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Free wi-fi for English football grounds

England’s Football League has announced that free wi-fi, for a set of official apps, will be made available at select Championship, League One and League Two stadiums. Fans will be able to access club-branded apps to get news, social media content, highlights and betting. The Football League said “the majority” of clubs had signed up […]

April 1, 2016

Chromecast becomes Google Cast

Chromecast has been rebranded Google Cast to reflect its ability to work across a range of devices. Google says the updated app, which will enable casting of content from multiple devices to TVs, displays and wireless speakers as well as Chromecast dongles, will be rolled out for iOS and Android versions. Google also announced that […]

March 23, 2016

Future of TV Coalition: ‘Wheeler’s STB gaffe’

The Future of TV Coalition – a diverse group of US programmers, content creators, civic groups and television providers formed to celebrate and promote the thriving innovation that is revolutionising the video viewing experience – has suggested that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler made a serious error in comments made before the House Energy and Commerce […]

March 23, 2016By Colin Mann

Adobe enhances TV personalisation

Recognising consumers’ desire to view content in alternative ways to traditional TV, digital experience specialist Adobe has revealed an end-to-end offering with Adobe Primetime that extends the solution to help drive audience acquisition, engagement and monetisation across every screen and platform. The new offering delivers more personalised TV and ad experiences directly to consumers via […]

March 22, 2016

TVPlayer Plus on Amazon Fire TV

Following the successful launch in October 2015 of live TV streaming app TVPlayer on Amazon Fire, live streaming and live-to-VoD solutions provider Simplestream has confirmed that pay-TV lite streaming service TVPlayer Plus is now available on Amazon Fire TV, which brings the total offering of channels to 75 within a single app for a low-cost […]

March 22, 2016By Colin Mann

Waoo! Netflix-ready 4K STB

Danish triple-play operator Waoo! has confirmed the immediate availability of its latest hybrid set-top box, first unveiled at CES in January. The STB is the first in Denmark to support 4K, and among the first in the world to integrate Netflix. Waoo! became the Internet entertainment streaming service’s third cable partner in November 2013, following […]

March 18, 2016By Colin Mann

App advertising to exceed $44bn by 2020

Data from Juniper Research has found that app advertising, using context and location targeting, will exceed $44 billion by 2020, up from an estimated $13 billion last year. As the mobile advertising landscape matures, the simple geofence is being usurped by contextual data such as a user’s interests, real-time location and even political leanings. The […]

March 16, 2016

Australia: FreeviewPlus upgrade

Australian free digital television service Freeview is launching a new programme of innovation and products including a new FreeviewPlus mobile application for access to all of the free-to-air networks’ live streaming and catch up content. The programme will include investment in upgrading connected TV service FreeviewPlus which will allow viewers access to a wider range […]

March 7, 2016By Colin Mann

Reuters TV app for Android devices

Reuters, the international multimedia news provider, has released Reuters TV for Android devices. Following the successful launch of Reuters TV for iPhone in 2015, as well as iPad, Apple TV and desktop versions, the new app extends the revolutionary mobile TV service to Android users with a beautiful, seamless experience. The app is available in […]

March 1, 2016

ICFLIX on Apple TV

ICFLIX, the Middle East and North African movie streaming service, is now available on the Apple TV App Store, Built from the ground up by an expert in-house team, the new ICFLIX app for the new Apple TV will allow users to sign up for the service. “ICFLIX is all about convenience; being able to […]

February 29, 2016