Virgin Media has launched a Virgin Media TV Guide smartphone app, to allow remote recording on its new TiVo set top box.

Google and Kantar have teamed up for a multi-million pound research project looking with the aim of better understanding online and TV consumption habits in the UK.

Trawling through the tweets from this week’s Consumer Equipment Conference (#CEConference2011) in London, several interesting facts and figures were unearthed:@StrategyEye: Virgin Media CEO expects its on-demand TV player to reach 1bn views in 2011. @dgwbirch: Viewers spend more time watching VoD than ITV1, C4 and C5.@ERTonline: Smart TV has to act more like a PC… Continue reading Consumer Equipment Conference – facts and figures

MediaPost’s VidBlog takes an interesting look this week at the different options facing the US TV viewing public:“In coming years, more and more TV viewers will be doing what I have to do every night when my wife and I contemplate an evening of lean-backness. What’s it gonna cost us this time? Do I rent… Continue reading Choices faced by the US TV viewing population

ITV has now launched its ITV Player app on Apple mobile devices.It is the first UK broadcaster to launch its VoD app on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, with seven days of programming now available to users.This development follows the broadcasters launch last month of the ITV Player app on Google Android.

The BBC’s first foray into internet connected televsion apps is proving very popular with users.The BBC news app reached 17,000 downloads in its first week on the Samsung smarthub connected tv device. The app is already available on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, with over six million views globally, around half from the… Continue reading BBC news app hits 17,000 downloads in first week

A new report from Informa Telecoms & Media reveals that worldwide sales of connected TVs will surpass games consoles for the first time in 2011. While Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony will sell 37 million consoles this year, consumers will buy 52 million connected TVs from the likes of Samsung, Sony and LG.“The market for connected… Continue reading Informa: Connected TVs to outsell games consoles in 2011

BSkyB is forecast to double its earnings over the next five years if Rupert Murdoch’s takeover deal for the satellite broadcaster goes ahead.

A consortium, including the BBC, BSkyB, BT, Samsung and Microsoft, are joining forces to investigate how used TV spectrum can be utilised for commercial wireless services.

BT Vision customers can now watch their favourite BBC shows on demand, using the new BBC iPlayer on their TVs. The launch gives BT Vision customers the opportunity to enjoy more than 400 hours of their favourite BBC TV programmes and more than 1,000 hours of radio programmes.