Samsung Electronics America has announced that the FiOS TV app now supports 75 live channels and is available for compatible Samsung 2011 and 2012 Smart TVs and Smart Blu-ray players. The app, initially released in July on the Samsung Smart Hub platform, now lets Verizon’s FiOS TV and FiOS Internet subscribers watch 75 live FiOS […]
Quickflix has entered into an agreement with LG Electronics to distribute the Quickflix digital service through connected LG televisions and Blu-ray players. The partnership covers both New Zealand and Australia and is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2013. The new partnership with LG will extend the distribution of Quickflix streaming to the […]
iROKOtv, online distributor of Nigerian movies, announces the launch of a brand new mobile app for the platform, in an exclusive partnership with global phone manufacturer, Nokia. The app has been designed to give Nollywood fans and iROKOtv PLUS subscribers access to Nollywood movies on the go, and will be accessible on the Nokia Lumia […]
Japan’s Asahi newspaper has reported that that Japanese public broadcaster NHK will start transmitting 4K signals in July 2014 – some two years ahead of its anticipated start. Initial transmissions will be from satellite, quickly followed by digital terrestrial broadcasting. The transmissions will coincide with the Brazil 2014 football World Cup games, according to Asahi. […]
Research In Motion has revealed that the new BlackBerry World storefront for BlackBerry 10 will offer one of the most robust music and video catalogues in mobile. The new BlackBerry World will include an extensive catalogue of songs as well as movies and TV shows, with most movies coming to the store the same day […]
Despite claims by Netflix that rival entertainment streaming services such as Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Redbox Instant are no threat to it in the subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) space, Tim Swann, Account Specialist, Entertainment at the NPD Group contends that Redbox will in fact be a formidable threat to Netflix for SVoD of movies. Writing in […]
A new alliance has been formed to fight pay-TV piracy throughout Latin America. Alianza is due to present its new campaign this week and its members have agreed to link together to combat signal and content piracy, as well as to educate the public and make viewers more aware of the damage that piracy does. […]
ESPNscrum and ESPN Classic are combining to deliver an extensive RBS Six Nations offering on TV, online and mobile – which kicks off on February 2nd. The ESPNscrum app will provide detailed coverage of the championship with news, team previews, live scores, and text commentary for every match. ESPNscrum will also provide extensive coverage of […]
ESPN has confirmed its next set of live and exclusive Clydesdale Bank Premier League fixtures for March and April, plus Rangers games from the Irn Bru Scottish Football League. Headlining its next set of matches are the Dundee and Tayside derbies. Dundee United take on their Dundee neighbours at Tannadice on Sunday March 17, and […]
Twitter has launched Vine, a mobile service that allows users to capture and share short looping videos. According to Twitter, as is the case with Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine (six seconds or less) inspires creativity. “Now that you can easily capture motion and sound, we look forward to seeing what you create,” […]