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The content play at CES 2012

From Microsoft to YouTube to Sony, content was a dominant theme among participants at CES 2012. Two related challenges for…

Inview believes Tier-2 Connected TV market is on its way

The company is drawing on its broadcast EPG heritage, with low processing and memory footprints, to deliver a connected TV…

Mini and Lego harnessing Smart TV advertising in Germany

In the latest Rovi Smart TV field trial, major brands are making use of interactive advertising capabilities. While Samsung has…

ACR blurs categories, pushes interactivity

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

Cisco evolves Videoscape with Cloud TV software

Cisco debuted elements of its evolving Videoscape platform at CES, including software licensed from ActiveVideo Networks that enables Cloud TV…

Toshiba committed to companion experiences on the tablet

The CE vendor is releasing a remote control app and a media guide app this year so consumers can control…

Smaller CE brands focused on Connected TV

Haier arrives in the UK this April, Coby has a range of models, and RCA has a sub-$60 streamer that is being built into a home theater. Hisense is transferring content between the TV and tablet.…

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…

Inview believes Tier-2 Connected TV market is on its way

The company is drawing on its broadcast EPG heritage, with low processing and memory footprints,…

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…

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 in their apps this year. Leading apps developer Accedo is also focused on social TV and second screen.…

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…

Toshiba committed to companion experiences on the tablet

The CE vendor is releasing a remote control app and a media guide app this…

Google TV rethinks content discovery for v2.0

Google announced a major software update for Google TV last week which, while not named as such, is effectively Google TV 2.0 and therefore gives us an idea of what we can expect when the Android OS based platform arrives in Europe next year. Officially…

‘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…

Liberty Global unveils future of cable TV

Liberty Global has revealed what the cable TV experience will look like in future for…

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…