Jinni, the advanced TV and movie discovery engine available, has launched a new, free iPad app and web site. The new platforms deliver intuitive, personalised recommendations for movies, television and streaming content that match a user’s tastes and moods. “In viewing one’s own entertainment personality a user inevitably learns more about their own tastes. Jinni […]
Clearleap, aprovider of multiscreen video logistics solutions for the television industry, has partnered with subscriber management and billing specialists PayWizard to introduce billing integration and subscription services across connected devices. The partnership will enable Clearleap to offer quick and secure single-click payments across multiple platforms to content owners and operators across Europe. The Clearleap platform […]
UK TV listings publication Radio Times has launched Radio Times DiscoverTV App, a new daily TV and radio recommendations and discovery service designed to help viewers discover favourite programmes wherever they are – on TV, catch-up or on-demand. The App aims to cut through the ever-increasing broadcast choices with daily categorised recommendations to the best […]
Digitalsmiths has reported record growth resulting in market leadership in the US. Seven of the top ten US pay-tv providers have selected Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery platform to power their video discovery needs. The top 10 pay-tv providers in the US represent 94 per cent of all US Subscribers, and 86 per cent of all North […]
Ed Richards, Ofcom’s Chief Executive, has suggested the government’s review of communications policy should include an assessment of the prominence the UK’s Public Service Broadcasters are afforded on Electronic Programme Guides in the converged age. Delivering an address at the Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar: Assessing the Government’s communications strategy: ‘Connectivity, Content and Consumers: Britain’s digital […]
Intraway Corporation, a provider of convergent solutions for telecommunications companies, together with BioScience, introduce their solutions to improve health care services through the mass delivery of vital signs’ telemetry. BioScience BioWave hardware gets patient biological signals through various sensors and transmits the results on a 3G mobile network to Intraway’s M2M management platform. This platform has applications available to be […]
TDF Media Services has released Google Glass support for its online video platform. The features of the Glass application enable a user to record, tag, share, view and manage the videos by voice activation with TDF’s cloud based video platform. “We believe that wearable technology is a significant catalyst for the future of online video,” […]
Horowitz Associates’ latest consumer survey among broadband Internet users 15+, Multiplatform Content & Services 2013, highlights the undeniable benefits of a strong social media presence in cultivating loyal, active network viewership, particularly among younger age groups. Younger viewers are the most socially engaged with their TV content; nearly one-third (30 per cent) of online 15-17 […]
Middle East pay-TV broadcaster OSN (formerly Orbit-Showtime) has added a new-look TV Guide app and EPG whereby a user can control the viewer experience from iPads and tablets. OSN is widely seen as preparing for an IPO and has enjoyed a significant subscriber growth over the past few years. “As the premium content provider in […]
Research sponsored by Veveo, a provider of semantic technologies designed to bridge the usability gap in connected devices and applications with intelligent search, discovery and personalisation solutions, reveals that pay-TV users perceive content discovery in television to be inadequate for their needs. Furthermore, the research found that pay-TV usability is not keeping pace with the […]