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Samsung Smart TV cloud gaming

Samsung is to introduce a cloud-based video games service to its premium TVs. It has made a deal with Gaikai to use the California firm’s streaming technology to let its customers play titles written for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 without having to own one of the consoles. The tie-up was announced at the […]

June 6, 2012

Smart TV needs to get smarter

Many Smart TV owners are frustrated because of slow user interfaces and complex registration procedures, according to the latest research published by the Strategy Analytics Digital Home Observatory (DHO) service. The report, “Slow Connected TV Interfaces Inhibit App Store Exploration,” finds that users feel the performance of smart or connected TVs is much slower than […]

June 6, 2012

OnLive cloud gaming for LG Smart TVs

OnLive, a specialist in on-demand cloud gaming, is demonstrating the OnLive Game Service on the next-generation LG Smart TV with Google TV (G2 Series) from LG Electronics at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) this week. Capitalising on the power of LG’s L9 dual-core processor, the service would make hundreds of top-tier video games from more […]

June 6, 2012

C4 ‘4Seven’ channel chosen by Facebook

Channel 4 will launch a new TV channel called 4Seven next month screening repeats of the programmes viewers and critics have most talked about from the previous seven days, prefaced by a selection of their comments, good and bad. The channel, which takes its place alongside E4, More4 and Film4, will keep open the weekday […]

June 6, 2012

Eurosport goes 3D

Eurosport will deliver live 3D broadcasts of two major sporting events in the summer across Europe via the Astra Satellite System. The French Open and the London 2012 Olympic Games  will be broadcast live on Eurosport 3D from the ASTRA 19.2 degrees East orbital position. Both events will be transmitted via a transponder formerly utilised […]

June 6, 2012

Viasat launches Viasat Motor in Baltic region

Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat Broadcasting is launching the premium pay-channel Viasat Motor in the Baltic region this week. The channel will broadcast a wide range of international motor sports in both SD and HD. Viasat Motor will offer viewers a wide range of rights already made available for Viasat’s subscribers, including Formula1, Moto GP, […]

June 6, 2012

Xbox Live adds TV content

At the opening of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Microsoft revealed more than 35 new content partners that would launch on Xbox Live in various markets around the world over the next 12 months. It also unveiled a number of new features for the platform, including Internet Explorer for Xbox, Xbox Music and the Xbox […]

June 5, 2012

AMC could pay heavily for DISH squabble

American Movie Classics (AMC), producer of the Mad Men television drama series, is still under the threat of a black out as far as Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network. Dish and AMC Networks have failed to come to an agreement over carriage of AMC’s four channels (AMC, Sundance, IFC and We TV). AMC’s channels are due […]

June 5, 2012By Chris Forrester

ESPN India record bid for England cricket

ESPN’s Indian arm, ESPN Star Sports, has paid a record $200 million to secure the TV rights to the English international and club matches covered by the England & Wales Cricket Board. The rights extend for seven years to 2019. The previous five-year deal cost ESPN Star Sports just $80 million. These new rights cover […]

June 5, 2012By Chris Forrester

Cloudee forecast from Boxee

Web TV service Boxee is taking its first steps into the cloud, launching the Cloudee cloud offering aimed at allowing Boxee users to store and share personal videos with family and close friends. “We believe the cloud is going to play a major role in the future of TV and today we are taking the […]

June 5, 2012By Colin Mann