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PS4 premium TV app from EPIX

Premium entertainment network EPIX, the joint venture between Viacom, its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Lionsgate, has confirmed the availability of the EPIX app on the PlayStation4 (PS4) system in November 2013. EPIX will be the first premium TV network to launch an authenticated app on the new PS4 system expanding the network’s current […]

November 8, 2013

Aereo supports Android 4.1

Aereo has confirmed that its first ever Aereo app for Android will now support devices running Android operating system 4.1.  The app is available to Aereo members residing in US markets where Aereo’s technology has launched. “We have been hard at work to expand the number of devices compatible with Aereo,” said Aereo CEO and […]

November 7, 2013

Jinni launches new app and website

Jinni, the advanced TV and movie discovery engine available, has launched a new, free iPad app and web site. The new platforms deliver intuitive, personalised recommendations for movies, television and streaming content that match a user’s tastes and moods. “In viewing one’s own entertainment personality a user inevitably learns more about their own tastes. Jinni […]

November 7, 2013

Radio Times DiscoverTV app for content discovery

UK TV listings publication Radio Times has launched Radio Times DiscoverTV App, a new daily TV and radio recommendations and discovery service designed to help viewers discover favourite programmes wherever they are – on TV, catch-up or on-demand. The App aims to cut through the ever-increasing broadcast choices with daily categorised recommendations to the best […]

November 6, 2013

Civolution’s SyncNow syncs popular Spanish TV programmes

Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, and La Moderna, a digital marketing agency specialising in developing new concepts of communication and interactive media, have been selected by Televisió de Catalunya and a national TV channel dedicated to Music to enrich their TV show apps. The collaboration between Civolution […]

November 5, 2013

blinkbox app for PS3

Movie and TV streaming service blinkbox has launched a dedicated app for Sony’s popular console, giving nearly six million PS3 homes easy access to its movies and TV series. blinkbox CEO Michael Comish comments: “Teaming up with PS3 means we can bring the latest blockbuster movies and quality TV series to even more homes in […]

October 31, 2013

Civolution’s SyncNow syncs Showpal

Axonista, a provider of social TV and second screen technology and Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, have launched ShowPal, an app developed with TV3, Ireland’s largest commercial television broadcaster. The app provides TV3 viewers with a single route to second screen interactivity for a wide variety of […]

October 28, 2013

Apps World to move to Excel in 2014 after record attendance

Apps World Europe, which last week smashed attendance records with more than 8,000 visitors, has announced that it is to move to London’s Excel arena next year as the show continues its record breaking growth. The show’s record attendance was down to a packed programme of events that included keynote speeches from the likes of […]

October 27, 2013

Wuaki.tv partners with Panasonic

Wuaki.tv  has announced a partnership with Panasonic that makes the Wuaki.tv service available directly through Panasonic Smart TVs, bringing a hybrid streaming service to the living room. Panasonic Smart TV users can now access Wuaki.tv’s catalogue of quality movies and TV shows directly through a dedicated app on their TV, allowing them to browse, rent […]

October 25, 2013

iPlayer app hits 20m downloads

The BBC has revealed that its iPlayer app for iOS and Android mobile devices has been downloaded over 20 million times in total, as mobile and tablet TV viewing overtakes TV viewing on PC. Christmas Day 2011 and 2012 marked the top days for app downloads, with 229,200 and 385,600 downloads respectively, when many smartphones […]

October 24, 2013