Belgacom has confirmed it will extend its TV Everywhere from May 1st. Three new channels – VT4, VIJFtv and Ketnet – will bring the total available to 24, The service, branded TV Overal, is available over Wi-Fi at home and outdoors through the FON network or through 3G (with one free hour per month). In […]
Viddy, the popular iPhone app for editing and sharing mobile videos, has raised funding from some celebrity backers including Will Smith and Jay Z. In February Viddy announced that it had secured $6 million in a Series A round funding from Battery Ventures, Greycroft Ventures and Qualcomm. Since its introduction of this free “Instagram-for-video” service […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV and media discovery company Shazam have agreed a partnership which will see ITV become the exclusive UK distributor for Shazam functionality in UK broadcast advertising. Under the terms of the deal, ITV Commercial will be the exclusive UK sales force offering advertisers the chance to have their traditional 30-second TV spots […]
The Mobile500 Alliance, a broadcast consortium comprised of 50 member companies covering 94 per cent of US television households, has detailed the business model and enhanced features for Mobile DTV, including new interactive advertising and an improved user experience that features social media integration with Twitter and closed captioning for the hearing impaired. The Mobile500 […]
Global mobile data infrastructure and solutions provider IMImobile has integrated its Multi-Media Console (MMC) within the zeebox ‘Showtime’ platform. IMImobile’s platform provides broadcasters with a seamless way to aggregate audience content across a range of digital streams, including Twitter, Facebook, SMS, MMS, email and apps. The integration allows the broadcaster to edit, curate, and then […]
Netflix members in the UK, Ireland and Latin America are now able to watch instantly unlimited TV programmes and films on their Windows Phones. The online entertainment subscription service has released an updated, international version of the Netflix App for Windows Phone, significantly increasing the number of devices supported by Netflix in the territories. “With […]
The BBC has launched its new sport app for connected TVs, enabling audiences to access the BBC’s interactive coverage of major sporting events via the BBC Red Button. This is the BBC’s next generation TV experience, seamlessly integrating linear TV with online and on-demand content at the simple click of a button. Initially focusing on […]
Following on from the launch of its smart TV and mobile applications, as well as growing global distribution of its HDTV channel, Swiss-based iConcerts has finalised a deal with UK based 3DD Entertainment to produce the first ever live performance ‘augmented reality’ TV format which will be powered by iConcerts ViPass platform. 3DD will […]
Hulu Plus, the US online subscription service, has confirmed it is now available on seven Android tablets with a brand new, “super deluxe” Hulu Plus user interface. Writing in a company blog, Software Developers Rajiv Makhijani and Zachary Pinter advise that the Hulu Plus app from Google Play can be downloaded, enabling a new way […]
Brian Cox – who has brought astronomy to a new audience with his TV shows in recent times – has launched an iPad app. The app, branded Brian Cox’s Wonders of the Universe, is by book publisher HarperCollins which struck a deal with the BBC to include footage from Cox’s TV shows Wonders of the […]