Google has revealed the latest iteration of Android TV, with a major overhaul of the Play Store being front and centre. At its I/O developer event, Anwar Haneef, product lead, Android TV Ecosystem & Integrations, unveiled a ‘complete refresh’ of the Play Store on Android TV. This refresh gives the interface a cleaner look that […]
TiVo has launched CubiTV for Android TV, a service designed to make it easy for operators to get started with Android TV Operator Tier. TiVo described CubiTV for Android TV as a modular, cost-effective, pre-integrated solution that will let operators deliver hybrid television entertainment to subscribers. Operators can deploy branded user interfaces, offer Google Assistant search […]
Streaming service Eleven Sports has launched apps for Amazon’s Fire TV Stick and Android TVs in the UK and Ireland. The user interface for each app is optimised for TV and will offer content in HD 1080p resolution. Eleven Sports is already available via Google Chromecast and the company said that apps for Samsung Smart […]
Technology outfit Viaccess-Orca (VO) has teamed up with Technicolor to collaborate on the delivery of Android TV experiences. VO has integrated its DRM and VO Player technology on Technicolor’s Android TV set-top boxes from Technicolor in compliance with the TV Input Framework (TIF) – the Android TV framework that provides input modules for controlling Android […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS) is launching a new product and service designed to deepen Google Assistant integration for superior Android TV services. 3READY Assistant is enabled by 3SS’s 3READY Android TV Operator Tier Custom Launcher and can be used by operators to create customer support-related actions – including billing queries, PVR instructions, and the management […]
Romanian consumer electronics manufacturer Allview has signed up with Google to launch its own brand of Android smart TVs and has staked a claim to be the first European brand to secure this. The Brasov-based manufacturer said it would launch a range of smart TVs based on the Android TV platform in December. The TVs […]
FlixOlé, the first homegrown Spanish subscription video-on-demand service, focusing on Spanish movies, has officially launched and struck its first distribution partnership with Orange. The operator, which is engaged in a battle for TV subscribers with struggling Vodafone as well as market leader Telefónica in the Spanish market, has also launched its new Android-based set-top and […]
Xiaomi has started taking pre-orders in the US for its new Android TV streaming media player, the Xiaomi Mi Box S, which is capable of playing 4K and high dynamic range content. The device will run on the latest version of Android TV 8.1, comes with a Google Assistant Remote and can be used to […]
Smart TV software provider Vewd has appointed Sascha Prüter, former head of product for Google’s Android TV, as chief product officer. At Google, Prüter led product and engineering efforts for Android TV and worked directly with smart TV manufacturers, OTT providers and pay TV operators to help establish the platform globally. In his new role […]
Russian pay TV operator NTV+ has launched as an app on Google’s Android TV platform. The first release of the app enables subscribers to pause and rewind live TV and access catch-up content, enabling them to view shows that have aired and that are included in their subscription over the past 24 hours. Subscribers can […]
Seraphic and CVTE partner for customisable Freeview Play 4K TV solution
digitaltveurope.com/2019/06/17/ser… https://t.co/luo6N8E2nP
17th June 2019
.@StarSportsIndia renews #EPL rights in India
digitaltveurope.com/2019/06/17/sta… https://t.co/mRC8y0qzbS
17th June 2019
TVB signs deal with @HarmonicInc for content encoding on OTT
digitaltveurope.com/2019/06/17/tvb… https://t.co/FjNGbdrJrT
17th June 2019
Fred Kogel appoints Stephan Katzmann to manage finances of new media group
digitaltveurope.com/2019/06/17/fre… https://t.co/I8huV9KZbn
17th June 2019
Gamma Entertainment brings Vivid VOD to France with Orange digitaltveurope.com/2019/06/17/gam…
17th June 2019
