Microsoft has unveiled Xbox One, an all-in-one gaming and entertainment system it claims has been created for today and the next generation. Describing the device as “the ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system” Microsoft says it puts users at the centre of all their games, TV, movies, music, sports and Skype. “Xbox One is designed to deliver a whole new generation [...]
Internet TV streaming services Aereo and FilmOn have reached a settlement drawing to a close three lawsuits between the parties. In 2012, Barry Diller — a major investor in Aereo — sued FilmOn founder Alki David for creating a site called BarryDriller.com. In February 2013, David responded by suing Aereo for trademark infringement after he bought the naming rights to [...]
Despite a huge desire to receive content and services through television, Smart TVs trail laptops, desktops and set-top boxes when it comes to consumers deciding how to connect to the internet through their sets, new research from YouGov shows. Results from the latest Connected TV Tracker show that half (50 per cent) of consumers like the idea of accessing online [...]
HyppTV, Telekom Malaysia IPTV service, will be available to about 1.6 million Streamyx broadband subscribers by the third-quarter of this year. The company is currently testing its HyppTV Over Broadband service on 1,000 Streamyx subscribers, but has not priced the service. TM executive VP Jeremy Kung, said other than the UniFi subscription, HyppTV will be available in two new mechanisms [...]
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told the Canadian Digital Media Network 3.0 conference that the future of Internet TV will be filled with apps and constantly evolving. “We are now in 40 countries around the world, so people are starting to watch Internet video and you can start to see the outlines of what TV will be like in the future,” [...]
Google’s video-sharing giant YouTube has marked its eighth birthday by revealing that 100 hours of content is now uploaded every minute. The YouTube blog says “When YouTube’s site first launched in May 2005, we never could have imagined the endless ways in which you would inspire, inform and entertain us every day. Today, more than 100 hours of video are [...]
Netflix is considering the Netherlands, France and Belgium as new European launch markets, according to reports. Belgian news site Bloovi reported that the on-demand streaming company was preparing to launch in Belgian before the end of the year, while newspaper Le Soir reported that France and the Netherlands were likely to roll out first, followed by Belgium by the end [...]
Following the conclusion of the 2012-13 English Premier League football season, Internet TV service FilmOn.com is offering fans of ‘the Beautiful Game’ the chance to combat withdrawal symptoms before next season gets under way. The service’s Internet football channel is offering a packed schedule of Premier League archive games that are all available via PC or smartphone every day for [...]
The US Tennis Association and ESPN have agreed an 11-year broadcast deal – reported to be worth $770 million – for ESPN to be the exclusive home in North and South America of the US Open from first ball through the women’s and men’s championships each summer from New York beginning in 2015. ESPN now will air the championship in [...]
Amazon has announced an expanded content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution that will bring a variety of popular programmes to Prime Instant Video. Amazon’s Prime Instant Video offers more than 40,000 movies and TV episodes for Prime members to stream on Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, Roku, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,Wii U, among other connected TVs and [...]
