Nextguide has announced partnerships with Fox, BBC America and truTV in the US, which will result in the TV networks adding a “remind me to watch” button to their show websites. Consumers who click on the button can register for NextGuide and will then receive reminders via email or through the NextGuide iOS app, prompting […]
eyeSight, producer of gesture control technology, has completed extensive work in partnership with ARM to optimise its gesture recognition solution for use on ARM’s Mali T600 Graphics Processing Units. Manufacturers using ARM Mali GPUs can now benefit from eyeSight’s advanced gesture control capabilities, optimised using GPU Compute for improved robustness, accuracy and energy efficiency. The […]
IRIS.TV, a video recommendation service, has formed a partnership with Unicorn Media, an expert in Internet video solutions. The partnership allows publishers to serve video ads to all IP-enabled devices and enables them to deliver personalised video streams to any platform, while utilising the native mobile video player. “Given the overall video consumption growth in […]
WorldPay, a global player in payment processing, risk and alternative payments, and PayWizard, a platform that provides subscriber management and billing for multi-screen media, have announced an agreement to integrate WorldPay’s payment processing capabilities with PayWizard’s subscriber management functionality. The integration will provide merchants with improved customer services, enhanced payment flexibility and quicker time-to-market. PayWizard […]
Google has enhanced its search capabilities for TV programmes adding listings and episode information. In a Google Plus post, the company says: “Now when searching for your favourite TV shows, you can get more information about specific episodes. For example, say that you’re wondering when the next season of The Walking Dead starts. Try searching […]
Google has bought a start-up in gesture-recognition software. Flutter, founded three years ago in the US, detects simple hand signals via webcam, allowing users to control apps such as iTunes and Netflix. The acquisition has led to speculation that Google will integrate the technology into its ranges of Chromebook laptops and Nexus tablets. Gesture-recognition technology […]
ACTV8.me is working with global technology experts NCR and Intel to launch a cloud-based, digital TV wallet that will be made available to millions of TV viewers around the world. The technology seamlessly integrates with television advertising, closing the loop on the consumer’s path to purchase, from watching a commercial during a show to walking […]
Research from Parks Associates into European TV viewing habits finds strong demand in Western Europe for TV solutions that personalise and prioritise content. TV subscribers in France, Belgium, the UK, and Germany all expressed strong interest in an EPG (electronic programme guide) feature that displays a viewer’s favourite channels first. The following percentages of broadband […]
Sky+ is making it even easier for customers to find content with the latest update to its Sky+HD box. The new search functionality, which is being rolled out to customers over the coming months, lets them search by title, actor, event, channel, sport or any key word. The updated Search uses technology that collates results […]
Digitalsmiths, a specialist in personalised video discovery solutions, gas announced that Foxtel has selected Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery to provide metadata management in support of its subscription television services. Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery will support a variety of Foxtel services across its broadcast and IPTV platforms in Australia. Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery and Unified Data Service enables personalised […]