Channel 5 is to launch its TV catch-up Demand 5 to Android devices, connected TVs and the PS3 this summer. The broadcaster says it has seen viewing across Demand 5 double over the past 12 months. James Tatam head of digital said syndication remains a core part of its strategy, and has helped drive “huge” […]
Vision247 has confirmed the availability of its LG Smart TV app for broadcasters. This new app, available from the App Store on LG Smart TVs, enables broadcasters to extend the reach of online streamed content to audience via the latest LG internet connected TV sets. LG Smart TVs enable viewers to access a range of […]
Broadcast specialist Vision247, announces the availability of its LG Smart TV app for broadcasters. This new app, available from the App Store on LG Smart TVs, enables broadcasters to extend the reach of online streamed content to audience via the latest LG internet connected TV sets. LG Smart TVs enable viewers to access a range […]
comScore, a specialist in measuring the digital world, has released an overview of mobile news access across the five leading European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) using the comScore MobiLens service. The study showed that nearly 37 per cent of smartphone users in EU5 reported accessing news sites via an app or […]
Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), a VeltiCompany, has formed a global partnership with zeebox, a company specialising in the way viewers interact with TV on the second screen. The partnership with zeebox will enable MIG to be the first to integrate an interactive social payments and voting solution, with its Engage solution, into the free-to-consumer zeebox […]
The euronews application is now available in five services – the English, Spanish, French, German and Italian services – in the Spotlight folder under the Featured and News categories on Google TV. US viewers can access the European international news network on demand simply by using their Internet connection. The euronews app is free-of-charge and […]
Online kids channel Toon Goggles has signed a licensing agreement with software pioneer PacketVideo that gives Toon Goggle viewers the ability to beam programming from iPads and Android devices to their home TVs with the Twonky Beam Browser video streaming app. Under the agreement, PacketVideo will prominently feature a Toon Goggles link on the Twonky […]
The UK’s largest independent producer is set to shake up the video-on-demand market by allowing viewers to bypass services such as LoveFilm and Netflix and catch hit shows via its TV app. All3Media, producer shows such as Skins, Shameless. The Only Way is Essex and Peep Show, has struck a deal to launch a VoD […]
Zeebox has appointed Time Warner senior vice president Jason Forbes to head the second screen companion app’s business in the US. As US executive vice president, Forbes will build Zeebox’s American team and will be charged with developing partnerships with distributors, programmers and agencies. Zeebox chief executive Anthony Rose said Forbes “brings significant domain expertise […]
Research conducted for TeleScope 2012, which looks at the UK’s TV viewing habits, suggests that the trend of commenting via a second screen about a programme, or ‘chatterboxing’, is snowballing in popularity. A quarter of all adults (26 per cent), and just under half (44 per cent) of those aged under 35, say they have […]