App developers are vital to the continuing evolution of the multibillion-dollar app industry. According to data from a GigaOM Research survey, the majority of these individuals and companies (41 percent) have… Read more »
Tablet and smartphone owners wanting to watch TV content on their mobile devices are no longer stuck using Wi-Fi to do so. Verizon now allows mobile broadband streaming of 9 channels,… Read more »
People still buy televisions — a lot of them every year, though I wonder how much profit television makers actually make. Either way, about a billion TV sets were shipped in… Read more »
While much of the current hype around social TV focuses on the mobile third screen, our survey shows it is the humble PC and not the mobile device that is the… Read more »
Ninety-five percent of survey respondents are currently developing an app for the mobile phone — the largest and most established market — or have developed one in the past year. While… Read more »
Survey results indicate that 70 percent of respondents are developing apps for tablet devices compared to 95 percent for mobile phones. Currently, just 11 percent are developing for the TV market,… Read more »
Virgin Media is the latest TV platform operator to launch on-the-go viewing and in-home remote controlling in a combined iPhone and iPad app. It’s a welcome and belated addition, but some… Read more »
The purpose of the on-screen guide has shifted too. While the main objective is still to provide information on television programming, the EPG has the potential to be a much broader… Read more »
Amazon’s global content strategy is becoming a step broader and more integrated through greater distribution for its Kindle range and inclusion of its video service Lovefilm on UK devices. Read more »