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ITV mobile revamp focuses on live TV

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has launched what it describes as a “new and improved” ITV Player app across iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8 devices incorporating simulcast functionality. The app showcases a new user interface, increasing the prominence of ITV’s ‘watch live’ service at the top of each channel page, with easy access to the […]

October 9, 2014

Amazon Fire TV debuts Opera TV Snap apps

A series of video apps created via the Opera TV Snap technology has debuted on Amazon Fire TV. The move brings more apps to the streaming media player, with further Opera TV Snap apps set to launch on Amazon Fire TV in future. The Opera TV Snap apps – Cops, The North Face, Young Hollywood, […]

October 2, 2014

Deezer brings music to Horizon

Deezer, the digital music streaming service, has announced a deal with telco UPC Ireland which will see the popular music app available in Ireland on the Horizon App browser. The Apps on the Horizon TV HD+ box turn any TV into a Smart TV, and include 49 Apps from providers such as Youtube, Facebook and […]

September 29, 2014

Samsung interactive Ryder Cup app

Samsung Electronics America has unveiled the Ryder Cup TV App, a new and interactive way for golf fans to enjoy this year’s Ryder Cup. Developed in collaboration with Turner Sports and the PGA of America, the Ryder Cup TV App is designed exclusively for Samsung Smart TVs and brings viewers closer to the green allowing […]

September 24, 2014

Altech expands offering of Opera TV products

Altech Multimedia and Opera Software are extending their partnership to bring the Opera TV Store application platform on board selected Altech set-top boxes, kicking off in Australia before rolling out internationally. Altech has already been deploying the Opera Devices SDK (Software Development Kit) and the Opera hybrid TV option in Europe, and will now also […]

September 24, 2014

1m YouTube views a day on UPC Hungary

Watching YouTube videos on TV screens with UPC TV Apps service has quickly become popular among the customers of UPC Hungary, exceeding all expectations. UPC Hungary has revealed that YouTube viewing minutes have already exceeded a total of 1 million per day in the first three months since the introduction of UPC TV Apps. Following […]

September 18, 2014By Colin Mann

ActiveVideo joins RDK community

Cloud-based software platform ActiveVideo has joined the RDK (Reference Design Kit) community as a licensee and to provide a cloud-based browser for delivery of HTML5-based interactive TV UX, content and applications to RDK devices. The RDK is a pre-integrated software bundle that provides a common framework for powering customer-premises equipment (CPE) from TV service providers, […]

September 11, 2014Colin Mann @ IBC

Arirang TV extends reach to Opera TV Store

Korea’s leading English-language television network Arirang, has debuted three TV apps in the Opera TV Store: Arirang TV Live, Arirang and Arirang Radio Live. Millions of Opera TV Store users are now able to catch up with live Korean popular music and up-to-date world news programs through Arirang’s TV apps, created using the Opera TV […]

September 11, 2014

France 24 launches TiVo app on Virgin, ONO

France 24 has launched a new app compatible with TiVo set-top boxes and is now available to 400,000 ONO TiVo subscribers in Spain and over 2.3 million Virgin Media TiVo customers in the UK. Developed by DotScreen, this new application gives free access to all France 24 programmes on demand in French and English (news […]

September 5, 2014

Sky News on Xbox

Building on the successful launches of Sky News on Apple TV, Roku and Livestation, Sky has announced the forthcoming availability of its 24/7 broadcast news on Xbox 360. The launch further extends Sky News’ presence in the US while giving its UK viewers a fresh new option for accessing live and on demand news coverage. […]

September 5, 2014