French transmission company TDF and broadcaster France Télévisions have launched a new ‘restart’ service, called Salto, according to Broadband TV News.
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What tomorrow’s cable box looks like
Comcast customers will soon find a new UI on their cable box that will look much less like Grandma’s EPG, and more like an iPad app with social recommendations and universal search.
What tomorrow’s cable box looks like via @newteevee
“Comcast customers will soon find a new UI on their cable box that will look much less like Grandma’s EPG, and more like an iPad app with social recommendations and universal search.”
3 Trends That Will Transform the EPG
The EPG is one of the most important features of a TV, yet its format is nearly unchanged from the original. But like the rest of the TV industry, the EPG is on the brink of change. At MIPCOM, Bill Patrizio, CEO of Red Bee Media predicted that “…the EPG is we know it today is going to continue to exist, but it’s going to go through a mass transformation.”
Twentieth Century Fox & Channel 4 join Rovi Connected TV ad trial via @DigitalTVGroup
"Twentieth Century Fox and Channel 4 have teamed with Rovi to run advertising campaigns on Connected TVs and devices.
The brands will use Rovi advertising technologies to deploy multimedia graphics and video as part of their campaigns to drive increased viewership and sales of their films and TV programmes. Media agency OMD UK will be working alongside Rovi to support campaigns for Channel 4.
Steve Forde, Head of Digital Marketing at Channel 4 added: "Our participation in this trial is part of Channel 4′s preparation for the connected TV world. Our aim is to embrace the opportunities presented by new platforms, and stay ahead of the curve with our marketing strategies—the Smart TV Field Trial is a step towards exploring how to creatively show consumers what we have to offer; as they access content through connected TV platforms and the all important EPG."
Source: www.dtg.org.uk, via @zbutcher
Russian Company Netup, Develop First Android-based IPTV solution
"NetUP is the first company to develop an Android-based IPTV solution, NetUP.tv for Android, which is the client for NetUP IPTV Middleware.
The new handy graphical user interface has been developed to allow users to enjoy all IPTV features: TV channels with pause and rewind options, TV on Demand, Electronic Program Guide (EPG), Video on Demand and many others. Users can also get access to all Android features. The application can be launched on any Android-based IP set-top box."
Source: www.appmarket.tv, via Emerging Digital Workflows [ @zbutcher ]
Red Bee Media acquires TV Genius: will “reinvent EPG for online video”
Red Bee Media has announced the acquisition of TV Genius, a software company that specialises in cloud-based content discovery across the Internet, TV and connected devices. The company says the strategic acquisition will blend its rich metadata services with TV Genius’ content discovery technology to bring a synchronised viewer experience across live and on-demand TV with accurate search, personally relevant recommendations and enhanced TV guides across multiple platforms and devices.
Source: www.v-net.tv, via adVid