TV is starting to change. The whole ‘second screen’ phenomenon is opening new doors in terms of what you can get up to while watching the box, but it’s also a goldmine for advertisers who can tap into your tablet or phone. And that’s exactly where Shazam has just turned its attentions to. Ready for the march of the smart ads? Read more
Today news has broken out that UK TV network ITV sent Apple a letter last year basically saying: ‘You’d best not name your HD TV sets iTV’. Even though it’s now been denied, everyone’s now gearing up to cover a huge legal battle. But I just don’t think it’ll happen. More to the point: if you do, you probably don’t understand the way Apple works… Read more
The tech world is still alive with rumours about the upcoming Apple HD TV sets, but are we all getting ahead of ourselves? Stock shortages and product codes appear to point to a refreshed Apple TV set-top box landing sooner… Read more
Sky has announced that the BBC iPlayer and ITV Player on demand services will roll out to Sky customers later this year, as part of an ongoing expansion of the Anytime+ on demand feature. The services will be available to up to 5 million Sky+HD customers direct through their living room TV.
Amazon-owned Lovefilm has signed a major new deal with the BBC and ITV to provide its online streaming arm a much-needed shot full of juicy content. Read more
Apple TV rumours are only going to spiral and swirl and get more unlikely as we draw nearer to the official launch (whenever that may be), but we’d file this particular under: spurious. According to word from the Daily Mail, Apple is looking to buy the UK rights to the football Premier League. Read more
There’s a new catch-up TV service in town for Android users. ITV player for Android is now live in the Android Market, offering unlimited access to seven days worth of past programming from the network’s four channels.
Unfortunately, just like the BBC iPlayer app, ITV player does not offer live streaming. In order to use the app you’ll need to be running Android 2.2 Froyo or higher, Adobe Air 2.6 or higher and be connected to a Wi-Fi network.
A big shake up in the sharing of metadata is hitting UK TV streaming services: BBC iPlayer is now hosting search results from non-BBC TV channels. It means that if you search for Coronation Street on iPlayer, it will show up in the results, and drop you on the ITVplayer page to watch the episode.