German subscribers to Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV service Entertain will soon be able to view Sky Deutschland’s channels. The “cooperation agreement” signed between the two will kick in later this summer and covers the Sky-D’s key Bundesliga football coverage as well as games from the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and golf and tennis fixtures. The […]

Ubitus, an expert in cloud gaming solutions, is bringing console and MMO games to Google TV with low latency mode and broad range of gaming controller devices in the market. By deeply optimising for the Google TV platform to achieve low latency cloud gaming mode, Ubitus can enable OEMs to offer OTT cloud gaming services […]

Amazon.com has confirmed a content licensing agreement with A+E Networks to add prior seasons of popular series from A&E, bio, History and Lifetime to the Prime Instant Video service. The deal with A+E Networks will bring Prime customers more TV episodes from some of their highest rated television programming including Pawn Stars, Storage Wars  and […]

A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement. Jeramiah B. Perkins pleaded guilty in August and was sentenced this week in US District Court in Norfolk. Prosecutors say Perkins was a leader of the online piracy group called IMAGiNE, which sought to become the premier group […]

Flingo, publisher of Smart TV apps, has unveiled its new TV experience Samba in the US. Available on any screen: (TV, phone, tablet or PC), all are instantly synchronised with live TV shows – eliminating the need to download an app or log in. As the viewer flips through channels, Samba automatically recommends related online […]

Accedo, the global market specialist in TV application solutions, has announced the launch of its TV Everywhere Solution. Accedo’s TVE Solution enables Pay TV Operators and Media Companies to launch new multi screen services across a range of connected devices more quickly than ever before. Accedo’s TVE Solution provides an integrated solution, which connects content […]

US supermarket chain Walmart is launching a new Facebook app that will give users access to exclusive movie content and the power to influence and shape what movies are sold in-store and online. “From Smartphones to Smart TVs, our customers are consuming and sharing content more than ever,” said John Aden, executive vice president for […]

Accedo has announced the launch of its AdMediate solution, an integration platform that mediates ad requests from a TV app to an ad network. AdMediate enables publishers to increase fill rate while keeping full flexibility and control of their TV apps. It provides a mediation engine in which the publisher can define business rules for […]

ActiveVideo Networks has launched its “CloudTV Access’ developer program, an initiative designed to accelerate the design and deployment of advanced HTML5 user experiences for millions of users on CloudTV-enabled Smart TVs, set-top boxes and other CE devices. The CloudTV Access program leverages the “write-once, deploy-everywhere” content creation environment of ActiveVideo’s CloudTV platform to cut app […]

Accedo, an enabler of TV application solutions, has revelaed that it has deployed more than 1000 TV apps worldwide. “Since Accedo was founded in 2004, the application industry has transformed into a dynamic, thriving ecosystem. We are proud to be a part of this trend, and to continuously deliver customer value,” commented Michael Lantz, CEO, […]