Broadband TV News» Connected TV

DishWorld launches on Roku

Robert Briel — Mon, 28 May 2012 07:53:47 +0000

US satellite platform Dish has launched the DishWorld service with more than 50 international channels on the Roku platform in the US, including the leading Hindi, Arabic, Urdu, Bangla and Brazilian channels. Read the story »

Industry undecided on connected TV strategies

Broadband TV News Correspondent — Mon, 28 May 2012 06:51:35 +0000

Leading TV executives were left undecided as to which company has the most effective connected TV strategy, highlighted a recent study. Read the story »

VideoWeb TV connects to five music channels

Robert Briel — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:28:33 +0000

German connected TV set-top box manufacturer VideoWeb is launching five music television channels with Cologne based Putpat. Read the story »

HbbTV sweeps interactive TV across Europe

Broadband TV News Correspondent — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:37:52 +0000

With estimates of 60 million HbbTV compliant TV sets in Western Europe by 2014, HbbTV is becoming the dominant standard for interactive, hybrid and OTT delivery in Europe. It’s a success story unmatched by previous pan-European interactive TV initiatives. Read the story »

3m French homes have smart TV

Robert Briel — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:37:42 +0000

There were nearly 3 million homes in France equipped with smart TV, or 10.7% of all TV homes at the end of Q1, according to Mediametrie. Read the story »

LG shows Smart TV platform to cablers

Robert Briel — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:48:26 +0000

At this year’s Cable Show in Boston, LG is showing cable operators examples of how they can harness the power of smart TV for a new level of interactivity between tablets and TVs, bringing live, linear programming directly to connected TVs in subscribers’ homes. Read the story »

KC offers to connect customer internet TVs

Julian Clover — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:45:37 +0000

Local communications provider KC has launched a new service to assist customers in connecting up their internet TVs. Read the story »

France tops TV connection rates, UK lowest

Julian Clover — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:32:19 +0000

A study of more than 4,000 consumers in the United States, UK, France and Germany, and their attitudes to connected TVs, smartphones, tablets and eBooks/eReaders has found UK viewers least likely to connect their sets to the internet. Read the story »

France Télévision brings Roland Garros in HbbTV

Robert Briel — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:54:14 +0000

French public broadcaster France Télévisions is once again using HbbTV to expand coverage of the Roland-Garros tennis tournament. Read the story »

Personalisation key to BBC’s digital games

Julian Clover — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:59:20 +0000

In-depth data, social features and personalization will be key to the BBC’s coverage of what the public broadcaster is describing as the “first truly digital games”. Read the story »