The new seven inch tablet device is set to hit the shelves at £119 at the end of this month, with 16GB of storage, front and rear facing cameras and WiFi.

Netflix, the popular home of House of Cards and Breaking Bad, has cornered 38% of the US video streaming market, up 7% since 2012.

Despite an absence of a FIFA World Cup or an Olympics Games, viewers “remained gripped by TV shows”, with over 14 million Brits watching the Wimbledon Final, 13 million French viewers watching the Tour de France, and 26 million Germans watching the election debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Peer Steinbruck.

The offering gives viewers one place to access all on-demand programming across the BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5, available alongside TVCatchup’s linear TV service.

At this year’s International Broadcasting Convention, the broadcaster’s chief technology officer Bob Harris said that the channel had been experimenting with real-time data processing.

The latest ABC results for newsbrands’ online platforms paints a healthy picture, with the Mirror up 19.6% – taking it to almost 1.5 million unique browsers per day.

Channel 4 has said that it will be taking a step back from further exploring connected TV experiences because of limited uptake from viewers.

Blinkbox claims that its autumn content offering has ten times the number of latest blockbuster films than Netflix and LoveFilm.

While personal recommendation, opt-in email and editorial content ranked highest among respondents, mobile and text ads were found to be much less credible, according to a new Nielsen study.

Following the launch of Google’s Chromecast, Sony has confirmed plans to launch a dongle that will add smart TV features to its regular televisions.