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Swisscom TV on the move

Customers of the Swisscom TV plus service can now watch their recordings over the Internet, using a PC or laptop, as well as on their home television set, with immediate effect. From the start of July they will also be able to do so using their iPhone or iPad. In addition, the design of the […]

June 6, 2012

CinemaNow launches digital/physical combo packages

Canadian digital entertainment service CinemaNow is to start inserting full-version movie downloads within Blu-ray and DVD digital combo packs sold at Canada’s largest consumer electronics retailers, Best Buy Canada and Future Shop. Universal Studios is the first partner to integrate the CinemaNow digital copy into the DVD/Blu-ray/digital combo packages, beginning with American Reunion. Several titles […]

June 5, 2012By Colin Mann

Half smartphone video consumption in the home

Independent online video technology company Tremor Video has unveiled research that indicates viewers are no longer confining content to specific devices in era of seamless connectivity, with tablet and Connected TV viewing on the rise. The study, conducted in partnership with research-based strategic consulting firm Frank N Magid Associates, suggests that viewers are moving seamlessly […]

May 31, 2012

Vidiator Euro 2012 streaming for Orange Poland

New media delivery specialist Vidiator has partnered with Polish systems integrators FMS Media and New Vision to enable Orange Poland to provide mobile phone and tablet owners with living room quality live coverage of every match in this summer’s Euro  2012 Football Championship. Orange Poland’s service is being empowered by the Vidiator Xenon Live platform. […]

May 31, 2012

German connected growth

GFU, the German CE association, predicts 26.5 million Internet-connected devices will be sold in Germany this year. GFU says the market will be made up of 15 million smartphones, 1.4 million tablets, seven million notebook computers and 3.1 million smart TVs. The association said that over four million smart TVs had been sold so far, […]

May 30, 2012

Orange multi-platform at Roland Garros

For the eighth consecutive year Orange France will be bringing tennis fans all the matches and breaking news from the Roland Garros tournament through their multi-platform system. Orange will have exclusive rights to distribute the ADSL multi-courts offer on mobile and TV produced and broadcast by France Televisions, which includes up to 7 event channels […]

May 24, 2012

Quickflix unlimited for iPads

Australian home entertainment company, Quickflix, has confirmed the launch of a Quickflix App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, available now on the App Store. The App allows Quickflix WatchNow subscribers to view unlimited movies and television shows instantly, on-demand, from their Apple devices, including premium content from the likes of Warner Bros, Sony Pictures, […]

May 22, 2012

Moto’s SecureMedia secures TWC deal

Motorola Mobility’s SecureMedia content protection unit has won a major content delivery deal with confirmation that Time Warner Cable selected the SecureMedia Encryptonite ONE HLS+ solution to streamline its video distribution across a variety of devices and avoid the cost and complication of operating multiple streaming platforms and security systems to reach multiple device types. […]

May 21, 2012

OTT solution from Akuzi, D-Link

Video delivery specialist Azuki Systems has formed a go-to-market and technology partnership with networking connectivity firm D-Link with the aim of allowing TV cable operators to offer customers affordable access to over-the-top content in their living rooms via multi-screens and home TV sets. D-Link’s companion set-top-box (STB) embedded with the Azuki Media Client is designed […]

May 21, 2012

RESEARCH: Connected devices commonplace

Futuresource has released a study, conducted in the spring of 2012 in the USA, UK, France and Germany that surveyed more than 4,000 consumers on their usage of and attitudes to connected TVs, smartphones, tablets and eBooks/eReaders. Key findings from the study included the fact that three-quarters of connected TV owners are using their TV […]

May 17, 2012