DataCash, a MasterCard company, is partnering with Smart TV app development consultancy, TV App Agency, to deliver Smart TV payment solutions. The partnership will see DataCash integrate its payment gateway into TV App Agency’s ‘TV App Engine’, offering a new way for brands and app developers to accept payments through their applications. DataCash’s payment gateway […]
Opera Software and LED TV provider Hisense have announced that the Opera TV Store has now launched on selected models of Hisense Smart TVs, extending the partnership between Opera and Hisense and bringing exciting new apps to TV viewers. Hisense, which is already using the Opera Devices Software Development Kit to power their entertainment portal, […]
Viaccess-Orca, a global player in the protection and enhancement of content services, will demonstrate a new user interface for its TV Everywhere (TVE) solution at IBC2013. The new interface allows TV viewers to easily discover compelling content on a wide range of devices — including TVs, PCs, smartphones, and tablets — enabling content service providers […]
Vimond Media Solutions has announced the release of Content Aggregator, a new product that uses components of Vimond’s online TV platform, the Vimond Platform, to enable multiple publishers on the same service. With the solution, operators and service providers can grant access to the Vimond Platform so that approved partners and content holders can upload, […]
Video content discovery solutions provider Jinni, has signed a multi-year agreement with Microsoft to enhance entertainment discovery on Xbox consoles. Jinni’s proprietary Entertainment Genome uses deep knowledge of every show and movie in the Xbox Video catalogue to help the recommendations system intuitively connect Xbox users to content they’ll enjoy. “Creating the most amazing entertainment […]
Entertainment navigation specialist TMS and Verizon have agreed a deal which will see the telco use a range of TMS products in FiOS TV entertainment guides available across multiple platforms. This effort makes it even easier for Verizon FiOS customers to find and watch the entertainment they’re most interested in whether it’s on linear TV, […]
WhereverTV Broadcasting, a specialist in delivering OTT subscription television services, has launched the GlobalTV Interactive Program Guide for Android smartphones and GoogleTV. WhereverTV’s Global IPG App is a downloadable software application designed to help viewersmanage over 300 free and readily accessible Internet TV channels in many languages from more than 60 countries, including the US […]
Rovi Corporation and Nuance Communications have expanded their relationship to advance voice activated guidance and content discovery applications for digital entertainment customers across the globe. Nuance has signed a multi-year data licensing agreement for Rovi Video and Rovi Music and plans to integrate Rovi’s rich entertainment data for multiple countries with Nuance’s Dragon TV as […]
Hisense announced a strategic partnership by which it will deploy Hillcrest’s patented Freespace in-air pointing and motion control software in its next-generation of Smart TVs and Pulse set-top boxes. Freespace enables point-and-click, gesture and motion control of Smart TV devices through simple in-air movements of a handheld remote control. This allows users to navigate their […]
Today’s Internet connected TV experience introduces masses of generic and special interest content from live TV, video on demand and online video services. Content discovery becomes essential, however various related solutions leave consumers with a dilemma of choice. Responding to the increasing importance of content personalisation, international Smart TV solutions specialist Foxxum and TV discovery market […]