The BBC has launched a new app for the Android OS. The free app will provide users fast access to BBC’s top news stories, with full pictures, videos and other utilities such as the ability to share a particular news item on social networks. This app will deliver the same contents as the BBC’s iPhone […]
German car manufacturer Audi is launching a 3D commercial starring two-time Le Mans winner Allan McNish – marking the first time the company has gone 3D. The two and half minute advert will debut in 2D before the kick-off during ITV’s coverage of the Champions League final on Saturday before being rolled out in 3D […]
YouTube has reported a 50 per cent jump in video views, taking the total to 3 billion views a day and it has revealed more than 48 hours of video are uploaded to the site each minute, a 37 per cent rise over the last six months. YouTube attributes the increase in viewing to its […]
PrimoItalia has launched what it claims is the biggest Italian Internet TV offer, distributed via connected TVs, computers, Blu-ray players, smart phones and tablets. PrimoItalia provides access to over 150 TV channels from the Streamit TV Internet TV platform, available in HD, with over 3 million unique users per month. Channels aired by the platform […]
Austar United Communications, the Australian pay-television group majority owned by Liberty Global, has said that a $2 billion takeover bid from rival Foxtel had been pitched at an “appropriate” value. The offer from Foxtel, half-owned by Australian telco Telstra with 25 per cent stakes held by News Corp and James Packer’s Consolidated Media, potentially ends […]
A senior Comcast executive has revealed that the cable TV giant is looking to enhance viewers’ personalised TV experience by leveraging its IP technology and ‘cloud’ servers in its network. Writing in a company blog, Sam Schwartz, President, Comcast Converged Products, notes that at any given time, Comcast video customers have access to an almost […]
The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) has published the findings of a study that looks at the first-hand experiences of nearly 3,100 3DTV owners in the US. Overwhelmingly, consumers reported a positive entertainment experience, minimal price premiums, and enthusiasm about the future of 3D content. Respondents were asked to assess a number of 3DTV factors, including: […]
Eastern Europe still has plenty of room for digital TV growth according to Digital TV Research. Two-thirds of homes (76 million) were still receiving analogue signals at end-2010 but rapid conversion to digital TV means that nearly 67 million digital homes will be added by 2016. The Digital TV Eastern Europe report forecasts that the […]
Edelman, the global public relations firm, has released findings from its fifth annual Value, Engagement and Trust in the Era of Social Entertainment survey. The 2011 study shows that the value consumers are getting from the Entertainment Industry has fallen by 68 per cent in all areas, and only 17 per cent of all respondents […]
blinkx has confirmed that a blinkx app is now available on Roku, the Internet TV platform. The app can be found in Roku’s Channel Store and allows customers to seamlessly search, discover and watch high quality videos from blinkx’s extensive index of professionally produced content. “Roku recently hit more than 15 million channel downloads, in […]