Onlive is to launch its cloud-based gaming service in the UK on September 22nd. The system, which has been available in the US for more than a year, allows users to play games without a console. Processing is done in data centres on specialised servers and streamed over the Internet. The company says it hopes […]
Nearly 10 million TV sets were sold in the UK in 2010, almost all of which were HD ready. There were nearly 1 million Internet-enabled TV sales during 2010, and 125,000 sales of TVs with 3D capabilities according to Ofcom research. The UK TV industry collectively generated revenue of £11.7 billion in 2010, a 5.7 […]
CashPlayTV has launched, claiming to be the world’s first 24-hour quiz TV channel to run solely on social networks and mobile devices. The channel is licensed by UK comms regulator Ofcom and powered by the App:Play platform, the channel uses simulcast technology to transmit real-time video content to players, providing an unmatched, rich and collaborative […]
Australia’s media and entertainment market is on track for compound annual growth of 4.1 per cent over the next five years led by interactive games and subscription television, says a PricewaterhouseCoopers Outlook. However, it is exposure to the fast-emerging Asian markets that could prove crucial to the health of Australian media companies in coming years. […]
Gazillion Entertainment, a developer, publisher and operator of browser-based games, has revealed that two free-to-play massively multiplayer online games – the kids’ game Marvel Super Hero Squad Online and the online action RPG Fortune Online – will be launched across Europe by ProSiebenSat.1 Digital, a division of ProSiebenSat.1 Group, the German media corporation. With this […]
While Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony will sell 37 million consoles this year, consumers will buy 52 million connected TVs from the likes of Samsung, Sony and LG. “The market for connected devices – connected TVs, connected Blu-ray players, games consoles, media-streaming devices and hybrid set-top boxes – is continuing to grow globally, as consumers seek […]
Spain’s Telefónica has reportedly signed an agreement with Microsoft to turn the Xbox console into a TV set-top-box for the distribution of TV services. The president of Microsoft Spain, Maria Garaña, acknowledged that her company has reached an agreement with “a Spanish operator” to develop the project that would be up and running within a […]
OnLive, the pioneer of on-demand, instant-play video games specialist, has confirmed its cloud gaming platform will launch in the UK this autumn. Gamers in the UK can visit the onlive website to complete a free sign-up process and reserve their unique OnLive Player Tag, for OnLive play in the UK and internationally. BT has exclusive […]
Sony is struggling to move beyond a high-profile and costly attack on its PlayStation Network that put at risk the personal details of more than 100 million customers. Now the company has faced new security and has taken down a website that allowed users of PlayStation Network and Qriocity, an online entertainment service, to reset […]
The deluge of gamers trying to get back on to the PlayStation Network has caused problems for Sony. The recently restored service had to be taken offline again briefly because of the sheer number of users trying to change their passwords. Sony was forced to close the network a month ago when hackers gained access […]