The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net
- LG Joins Samsung and Opens Up Smart TV Platform to Adobe Developers
LG Joins Samsung and Opens Up Smart TV Platform to Adobe Developers:
Catering to the creativity of application developers, LG Electronics’ flexible Smart TV platform is taking Adobe MAX by storm.
- Survey: Most TV viewers surf while they watch • The Register
Survey: Most TV viewers surf while they watch • The Register:
A shade under three-quarters of TV viewers with broadband are surfing the web while they watch, with 38 per cent of them discussing what they’re watching on social media.
- "Internet technology company Synacor Oct. 5 launched a TV Everywhere for Everyone campaign, with the…"
“Internet technology company Synacor Oct. 5 launched a TV Everywhere for Everyone campaign, with the goal of helping independent TV operators in small rural and mid-sized markets deploy TV Everywhere to customers who don’t have it.”
– Synacor Launches ‘TV Everywhere’ Campaign | Home Media Magazine
- Easeltv adds to Virgin TiVo slate | Broadband TV News
Easeltv adds to Virgin TiVo slate | Broadband TV News:
Easeltv is to carry out further work with Virgin Media, developing additional apps for the cablenet’s TiVo service.
- Plum report shows charging for content would harm innovation | Techwatch
Plum report shows charging for content would harm innovation | Techwatch:
Argues that access to net content should be kept open and on an even playing field for all
- Clover’s Week: Not yet full time in pub soccer dispute | Broadband TV News
Clover’s Week: Not yet full time in pub soccer dispute | Broadband TV News:
This week’s ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) brought just as many questions as it did answers as to just what can be shown from a ‘foreign’ satellite operator, writes Julian Clover
- "Connected TVs are definitely taken over the market of connected devices according to IMS Research."
“Connected TVs are definitely taken over the market of connected devices according to IMS Research.”
– Connected TVs to dominate OTT market | Broadband TV News
- BBC cuts: BBC HD out, BBC2 HD in | Advanced Television
BBC cuts: BBC HD out, BBC2 HD in | Advanced Television:
The BBC has been naming the cuts required for a 20 per cent budget saving over five years – the licence fee has been frozen for that period.
- HomePlug Powerline Alliance launches new certification programme » Digital TV Europe
HomePlug Powerline Alliance launches new certification programme » Digital TV Europe:
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance has launched a new certification and marketing programme. Netricity Powerline Communications (PLC), which will promote adoption and provide compliance and interoperability testing of products built on the IEEE 1901.2 low-frequency narrowband PLC standard.
- Xbox finally gets Lovefilm, iPlayer, 4oD | Techwatch
Xbox finally gets Lovefilm, iPlayer, 4oD | Techwatch:
It’s the news Xbox owners have been awaiting for quite some time.
- BSkyB: “We’re very positive about 3D” | Advanced Television
BSkyB: “We’re very positive about 3D” | Advanced Television:
John Cassy, BSkyB’s director of 3D, says that there’s far too much pessimism about 3D for TV, especially on the 3D movie side of the business, but Sky remains firmly committed to investing in more 3D content. Cassy was speaking having come direct from London Zoo where Sky’s latest documentary (‘3D Meercats’, a co-production with National Geographic and produced with the help of Oxford Scientific Films) was being screened.
- European TV partners join Xbox Live | Broadband TV News
European TV partners join Xbox Live | Broadband TV News:
After more than a decade of trying to enter the TV space, Microsoft has announced a slew of deals that will put content from more than 20 countries onto its Xbox console.
- The Hermes Project: Cable punters download 25GB monthly apiece
The Hermes Project: Cable punters download 25GB monthly apiece:
An interesting statistic from Virgin Media’s director of technical strategy Kevin Baughan has revealed that the cable company’s customers now download an average of 25GB per month, up a whopping 43% since 2007 as data demand continues to grow (which the company has also stated in the past in an investor presentation).
- Telstra switches on new IPTV content and apps
Telstra switches on new IPTV content and apps:
Telstra customers have more ways to connect to their favourite entertainment with today’s launch of Australia’s first iPhone remote control app; the expansion of FOXTEL on T-Box to ADSL customers in selected areas of NSW and Victoria and BigPond Movies coming soon on tablets.
- HDMI-Enabled Mobile PC Shipments to Surpass 300 Million in 2014
HDMI-Enabled Mobile PC Shipments to Surpass 300 Million in 2014:
Last year we saw a dramatic increase for HDMI in portable consumer devices, including HD camcorders and digital still cameras (DSC). In addition, on the PC side, HDMI’s share of mobile PCs, graphics cards, and PC monitors continued to increase. New In-Stat research, PC/Display Interface by Device, Q4’11 Forecast, forecasts that HDMI-enabled mobile PC shipments will surpass 300 million units in 2014.
