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Jumptuit native app for iOS

Jumptuit has added an all new iOS app to a seamless multi-platform solution that connects smartphones, tablets, PCs, smart TVs and leading cloud services. The new Jumptuit iOS app is developed in Swift, Apple’s programming language. With Jumptuit, media on iOS devices plays instantly and smoothly through the Jumptuit TV native app. The Jumptuit TV […]

July 9, 2015

Study: 28% of all TV viewing is now streaming

As consumers embrace and experiment with a host of new ways of watching TV content, a new GfK MRI report has identified six new TV viewing audience groups and how they combine emerging and traditional options for TV use. TV Share of Clock – the first of four studies in GfK MRI’s new The Future of TV […]

July 8, 2015

Whipclip raises more than $40m in new financing

Whipclip, the mobile platform that allows consumers legally to create and share their own video clips of television shows and music videos, has raised more than $40 million in the initial closing of its Series C financing led by Eminence Capital, LP, a $6.4 billion asset management firm. Additional participants include existing investors Institutional Venture […]

July 8, 2015

WWE Network for Italy

The WWE Network is now available for $9.99 (€9.15) per month in Italy, offering all 12 annual WWE pay-per-view events live, including WWE Battleground on July 19th where Brock Lesnar will face Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. New subscribers to WWE Network receive their first month of service for free. WWE Network […]

July 7, 2015By Nik Roseveare

A + E Networks launches Lifetime SVoD

A+E Networks has launched Lifetime Movie Club, the network’s first direct-to-consumer subscription service which grants subscribers access to a library of Lifetime Movies without commercial interruptions for $3.99 a month. The subscription video service comes in time for the 25-year anniversary of Lifetime Movies and is available exclusively on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch at […]

July 3, 2015

TVPlayer launches pay OTT

UK over-the-top television platform TVPlayer is to launch TVPlayer Plus, a subscription service, this summer. TVPlayer Plus will be priced from £4.99 (€7.05) per month (with no contract) and enables live streaming of 25+ premium television channels, including Lifetime, HISTORY, H2, Crime + Investigation, Gold, Alibi, Watch, Good Food, Eden, Home, Discovery Channel, TLC, ID […]

July 2, 2015By Colin Mann

Sky launching kids app

Sky has revealed plans to develop a new dedicated kids app.  This follows the recent expansion of the kids’ shows available in Sky’s on demand library from 700 to 4,000 episodes. Development of the app for mobile devices is already underway and it is expected to launch in early 2016. To build it, Sky is […]

June 29, 2015By Nik Roseveare

Eyeye TV live broadcasting app

900 Seconds Oy, a Finnish media technology developer, has launched a live video broadcasting service for consumers: Eyeye TV. The service is currently available for iOS users. The Android app will be launched in July. Jari Ovaskainen, the chairman of the company, sees huge opportunities in live video broadcasting: “The social media, as we know […]

June 29, 2015

Jumptuit launches smart TV app

Jumptuit has released its first smart TV app that gives users instant access to personal media scattered across various devices and cloud services on the big screen. The Jumptuit TV interface is integrated with voice search and designed to optimise the smart TV experience while granting immediate access to pictures, videos and music stored in […]

June 26, 2015

EPIX Android TV app

Entertainment network EPIX has announced that Google’s Android TV will offer the EPIX app to its authenticated subscribers. The EPIX Android TV app will deliver four live EPIX channel feeds as well as streaming access to thousands of titles on-demand, including big movie franchises The Hunger Games, James Bond and Star Trek, original documentaries and […]

June 19, 2015