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Convergence - 80 Per Cent of UK Tablet Owners Use Tablet While Watching TV - 25 Per Cent Daily - Articles - Open Innovation connect.innovateuk.org
Device owners in the UK are logging heavy usage for tablets (80 per cent) and smartphones (78 per cent) while watching TV, according to a recent report by Nielson. British daily usage of smartphones or tablets while watching TV rivaled that of the U.S. with nearly a quarter (24 per cent) of those surveyed claiming to use their device several times a day while watching TV.

Monterosa Partners With Zeebox On New Self-Serve 2-Screen Service For Broadcasters, Producers And Brands appmarket.tv
The new self-service Monterosa product offers selected third parties an easy way to involve TV audiences through zeebox and their own websites or mobile apps simultaneously. It also offers robust scalability of Monterosa’s ‘2-Screen Cloud Services’ — used by many UK broadcasters, including Channel 4, ITV and UKTV — and adds an easy-to-use web-based control centre for producers. The first invitatio

Orca shortlisted in IP&TV Industry Awards orcainteractive.com
Today, we've been informed that Viaccess and Orca's Unified Service Platform had been shortlisted in the "Best Service Delivery Platform for IPTV" category, at the IP&TV Industry awards. The awards ceremony will be held on March 21st, 2012

MIPCube, the two-day high-level networking and live learning experience for the business and creative architects driving the future of ...
MIPTV and MIPCUBE Competitions to Support Innovators and Start-ups in the TV and Video World appmarket.tv
"During MIPCube Lab, we are looking to unearth game-changing innovations that will significantly contribute to altering the face of TV in all its forms," said Laurine Garaude, director of Reed MIDEM's Television Division. "MIPCube attendees will be immersed in a unique, limited-participant highly networked cutting edge environment, before joining the thousands of executives who attend the biggest

Both the Harvard Business Review and Mashable have pegged Social TV as a game changer for 2012 - one year behind MIT Technology Review ...
Both the Harvard Business Review and Mashable have pegged Social TV as a game changer for 2012 - one year behind MIT Technology Review and the UK's Wired Magazine slated it for 2011. This is only good news for those in the space. Last year we had the UK's Wired Magazine tagging Social TV as a top trend for 2011, and MIT's Technology Review lauded Social TV's matriarch, Marie-Jose Montpetit's work

This white paper slide deck describes how search can be re-invented for mobile in a new type of cloud app called a "connection...

So there are markers (tags) that take you from one video to the next - a bit like a trail of crumbs Hansel and Gretel Left behind them to find their way back - all within the video catalogue. Now it's getting interesting. Love the metaphor. Really fits with the concept of transmedia and now starting to sound like something new! This is aimed at consumers - as spectators - to help us have a

According to numerous reports via the IFA CE Exhibition in Berlin today, the world's first Brain-Computer Interface Technology (BCI) ...
Smart TV Just Got Smarter - With Mind Control appmarket.tv
Basically, you will be able to interact with your Smart TV using nothing but your brains. No need to worry about the remote control running out of juice, right? Wonder how it will work after a bottle of Chardonnay? Does that constitute juice?

by Adriana Hamacher
An extensive and forward thinking report by national innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board, has put ...
Social TV Apps - The Future of Transmedia, Social TV, Smart TV and Connected TV - TV Widgets, Samsung, Google TV, Apple TV, Yahoo Connected TV, Boxee, Roku, HbbTV, Project Canvas, Android, Sony,...

Telus expands Optik TV team
Canadian operators Telus is to recruit 250 new customer service agents, technicians and professionals in Calgary over the next three ...

Some of the most frequently downloaded applications from Samsung Apps are YouTube, Hulu Plus, ESPN Next Level, AccuWeather, Google Maps ...
TV Apps and Widgets Marketplace - The Future of Transmedia, Social TV, Smart TV and Connected TV - TV Widgets, Samsung, Google TV, Apple TV, Yahoo Connected TV, Boxee, Roku, HbbTV, Project Canvas, Android, Sony, NetTV

Convergence - UK TV Viewers: a Nation of Chatterboxers Who are Engaging More on Second Screen Devices - Articles - Open Innovation connect.innovateuk.org
According to a recent survey from TV Licensing, the UK is a nation of chatterboxers... who love to share TV and are watching TV on one screen, while using a second screen to share or follow views and excitement around that...

Simon Staffans: On reading TV viewers’ minds… in Cannes! blog.mipworld.com
Get your mind read in Cannes! MediaCity Finland's UX-testing kit will be just one of the many future-shaping demos to be enjoyed at MIPCube's Innovation Alley.

Ofcom Hints at Connected TV Regulation – Is it Even Possible? connect.innovateuk.org
Connected TV services are “TV-like experiences” and should be subject to a higher degree of regulation than internet content access through a PC, according to Ed Richards, CEO of UK media regulator Ofcom. Richards, speaking at...

Orca wins "Best Service Delivery Platform" orcainteractive.com
On Wednesday, March 21st, Orca Interactive and Viaccess have won the award for "Best Service Delivery Platform" at the IP&TV World Forum. (full winners list) A summary of the award submission: "Viaccess and Orca’s IPTV/OTT

Convergence - Over-the-Top (OTT) Content to Reach OTT �2 Billion Global Market by 2016 - Articles - Open Innovation connect.innovateuk.org
According to iDate researcher Jacques Bajon, by 2016, OTT video services on connected TV will represent 17% of the total OTT market and 1% of the global fixed video services market. The television sector is facing a profound...

Convergence - Creative Industries to get New Tax Breaks in UK Budget - in Bid to Stimulate the Sector - Articles - Open Innovation connect.innovateuk.org
In a bid to keep creative talent in Britain, UK Chancellor George Osborne announced, in his budget statement yesterday, a tax credit scheme for TV production, gaming and animation firms is to be introduced. This appears to...

Temporal Metadata, Zeebox, New Oil - Serendipity or Zemblanity? connect.innovateuk.org
Creating a framework to 'tool' the second screen in relation to the main TV screen - to provide context, social TV, communication, commerce, community, gamification, transmedia and personalisation is the way forward. And the second screen will be the platform for both content discovery and dissemination in the future TV realm.

Convergence - UK Technology Strategy Board To Invest Up To �1.8m In Feasibility Projects For Convergence In A Digital Landscape - Articles - Open Innovation connect.innovateuk.org
The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £1.8m in feasibility projects that address the converged nature of the digital landscape in a fresh programme will be delivered in three parts during 2012. This is a brilliant...

But this is a brilliant move by both RTE in requesting and Kit digital for providing - which can enable content creators and distributors of the future the ability to temporally tag assets in a structured, controllable environment.
