An overzealous profanity checker has been blamed for blanking out inoffensive names of television shows from Never Mind The Buzzcocks to a football match involving Arsenal. The system took offence at Will Smith’s 12A-rated film Hancock, calling it Hanc**k, while football fans were invited to watch a match involving A***nal. The automatic checker, which scans […]
Netflix has unveiled a new interface for Android-powered tablets that makes browsing and instantly watching unlimited TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix ‘better than ever.’ It says the redesigned Netflix experience is much more immersive and provides more focus on the growing Netflix catalogue by displaying twice as many titles than the previous interface. […]
Digiguide TV has launched Digiguide.tv Premium, an online customisable TV guide aimed at busy TV fans who need a TV guide that they can tailor to their tastes and sends them only information on programmes they are interested in watching. Digiguide.tv Premium offers a mix of personalised recommendations, TV-related content, reminders, extended search functionality on […]
Advanced media browser solutions provider Oregan Networks has revealed that it has been selected by MediaCorp, Singapore’s leading media company, as a key enabler of its up-coming Over-the-Top (OTT) interactive TV service on set-top boxes. Oregan Media Browser provides the media player and run-time environment for the User Interface applications, which allow users to interact […]
blinkx, the video search engine, has formed a partnership with Orb Networks to bring more than 35 million hours of TV, video and audio content to Orb BR and Orb TV users in the US. Orb TV, a hockey puck-sized device that plugs into any TV, enables consumers to stream online video, photos and music […]
Admitting that the initial version of Google TV “wasn’t perfect”, Google has announced a software update aimed at providing a better user experience. Writing in the Google TV blog, Mario Queiroz, Vice President Product Management, and Vincent Dureau, Director of Engineering, note that with over three billion views a day, sites such as YouTube are […]
Canis Media is representing the current broadcaster and ‘owner’ of an EPG slot on the Sky Digital UK bouquet. The broadcaster is looking to quit the channel, and wants at least £100,000 (€115,000) for the EPG slot. The channel, says Canis, is still on air and will remain on air until a sale is agreed. […]
Freeview, the UK’s digital terrestrial television platform, has confirmed that the Freeview HD TV Guide App has expanded to Android devices and Apple’s iPad. The free app, launched for the iPhone last year, offers instant access to the platform’s programming guide, including all standard and high definition channels. New features include a full grid view […]
Red Bee Media, the media management company, has confirmed a multi-year deal to provide broadcast services for the new PBS channel which launches in the UK on November 1st. Under the terms of the agreement, Red Bee Media will provide media management, playout and continuity services for the channel, which will be available initially in […]
Red Bee Media has announced an exclusive multi-year deal with UPC Broadband, Liberty Global’s European cable division, to provide rich metadata for Liberty Global’s next-generation TV platform, Horizon. Under the terms of the deal, Red Bee Media will create and deliver rich metadata services for the Horizon platform, which is scheduled to launch in […]