Aereo, the controversial provider of over-the-air TV channels to laptops and mobile devices for $8 per month, will be available for Android devices in September, and the app will appear in the Google play store on October 22nd. Aereo is currently available to Apple users in a handful of US cities, including New York and Boston, where […]
Dreamworks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has revealed that he offered the creators of Breaking Bad $75 million (€55.5m) for three extra episodes of the cult drama to run after the end of the last series. The intention was to air these online in 30 daily, six-minute bites. Delivering a MIPCOM Personality of the Year keynote […]
Cloud computing platform NPTV has been formally launched with the aim of making broadcast television truly interactive following a highly successful demonstration of the technology at IBC 2013. NPTV will offer TV-as-a-service on a platform that renders multi-sourced video in real-time, with the ability to deliver interactive video to a range of devices, including set-top […]
Outlining his plans for the future of the BBC, Director General Tony Hall promised it would have a closer relationship with its audience going forward, treating them as “owners” rather than licence fee payers. A “personalised BBC” will allow viewers to rate and discuss programmes, and that “will influence what we commission,” he said. Hall’s […]
More than 8 billion Internet-connected video devices will be installed worldwide in 2017, exceeding the population of the planet, according to research from the Broadband Technology Service at IHS. The installed base of video-enabled devices that are connected to the Internet — a category that includes diverse product such as tablets, smart TVs, games consoles, […]
To mark its 20th anniversary, Euronews is getting a fresh new look thanks to a complete reworking and redesign of its presentation. Michael Peters, Euronews’ CEO also confirmed the service’s strategic goal to transform the company into a global media group offering “the right content, in the right place, at the right time.” To that […]
Television entertainment distributor FremantleMedia International has agreed what it says is a landmark multi-year digital deal with the China headquartered portal, Youku. The agreement will see a variety of FremantleMedia’s premium entertainment and drama content available to online audiences averaging 14 million unique users a day. Second only to YouTube in terms of worldwide viewership, […]
Consumer research from Parks Associates finds 43 per cent of Google Chromecast owners in the US stream video content from Netflix to their TV set every day, a feature heavily promoted during the device’s introduction. The same research found 34 per cent of Chromecast owners stream Hulu to their TV set on a daily basis. […]
Turner Broadcasting System and Verizon have agreed a comprehensive long-term distribution deal that will deliver content from Turner’s portfolio of networks to FiOS TV customers, across a variety of screens, including television, PC, tablet and handheld devices. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. As part of the agreement, FiOS TV subscribers will receive a […]
The Tesco Hudl tablet is now available both online and in stores across the country. The 7-inch tablet is Tesco’s own competitor to Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD and Google’s Nexus 7. The Hudl tablet, which retails for £119, features 16GB internal storage, expandable to 32GB through a microSD card, a 3-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front […]