"TV Everywhere" articles
Chip makers IPWireless and ST-Ericsson have joined forces to develop a platform designed to lower the cost of building Integrated Mobile Broadcast (IMB) technology into smartphones.
IPWireless is one of the companies that pioneered the development of IMB. ST-Ericsson is now joining the push to allow operators to deliver TV to smartphones, laptops and tablets using IMB and frequency spectrum they already have, but so far haven't been able to take advantage of.
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The Time Warner Cable and ESPN TV Everywhere partnership will be the first big test of the stickiness of access to live sports in an authenticated service. We think that the cable operators' high-definition capabilities, growing VoD libraries, and aggregated live sports are among the chief weapons at their disposal to fend off cord-cutting. It will be quite interesting to see if TWC will report any figures on the usage of the ESPN content, as well as any impact this has on customer...
I had talked about some of the recent announcements that point to the evolution of TV Everywehre services beyond authentication and online channel availability. The recent announcements (here and here) point to wider availability of premium content (TV shows and movies) on more connected devices.
Although Verizon hasn't yet announced services that extend pay-TV offerings to devices such as connected game consoles or televisions, its Flex View feature is a start. It's a video store...
From Fierce Cable , Comcast's CFO Michael Angelakis said the comany will "re-launch" TV Everywhere next month. The service, which has been in beta trial "for a couple months" will be called Xfinity Online and "will provide our customers with the content they want anytime anywhere."
From CED , Time Warner Cable's Whole House On Demand service recently became available in Lincoln, Nebraska and surrounding areas.
Whole House On Demand allows subscribers to watch purchased on demand programming on digital boxes throughout the home . If a customer purchases an on demand program on a TV in the family room, they can now also watch it on a TV in another room.
Envivio, Edgeware and Verimatrix have teamed up together to provide an integrated ecosystem featuring video processing, distribution and content security for HTTP Live Streaming video services to multiple screens.
The combined solution incorporates the Envivio 4Caster C42 video processing and encoding unit, Verimatrix VCAS 3 conditional access system, and Edgeware's WTV servers. A global systems integrator has reportedly already selected the solution to combine with its linear...
Remote control specialist Ruwido has developed a new mobile device that enables viewers to watch content from the main TV set anywhere in the home.
The portable device, called TV Radio, uses WiFi to display the content being shown on a TV set, enabling users to watch TV anywhere within range. Showing the device exclusively to DTVE Daily at the IBC trade show, Ruwido’s innovation project manager Thomas Fischer said that the device had been designed to make watching TV anywhere...
Verizon FiOS TV customers are getting another piece of the TV Everywhere pie, with the company and HBO today announcing the launch of MAXGO.com, Internet access to Cinemax online video. The website gives FiOS subscribers unlimited access to Cinemax offerings from any Internet-connected computer at no additional charge.
