Barnes & Noble’s budget tablet is now available in UK stores, with the launch of the Nook HD and the Nook HD+. The Nook HD costs £159 (€197) for the 8GB model and £189 for the 16GB version and features a 7-inch 1440 x 900 display. The Nook HD+ features a 9-inch screen and boasts […]
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report reveals that approximately 40 per cent of all phones sold in Q3 were smartphones. Data traffic doubled between Q3 2011 and Q3 2012, and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 50 per cent between 2012 and 2018, driven mainly by video. Ericsson’s research […]
Elgato, a specialist in TV and video solutions for the Mac, PC, iPhone and iPad, and Dyle mobile TV, a live broadcast service from the Mobile Content Venture (MCV), have confirmed the immediate availability of the EyeTV Mobile accessory, a Dyle mobile TV compatible TV tuner for iOS devices that will turn iPad, iPod Touch […]
Google has unveiled further updates to Google TV, building on the 2011 update which added Google Play and simplified the entertainment discovery experience. Writing in the Google TV blog, Product Managers Greg Funk and Eric Liu say that next update makes finding whatever you want on Google TV “even faster and easier”. The update starts […]
Viewers are flocking online for live and premium entertainment and news, according to video streaming and monetisation platform provider Ooyala. The company’s Q3 2012 Global Video Index also found that among web-connected devices, the share of time spent viewing on tablets grew 90 per cent over the last two quarters, with nearly three quarters of […]
UK’s Channel 4 has announced a range of initiatives for its online platform 4oD. From next year, Channel 4 will become the first commercial broadcaster to launch free ad-supported offline viewing, meaning viewers will be able to download and watch Channel 4 shows to various devices, including smartphones and tablets. Viewers will be able to […]
Television software and services company Motive Television has confirmed the successful demonstration of the ability to watch over-the-air HD television channels on an iPad without the need of cable, satellite, or Internet. The New York demo utilises a small six-inch antenna plus Motive’s software to deliver all the free-to-air broadcasts in extremely high quality. In […]
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has confirmed that the latest Battlestar Galactica spin-off film – Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome – will be available February 19, 2013 on Blu-ray, Combo Pack With DVD, Digital Copy and UltraViolet. Fans were first able to view the movie when it premiered exclusively on Machinima’s premium channel, Machinima Prime on […]
In a further move to strengthen its position against competing OTT services such as LOVEFiLM and Netflix, Sky has entered a new multi-year licensing agreement with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution for the exclusive television rights in the UK and Ireland to current, upcoming and library feature films from NBCUniversal for its Sky Movies service. All […]
Worldwide tablet shipments totalled 27.8 million units in the third quarter of 2012, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. The tablet market grew 49.5 per cent year over year in Q3 and 6.7 per cent over the second quarter of 2012. Android shipments, led by Samsung and […]