In a move designed to deliver new customer experiences and to spur innovation among smartphone and tablet app developers, satellite platform DISH has opened its third-party application programming interface (API) to developers. Trusted partners can now access many of the same second-screen APIs that DISH uses for its own DISH Explorer mobile app on its […]
Access, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, is licensing the Reference Design Kit (RDK) software stack from Comcast to enhance the development and deployment of next-generation video services that support DLNA Premium Video Guidelines and HTML5. The RDK cuts the development time in half for set-top […]
Red Bee Media, the media services company, has signed a multi-year deal with Nordic pay-TV platform, Canal Digital DTH, to supply rich metadata services across Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The deal, which was signed following a competitive tender process, will see Red Bee Media provide EPG content, including localised programme descriptions and images, to […]
Digitalsmiths the personalised video discovery specialist, announced that that zeebox, the TV companion application, has selected Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery to power key elements of video discovery across all of zeebox’s supported platforms. zeebox users can now enjoy relevant content recommendations in new ways. Launched this week, the zeebox “Recommended For You” feature delivers personalised recommendations […]
Video content discovery solutions provider Jinni has launched ‘Watch together’, claimed as the first effective social discovery feature to recommend content that suits the tastes of more than one viewer. The feature is part of the latest Jinni discovery engine API, and is now available for implementation by the company’s global customers and technology partners. […]
Movie streaming service Netflix does not infringe on Rovi patents for interactive television programme guides, an International Trade Commission judge said in a preliminary decision. The full commission plans to issue a final decision in the case in October. Last year, Rovi accused several companies of infringing on its patents for on-screen guides for TV […]
Rovi Corporation and SeaChange International are demonstrating an integrated guide and gateway built to the industry standard reference design kit (RDK) specification. By aligning Rovi TotalGuide with the SeaChange Nucleus Soft Box, the companies are demonstrating a solution that incorporates an HTML guide rendered by a WebKit browser that could be rapidly deployed in RDK-based […]
Customer experience systems and services provider Amdocs and global multi-screen video software specialist SeaChange International have revealed a partnership to offer service providers, globally, the first holistic solution for establishing multi-screen TV operations. Combining SeaChange and Amdocs software and services, the solution covers the deployment of video streaming capabilities, through the management of the associated […]
Veveo, a provider of semantic technologies to bridge the usability gap in connected devices and applications with intelligent search, discovery and personalisation solutions, has created a modular implementation of its SmartRelevance Conversational Platform. This will allow the company’s approved partners and customers to create next-generation usability experiences based on Veveo’s knowledge graph semantic capabilities and […]
TechnoTrend (KTT), an international developer and supplier of Zappware, a provider of cutting-edge digital TV applications, and Kathrein innovative digital technology, have announced a new business co- operation: KTT will be integrating Zappware’s NexxTM application on their new HTML5-based, HbbTV hybrid STB series based on Broadcom technology and various encryption systems. Nexx is Zappware’s flagship product […]