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YouTube founders launch MixBit app

Two of YouTube’s co-founders, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have unveiled their new mobile app called MixBit. Launched as a free download for iPhone, MixBit is a video-sharing app that “helps people create dynamic videos together” according to its App Store listing. Users can shoot video clips between one second and an hour in length, […]

August 8, 2013

BBC Sports app on Kindle Fire

BBC Sport has released its mobile app for Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD devices in the UK, bringing BBC Sport’s native mobile app to even more sports fans on the go. The app is already freely available from Google Play for Android devices, the Apple App Store for iPhones, and now the UK Amazon […]

August 1, 2013

14% of tablet users have used a TV-content app

Research from Parks Associates shows consumers are developing preferences for TV-content apps as more smartphone and tablet users are using TV-channel apps from networks like MTV, Nickelodeon, and USA Network and apps for shows such as Glee and The Walking Dead. The firm finds 14 per cent of smartphone/tablet users surveyed in Q1 2013 have […]

July 19, 2013

PlayOn adds OTT to BlackBerry 10

PlayOn, the media server software from MediaMall Technologies that streams online videos to TVs and mobile devices, has confirmed the launch of the PlayOn app for the BlackBerry 10 platform. For the first time, BlackBerry 10 customers in the US and Canada can watch content from Hulu, Netflix and HBO GO on their smartphone. By […]

July 17, 2013

Blippar partners with F1’s Chilton

Mobile visual discovery app, Blippar, has formed a partnership with Formula One driver Max Chilton. Blippar’s logo will be prominently displayed on the nose of Chilton’s Marussia F1 car at this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone and for the rest of the Formula One season. In addition to featuring on the nose of Chilton’s […]

June 28, 2013

Horizon: Remote control via iPad and iPhone

upc cablecom presents the Horizon TV Remote app which allows customers to use their iPad and iPhone as a remote control for Horizon. Switzerland’s largest provider of TV and fast Internet is thus improving the TV and Video on Demand experience even further for its Horizon customers. As well as being able to watch live […]

June 7, 2013

FilmOn.com archive soccer

Following the conclusion of the 2012-13 English Premier League football season, Internet TV service FilmOn.com is offering fans of ‘the Beautiful Game’ the chance to combat withdrawal symptoms before next season gets under way. The service’s Internet football channel is offering a packed schedule of Premier League archive games that are all available via PC […]

May 20, 2013By Colin Mann

Thousand interactive shows for Visiware

French interactive studio Visiware is celebrating the 1,000th TV show enhanced by its second screen technology at MIPTV, as well as unveiling its B2B solution line-up, covering almost all genres from talent shows to news shows, from Sports to Music. Visiware provides a white label second screen solution for channels, producers, operators and advertisers, allowing […]

April 8, 2013Colin Mann @ MIPTV

C4 horse race app

Channel 4 has launched a new second screen app, the Channel 4 Horse Tracker which for the first time will allow viewers to track the position and speed of the horses in the Grand National and other races for the Aintree three-day meeting. The free app, is available to download immediately from the Apple App […]

April 5, 2013