Sky has confirmeded that its Sky Go on-demand service has come to four new Android devices. The native application has added support for the Sony Xperia Z, HTC One, Motorola RAZR HD and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4. Sky Go, which grants subscriber access to 49 channels and a range of on-demand content, was already […]
Second screen service Zeebox has reached five million downloads, its CTO Anthony Rose told the PEVE Entertainment conference in London. Among new updates planned for the service, Rose said that Zeebox was due to roll-out its Shazam-style audio-recognition capabilities very soon, starting in the US. Talking about content partnerships he said: “We know a lot […]
Adobe has released a broad set of industry data and insights about online video and ad consumption. Key findings in the Digital Index report show that TV Everywhere adoption increased 12-fold; mobile video viewing grew by 300 per cent; Facebook users are seeing twice the level of engagement with video over non-video content; and pre-roll […]
Almost 75 per cent of European adults access the Internet regularly, and more than half of them own two or more connected devices, according to Forrester’s report on the state of consumers and technology for Europe. Based on a survey of more than 22,000 respondents, the study provides in-depth graphical analysis of a wide range […]
Screen mirroring technologies, which give consumers the ability to project content wirelessly from smartphones, PCs or tablets directly to a television, have already captured the attention of a large percentage of tablet and smartphone owners. According to the Connected Intelligence Inception of Screen Sharing report from global information company The NPD Group, 40 per cent […]
BskyB has apologised after viewers were wrongly blocked from watching the new series of Mad Men on Sky Go. On Wednesday night on Sky Go were told that “rights restrictions” meant it could not be played, the screen said “Sky Go is not supporting Mad Men. Don Draper continues to elude me.” Sky had widely […]
Following a range of initiatives announced October 2012 as the service approached its 20th anniversary, international news channel Euronews confirmed at MIPTV that it is rolling out a new organisation that plays on the strengths of its 400-strong journalist staff and the quality of its editorial line. The user experience – already pinpointed as a […]
French interactive studio Visiware is celebrating the 1,000th TV show enhanced by its second screen technology at MIPTV, as well as unveiling its B2B solution line-up, covering almost all genres from talent shows to news shows, from Sports to Music. Visiware provides a white label second screen solution for channels, producers, operators and advertisers, allowing […]
Business restructuring specialist Hilco has completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of entertainment retailer HMV from its Administrators, Deloitte. Hilco January 22 acquired HMV’s debt from the Group’s lenders. At that stage, it confirmed that it had not bought the business itself, but said it believed there to be a viable underlying […]
Recent research from personalised video experience specialist Ooyala suggest that live and long-form video outperforms on-demand and short-form video across all screens. The findings come in a special edition of its quarterly Global Video Index, revealing the most recent trends in multi-screen video consumption from broadcasters and entertainment networks around the world. They spotlight dramatic […]