KnowHow Movies, the digital entertainment service from Dixons Retail, owner of UK and Ireland retailers Currys and PC World, is now available on a range of new platforms and devices, offering customers more ways to purchase, rent, and enjoy film and TV entertainment from major Hollywood and leading TV studios. Following the mid-August announcement that […]
The results of Ericsson ConsumerLab’s annual study reveal that social TV is becoming a mass-market phenomenon. Sixty-two per cent of consumers use social media while watching TV on a weekly basis, an increase of 18 per centage points in one year. By gender, 66 per cent of women engage in this behaviour, compared to 58 […]
UK supermarket retailer Sainsbury’s has licensed digital entertainment technologist Rovi Corporation to power a new digital video service for Sainsbury’s Entertainment. This puts in competition with market leader Tesco, and follows electronics group Dixons Retail’s KnowHow Movies service, which also relies on Rovi. Expected to launch later this year, the new service will offer video […]
MobiTV, the global enabler of delivery of live and on-demand TV Everywhere, has revealed that it is to expand its EMEA operations to London as part of its continuing growth in the region. The new hub will be managed and operated by MobiTV Co-founder and President Paul Scanlan. “Since the company’s start over ten years […]
Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM), the largest multiple system operator (MSO) in Japan, has deployed Concurrent’s MediaHawkTM VX unified content delivery solution to deliver multi-screen VoD services to mobile devices and personal computers. The new TV Everywhere service, branded “Xvie”, allows J:COM subscribers to view “J:COM On Demand” video programming anywhere, anytime, on a wide range of […]
Writing in the Digital Home Observatory blog, Strategy Analytics Vice President and Principal Analyst David Mercer suggests that behaviour and usage patterns for Tablet TV consumption could present opportunities for content providers to drive revenues associated specifically with tablet viewing. “The television industry is still getting to grips with the implications of multiscreen,” suggests Mercer. […]
The London 2012 Olympics mark a watershed in behavior with 90 per cent of the UK’s population following the Games through a combination of TV, PC, mobile, tablet and social media. Millions used media in a new way for the first time, according research from Starcom MediaVest Group who asked 1,010 adults (aged 18+) across […]
Technology giant Ericsson has introduced what it claims is the world’s first HEVC encoder unit for live video transmission in particular to mobile devices. The units tap into the very latest in compression technologies which could save broadcasters and operators up to 50 per cent in delivery bandwidth, while at the same time boosting download […]
Sky Austrra and T-Mobile have co-launched their ‘Mobile Entertainment von Sky’ service Available immediately, the service offers live sports, movies and TV series to iPhones and iPads. Sky Austria customers who already have a Sky Go subscription will receive a free mobile phone and data card courtesy of T-Mobile. Mobiles Entertainment von Sky is priced […]
The rise of ‘second screening’ – the use of other screens, such as laptops, smartphones and tablets while watching TV – is a source of excitement and concern for many in the TV and technology industry according to a new report from Deloitte. Nearly a quarter of all respondents (24 per cent) use second screens. […]