch of its OTT service Canal Plus Yomvi on iPad from next month. The service will offer 18 TV channels through iPad with cinema, music concerts, football and other sports as the main features. Prisa, owner of Canal Plus, believes that […]
Daily television coverage of the Wimbledon 2012 tournament will broadcast on BBC One, BBC One HD, BBC Two and the BBC HD Channel commening June 25th. The BBC Sport website will provide up to six live match streams as well as news, interviews and video highlights. For the first time tennis fans can also view […]
MobiWorld Media, a provider of technology solutions for mobile and OTT TV, has unveiled its “3×3” Universal Media Solution for 3D and regular 2D video delivery and playback across all screens and platforms. The solution integrates all necessary components for the launch of advanced multi-format TV service from scratch. It will be demonstrated for the […]
Comcast and Disney/ABC Television Group have confirmed that Xfinity TV customers can now access three new authenticated TV+ products – WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney XD and WATCH Disney Junior – at home or on-the-go – via a suite of new apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and online at WATCHDisneyChannel.com, WATCHDisneyXD.com and WATCHDisneyJunior.com. […]