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Gervais YouTube channel

Comedian Ricky Gervais has launched an original YouTube channel. Going live on March 15th, it hosts new sketches, podcasts, and behind-the scenes interviews from the forthcoming sequel to The Muppets movie which stars Gervais. It will also be home to original clips of David Brent, Gervais’s famed character from The Office, who is back for […]

March 15, 2013

Sky Movies app on Android

The Sky Movies app offering film trailers, movie streaming and remote record functionality has rolled out on Android devices. The app, available to download from Google Play, offers information on movies currently showing at the cinema, and titles available on Sky Movies and the Sky Store. Alongside browsing trailers, synopses and cast lists, Sky Movies […]

March 15, 2013

CBS launches new iPad, iPhone app

CBS has launched its new CBS App for iPhone and iPad users in the US, offering full-episode streaming of CBS programming from primetime, daytime and late night. The new app further extends the reach of the shows’ audience, providing more flexibility and opportunity for catch-up viewing and opens yet another monetidation window for the Company’s […]

March 15, 2013

Foxxum launches Dailymotion app on Samsung TVs

Foxxum, specialists in Smart TV solutions, in the online video distribution platform, has launched a new smart TV Dailymotion App that is initially available on Samsung devices worldwide. The new app allows users to access material they wish to consume from a collection of more than two billion options. It offers features such as intelligent […]

March 15, 2013

Streaming on consoles increases

For the third year in a row, Nielsen reports big increases in the amount of time spent streaming video via game consoles, with users now spending 22 per cent of their time streaming movies and TV programmes, up from 19 per cent in 2011 and 13 per cent in 2010. The study also found that […]

March 14, 2013

BT heads for cloud via thePlatform

thePlatform, the white-label video publishing company and independent subsidiary of Comcast, has revealed that its cloud-based video publishing system, mpx, is serving as the central logistics system for BT’s newest IP-based TV services in the UK, including BT Vision and YouView from BT. “thePlatform has a history of success managing video on behalf of some […]

March 14, 2013

Foxtel’s Freudenstein: ‘Government should intervene on piracy’

Foxtel chief executive Richard Freudenstein has called on Australia’s federal government to intervene in online piracy negotiations, suggesting that failure to fight illegal downloading before the national broadband network is rolled out could “devastate traditional content creation industries”. He made his comments at the ASTRA 2013 Conference in Sydney. He nevertheless argued that governments should […]

March 14, 2013By Colin Mann

Nintendo hit with 3DS patent damages

Nintendo has been found guilty of infringing inventor Seijiro Tomita’s patents for 3D displays on its handheld 3DS console system.  Former Sony employee Tomita’s patents relate to viewing 3D material without glasses.  The jury at the US District Court in Manhattan awarded Tomita $30.2 million in compensatory damages. Nintendo’s lawyers had argued that its 3DS […]

March 14, 2013By Chris Forrester

Viewster signs indie film deals

Viewster, a free service for ‘on demand’ films and TV series, has announced a series of content agreements that will bring more free and award winning films from across the globe to viewers in the UK. Viewster has agreed with KinoNation, Renderyard and Moviehouse Entertainment to stream over 20 new titles on the site. “We’re […]

March 14, 2013

Neotion launches a fully compliant CI Plus 1.3 CAM range

Neotion introduces a new generation platform for CAM’s, fully compliant with the CI Plus V1.3 Standard. This offers to Satellite, Terrestrial and Cable Pay-TV operators an extended set of new features including LSC, Operator profile etc…. when combined with new CI Plus 1.3 TV models soon in commercial deployment. The CI Plus interface is now […]

March 14, 2013