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Broadcast media check-in service IntoNow acquired by Yahoo!
Only twelve weeks after launch media check-in service IntoNow has been acquired by Yahoo! for a speculated $30 million dollars. The service exists as an iPhone application that provides real-time...
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Google buys DVR company SageTV, impending Google TV upgrade?
Google has acquired digital video recording (DVR) technology company SageTV, which suggests that a Google TV upgrade may be on its way. Neither the sale price or specific future plans have been...
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Watch Irish TV online for free with aertv
A new online Irish TV service, aertv, launched yesterday, allowing viewers to watch 11 Irish and international channels in one place, directly within the browser. What’s more, the service requires no...
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Microsoft boosts Xbox online, buys Al Gore funded video search site, VideoSurf
Credit: VideoSurf Microsoft has boosted its search credentials with the buyout of VideoSurf (@videosurf | Facebook) – a Shazam-like video search engine founded in 2006 and partially funded by Al Gore....
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LOVEFiLM Instant bags BBC & ITV content for video on demand service
LOVEFiLM Instant (@lovefilm | Facebook | YouTube), Amazon’s streaming video on demand service, has just swept up two of the UK’s largest broadcasters, the BBC and ITV, which will see their content...
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TV3 launch new HTML5 web app for 3 Player
TV3 has launched a new mobile web friendly version of its video on-demand service 3 Player. The web app is built with HTML5 so it works on any smartphone directly in the browser – the way services...
View ArticleIf you don’t have Saorview yet could Freeview+HD be the answer?
About 80% of the population of Ireland has access to digital TV but according to the Irish communication regulator’s latest market report only 12% “have an Irish DTT service.” As bad as this sounds it...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland starts transmitting Freeview – some overspill in the Republic
Northern Ireland’s TV transmitters officially start broadcasting Freeview, the UK’s free digital terrestrial TV service today, providing viewers in Ulster and some parts of the Republic with access to...
View ArticleNetflix gets Turbo with original DreamWorks series
Not content with now creating original programming for grown ups (and bringing back some awesome classics) Netflix has announced that it has joined with DreamWorks to create an original animated series...
View ArticleGoing native: A closer look at advertising’s new buzzword
At around this time last year, you couldn’t open a tech related site without being bombarded with pieces on how marketers ‘couldn’t afford not to be on Pinterest’ and how the niche photo pin board site...
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Smartphones & tablets aren’t “cannibalising” TV news, according to the BBC...
Smartphones, tablets, and laptops are not “cannibalising” TV news, according to a major new survey into news consumption conducted by the BBC. The BBC’s commercial divisions, BBC’s World News and...
View ArticleYour next smart TV will be bendy, for some reason
It was about ten years ago when they started going flat, and getting larger. No long after they went super crisp, and they got smarter. Then, about this time last year, they gained another dimension....
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Over the top sports and why you won’t be streaming the World Cup final
With the Winter Olympics underway and the World Cup on the horizon, 2018 is going to be a huge year for spectator sports. But if you’re among those that can’t wait to tune in, it’s a safe bet you won’t...
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