Time Warner Cable has confirmed the launch of the TWC TV app for Android tablets. This free feature gives Digital TV customers the ability to programme their DVR, add favourite channels and even use their Android tablet as a remote control. The app is available to all US customers with set-top boxes or DVRs running […]
Brightcove, a global provider of cloud content services, has announced the general availability of Brightcove App Cloud, a content app platform for building and operating engaging native apps for Apple iOS and Google Android smartphones and tablets. App Cloud combines an open HTML5 Web development model with intelligent cloud services to accelerate app development, continuously […]
Research commissioned by Orange comparing smartphone and tablet usage suggests that tablets cannibalise, whereas smartphones complement, TV and PC usage. Orange Exposure 2011 – an annual independent study by TNS into mobile media habits across UK, France, Spain and Poland – reveals some striking differences in behaviour between mobile and tablet usage both inside and […]
Virgin Media has confirmed that the Spotify TiVo app will be rolling out for all Virgin Media: TiVo customers. The new and exclusive app will enable all Spotify Premium customers to access tracks and playlists through Virgin Media TiVo on their TV or home cinema system, and will automatically appear in the Apps and Games […]
Sky Movies is now available live and on demand on mobile and tablets as well as on TV and online. Following the launch of a movies on demand service on the Sky Go app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, millions of Sky TV customers now have access to hundreds of movies when and where […]
D-Link and Boxee have confirmed that the Boxee Box by D-Link now features support for SlingPlayer for connected devices. The Boxee Box set-top device supports a full web browser, full HD streaming from the Internet, all popular media file formats, and integrated social networking delivering personal recommendations straight to your TV. With the addition of […]
One day after announcing Google Music, the company has unveiled a new Google Music app for Google TV. The app streams music directly from user’s library stored in the cloud and integrates into the Google TV system to play in the background and allow users to set up a playlist to serve as a soundtrack […]
US local TV station groups covering 76 million American homes are partnering with ConnecTV to launch a free second screen application in early 2012 that will offer viewers additional content and social media features tied to live TV. As part of the agreement, a number of the broadcasters have also made an undisclosed investment in […]
Channel 4 has kicked off a trial to explore what kind of bespoke content best suits the features of the social, second-screen TV app Zeebox. Zeebox, a cloud-based service designed to synchronise a user’s Twitter and Facebook social graphs to let viewers synchronise what they are watching on TV, launched last month. The app, which […]
Viasat Broadcasting announced that its Viaplay online pay-TV service is available to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users in Denmark, Norway and Sweden from the App Store. Subscribers to any of Viaplay’s three online TV packages (‘TV’, ‘TV+Film’ or ‘TV+Film+Sport’) can use the new app to access Viaplay’s multi-screen, on-demand video streaming service, which is […]