Al Jazeera English has given its iPad app an overhaul, including a major social enhancement to its central feature of free access to the channel’s TV feed. Users will be able to view the channel’s official Twitter feeds, the user’s own personal Twitter feeds, and hashtags – all while watching news and programmes. The app allows users to share content [...]
Cinema advertising specialist Screenvision and media engagement company Shazam have formed an exclusive partnership that will bring the Shazam for TV advertising platform to movie theatres across the US. The marriage of Screenvision’s giant theatre screens and Shazam’s mobile technology and ‘second screen’ experience will enable consumers to engage with many of the ads they see before a movie – [...]
Six months after its iPlayer Radio app for iOS, the BBC has launched the app in the Google Play Store. The Android version is free to download and provides live streaming radio from the BBC’s stations, a programme guide and access to on-demand shows from the last seven days. Podcasts, video clips and an alarm-clock function are also included. The [...]
Civolution and Vetrya, an Italian company in the supply of solutions for the digital media world, have announce that La3, the social media channel, has selected both companies to enhance its HyperSync application. The Civolution-Vetrya partnership enables La3 to drive user engagement and loyalty through the delivery of a customised app which presents viewers with synchronised content on a wide [...]
Rogers Communications, the Canadian communications and media company, has announced the launch of the Rogers Anyplace TV on demand app for LG Smart TVs. “The Internet is the anchor in the home, and makes next generation entertainment experiences possible. The extension of Rogers Anyplace TV to LG Smart TVs demonstrates our ongoing commitment to transforming TV viewing for our customers,” [...]
A TDG report on the evolving world of social TV provides new forecasts for social TV use between 2013 and 2020, as well as specific recommendations for TV industry stakeholders on how to incorporate social TV into television and online/OTT video offerings. According to Joel Espelien, TDG Senior Analyst, former SVP of Strategy at PacketVideo, and author of the new [...]
beIN Sport, the US sports network has unveiled a new beIN Sport app with exclusive video, news and scheduling content available on Android and iOS platforms with free downloads on either the Google Play Store or iTunes App Store. The beIN SPORT app gives fans exclusive sports news and videos from the football events around the world such as La [...]
Time Warner Cable has launched select VoD and live programming outside the home on the new update to its TWC TV app for iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone and iPod iTouch this week. The programming is accessible over any WiFi connection. TWC TV features over 1,100 hours of on demand TV shows and movies from 26 top-rated networks and up to [...]
Facebook will be using Rovi Video, a database that includes in-depth information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, to offer people more ways to express the things they love on their profiles. The integration of Rovi Video with Facebook Platform will also offer app developers a standardised base of entertainment data for creating meaningful consumer apps and interaction with entertainment-related [...]
Al Jazeera Media Network has launched new Windows Phone 8 apps for its growing mobile audiences. The new apps will provide users with full-featured news from the most popular sections of the Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic websites – with free access to 24 hour live broadcasts and the latest current affairs programmes. The Windows Phone 8 apps [...]
