Google has announced details of additional channels available on its Kansas City high-speed fibre network. Writing in the Google Fiber blog, Larry Yang, Product Manager, Google Fiber, said: “Whether you’re searching for stock tips or workout tips; whether you’re looking to check off your holiday shopping lists or looking for shows for the kids; whether […]
The new PlayStation Store has gone live in the UK, after initial “teething problems” meant last week’s roll-out was stalled in Europe. The store – which offers games, movies and TV shows to rent or buy – is now more visually-oriented and carousel-based to make it quicker and easier to browse. The UI makes use […]
Input device specialist ruwido has secured a major supply deal with Canadian telco TELUS. The Austrian firm will provide the remote controls for TELUS’s Optik IPTV service. The deployment supports ruwido’s efforts to expand to new markets and regions outside Europe. ruwido has supplied TELUS with its r107 remote control, designed to meet TELUS’s objective […]
The BFI – lead body for film in the UK – and copyright consumer education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, have announced a new era for FindAnyFilm.com. The website, which helps connect movie fans with the films of their choice, will now come under the stewardship of the Industry Trust to play an […]
blinkx , the online video search engine, has unveiled an open beta of the next generation of its flagship product, blinkx.com. The new site has been designed to enhance the video discovery and viewing experience for audiences, with powerful personalisation and recommendation capabilities, and simple integration across users’ social graph. It was built from the […]
Three quarters of people are picking online content via word of mouth or suggestions from Twitter and Facebook, according to a report by video search specialists blinkx. The company’s Matt Scheybeler said: ‘We use search as a starting point less often and instead we’ve become comfortable scanning and processing long streams of information – Facebook […]
Launching simultaneously with a press event on the IBC show floor and a customer session in central Amsterdam, Liberty Global unveiled its much vaunted Horizon TV, a family of products designed to allow customers to view and share all of their favourite content across the TV, computer, tablet and smartphone. Horizon TV is available immediately […]
Input devices and interaction mechanisms specialist ruwido has launched its r117 device, which it claims will revolutionise the TV control, input and interaction landscape. ruwido has created a product that combines voice control with the functionality, intuitive navigation and aesthetics. The company recognises that while the physical remote control will remain fundamental to the living […]
CogniK, a provider of content discovery solutions for the media and telecom sectors, and Netgem, a specialist in connected home technologies and solutions, have successfully completed the integration of CogniKiosk, CogniK’s content discovery engine optimised for VoD stores. CogniKiosk, part of CogniK’s suite of content discovery solutions, provides an easy Application Programming Interface which is […]
Freesat, the UK’s free-to-air digital satellite television provider, has launched a new on-screen TV guide, available in its next generation Freesat+ boxes. Bal Samra, Chairman of Freesat, said the service had become “a force to be reckoned with” since its launch in 2008, and suggested the next-generation guide, called <free time>, was a “great step […]