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Amino boosts in-home video networking with Wi-Fi

IPTV set-top provider Amino is using devices powered by enhanced Wi-Fi chips to retrofit deployed boxes with enhanced wireless video…

Online media go original, foment quiet revolution

Online media aggregators are venturing into original content. Two recent additions to YouTube’s planned lineup of 96 channels suggest that…

Set-top and online patents accentuate metrics debate

Set-top and online patents accentuate metrics debate Legacy audience measurement techniques by themselves are unlikely to suffice in the unfolding multi-screen era. A new U.S. set-top patent…

Samsung nurtures SmartTV apps, picks Party Shots

The winner of Samsung’s “Free the TV” competition, announced at CES 2012, was an application that enables consumers to push…

Gesture control among apps challenges for 2012

With Samsung supporting gesture and voice control on its Smart TVs, apps developers will be looking to harness the technology…

Myspace unveils SocTV and second-screen sync

The social network is branching out into television entertainment, with plans to integrate social and interactive TV experiences into a…

TV makers cope amidst flat growth, constrained margins

The glitter and hype of a trade show like CES can mask an industry’s underlying weaknesses. Amidst a wave of smarter and enhanced products, the TV business faces flattening demand and margins that may be upside down.…

Smaller CE brands focused on Connected TV

Haier arrives in the UK this April, Coby has a range of models, and RCA…

Putting the ‘smart’ into Smart TV

The major CE manufacturers are focused on companion screen experiences and multimedia content sharing, both…

Samsung nurtures SmartTV apps, picks Party Shots

The winner of Samsung’s “Free the TV” competition, announced at CES 2012, was an application…

Set-top and online patents accentuate metrics debate

Set-top and online patents accentuate metrics debate

Legacy audience measurement techniques by themselves are unlikely to suffice in the unfolding multi-screen era. A new U.S. set-top patent awarded to DirecTV and rapprochement between Nielsen and comScore illustrate ongoing changes.…

Mini and Lego harnessing Smart TV advertising in Germany

In the latest Rovi Smart TV field trial, major brands are making use of interactive…

Value of Red Button and EPG advertising challenged

The value of interactive advertising on the TV screen has been challenged by one senior…

CE vendors reach out to broadcasters and advertisers

There is debate about what Connected TV offers, beyond interactivity, that classic TV cannot, but…

Tablets boost viewing by solving screen conflicts

Irish IPTV provider Magnet Networks has found that its AerTV OTT offer enables family members to watch different programmes at the same time. Unusually, the service is being marketed as a linear appointment-to-view experience.…

Gesture control among apps challenges for 2012

With Samsung supporting gesture and voice control on its Smart TVs, apps developers will be…

Myspace unveils SocTV and second-screen sync

The social network is branching out into television entertainment, with plans to integrate social and…

ACR blurs categories, pushes interactivity

Sony subsidiary Gracenote is leveraging audio fingerprinting for use on multiple TV viewing screens. Interest…

M-GO media discovery suitable for Pay TV, too

Technicolor’s M-GO media discovery app will appear on connected TVs and Ultrabooks this year but the company is also talking to Pay TV operators about how it can help them make curation more personal.…

Google TV rethinks content discovery for v2.0

Google announced a major software update for Google TV last week which, while not named…

‘Relevance’ is key to survival for ZON TV Cabo

ZON TV Cabo, the Portuguese Pay TV provider, is making a bold attempt to recapture…

IBC: Metadata takes centre stage, driving content discovery

Metadata does not get the attention it deserves in conference sessions about the future of…

Three-screen grows up

Finding consumer acceptance, multi-screen video is on a growth spurt. Some operators are now launching services outside their footprint, many are increasing their network capacity, and the industry at large is bracing for the possibility of accelerating change.…

Cisco evolves Videoscape with Cloud TV software

Cisco debuted elements of its evolving Videoscape platform at CES, including software licensed from ActiveVideo…

Orange multi-screen video boosts quad-play

Multi-screen video is delivering at least four distinct benefits for Orange in France. First, the…

QoE central to TalkTalk multi-screen ambitions

TalkTalk aims to differentiate itself in the UK broadband market by providing the best Quality…