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MLG launches smart TV app

Gaming fans can now enjoy Major League Gaming (MLG) content on their smart TVs with the new MLG.tv app in the Opera TV Store. MLG, a specilaist in eSports, has produced more than 1,000 hours of original content and premier eSports competitions. Through the Opera TV Store on Sony, Samsung, HiSense, and RCA devices in […]

September 10, 2015

Viacom Play Plex mobile TV apps

Viacom has announced the launch of Viacom Play Plex, a suite of mobile TV apps allowing its distribution partners to offer smartphone and tablet users around the world access to the best content from all of its international TV brands, anytime and anywhere. Starting in the fourth quarter of 2015, the Viacom Play Plex apps […]

September 8, 2015

BBC WW, Monterosa launch Dancing With Stars app

BBC Worldwide has announced a new partnership with the multiscreen specialist Monterosa to produce the official companion app for their global franchise Dancing with the Stars. The app has been developed by Monterosa who specialises in creating interactive mobile content and will be offered to BBC Worldwide’s broadcast partners internationally as a companion to the […]

September 8, 2015

ITV Rugby World Cup 2015 app

ITV has revealed details of its dedicated Rugby World Cup 2015 app, which will launch with a host of interactive features and be available before the tournament kicks off on September 18th. The app will include the latest news, expert analysis from the team of pundits, video highlights of every match, the best of social […]

September 7, 2015

Amazon Prime offline viewing for iOS, Android

Members of online video streaming service Amazon Prime in the UK, US, Germany and Austria are now be able to download movies and TV episodes, including Amazon Original Series, to iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets for offline viewing, at no additional charge. Amazon Video says that it is the only online subscription streaming video […]

September 2, 2015

Sling TV on Amazon Fire tablets

Sling TV has released its app for Amazon Fire HD and HDX tablets, rounding out its live Internet TV offering on Fire devices, including Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Amazon Fire HD and HDX tablet device owners can now download the Sling TV app in the Amazon Appstore. For a limited time, new […]

September 1, 2015

Movistar Plus new football TV app

Movistar+ has launched a second-screen app to complement its extensive coverage of La Liga, including VoD recaps and highlights, statistics and social TV features. The app, free of charge, is available from Google Play for Android 4.0 or later from the App Store for iOS screens. Even though the app is free to download, only […]

August 28, 2015From David Del Valle in Madrid

Amazon Underground games “100% free”

Amazon has launched Amazon Underground, a new app store that lets users play games for “actually free”. The app store, which can be downloaded for Android phones, looks set to take on the “freemium” model that has become popular with games developers. The business model sees publishers offers games for free initially — but then […]

August 27, 2015

3SS selects Metrological

3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of customised software solutions and services to the multiscreen digital entertainment industry, has joined Metrological’s preferred content partnership programme to develop new applications and services for pay-TV operators. The partnership will help content providers to design, develop and deliver new and engaging apps that enrich the pay-TV viewing experience […]

August 25, 2015

HDR launch for Amazon Prime UK

Amazon has revealed that Prime members in the UK can instantly watch the debut season of the Amazon Original Series, Mozart in the Jungle and the pilot of soon-to-launch Red Oaks in high dynamic range (HDR) at no additional cost to their membership, marking the first video service to offer HDR. The complete first season […]

August 24, 2015