Swisscom has launched its Swisscom TV app, allowing users to watch more than 80 channels and live sporting events. Programmes can be recorded while on the move and accessed later on a TV, PC, tablet or smartphone, regardless of which device the programme was recorded on. The live pause and replay functions for time-delayed television […]
The new PlayStation Store has gone live in the UK, after initial “teething problems” meant last week’s roll-out was stalled in Europe. The store – which offers games, movies and TV shows to rent or buy – is now more visually-oriented and carousel-based to make it quicker and easier to browse. The UI makes use […]
The US’s Center for Copyright Information (CCI) – a collaborative effort between content creators in the movie and music industries and leading IPSs to help educate the public and deter copyright infringement – is close to implementing the Copyright Alert System (CAS) it initially announced in July 2011. The body says its top priority has […]
BBC World News, along with other international broadcasters, are being deliberately jammed by forces inside Syrian according to John Williams, the broadcaster’s foreign editor. Williams said that the BBC’s international TV network was being blocked in what he described as a “blatant violation of international TV regulations”. Williams Tweets: “BBC World News being deliberately jammed […]
A senior Google executive has suggested one of the main factors giving rise to piracy is that content is not necessarily available to everyone who wishes to access it. Gautam Anand, Senior Director, YouTube Partnerships, Asia Pacific at Google, told delegates at the Media and Entertainment Business Conclave in Chennai that “piracy happens because people […]
Describing YouView as “delighted” with industry reception to the UK open IPTV platform since the launch of its first STB in July, Richard Halton, CEO, has confirmed that looking forward, the service is looking to extend the range of on-demand content, particularly in terms of opening the door to smaller content providers who want to […]
The Pirate Bay has moved its servers to the cloud to hinder authorities’ attempts to take it offline. The website will now operate from cloud-hosting providers around the world. It says the move will save money and make it harder for law-enforcement agencies to shut it down. In 2006, police in Sweden raided The Pirate […]
blinkx, the advanced video search engine, has formed a partnership with Fanlala, the online lifestyle destination for teens and tweens, to give blinkx users access to exclusive, fun and age-appropriate video content about the latest hit shows, music, fashion and heartthrobs. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will place contextually relevant advertising against these videos […]
Multimedia Research Group, a specialist in the Video and Media ecosystem, has published its Multiplatform TV Middleware and Applications report. Pay TV has been on a collision course with the Internet for more than a decade, but not only has online delivery not yet cannibalised pay TV revenues to any great extent, it also has […]
While operators are launching their own OTT apps and services, they should also find mutually beneficial ways, such as revenue-sharing models, to partner with third-party OTTs, according to Pyramid Research. “For operators, partnering with OTTs provides an opportunity to increase both the range of services offered and the number of potentially billable events by OTT […]