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ITV believes a large amount of its content would be suited to second screening, and is looking to delve into this growing field and create a fully interactive viewer experience.Speaking at the Future of Entertainment summit, which took place in London last week, James Micklethwait, ITV Player director, spoke of his enthusiasm for second screening… Continue reading ITV looking to explore second screen prospects

Worldwide TV shipments fell almost 8% Y/Y in Q1 2012, the steepest rate of decline since Q2 2009, with total TV shipments for the quarter at 51 million units, according to the latest release of the NPD DisplaySearch Advanced Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report.

Tesco has raised doubts about the viability of its planned UltraViolet digital locker system, on the grounds that it could be excessively complex for the average consumer.During the Future of Entertainment Summit which took place yesterday in London, Rob Salter, Tesco category director of entertainment, hinted at the unlikeliness of the UltraViolet programme being implemented… Continue reading Tesco UltraViolet system “too complicated” for most

LG Electronics and TP Vision (for Philips TVs) have established the Smart TV Alliance, with other Japanese TV manufacturers in the process of joining.

According to The NPD Group, growing consumer use of smart devices that connect to the Internet is changing the face of home entertainment.

Sky has fallen behind consumer demand, according to BSkyB’s chief operating office Mike Darcey.

MediaTel’s Connected Consumer has created the following infographic to demonstrate how the UK population is now watching catch-up TV across the different platform options that are available to them, using data from the latest quarter of MediaTel’s Connected TV Tracker survey, in association with YouGov.

BT Vision – like Sky – had to secure the rights to Premier League football for the 2013-2016 seasons, according to Nigel Walley, managing director of Decipher.

Viewing live TV on BBC iPlayer will be better than ever with the launch of Live Restart, which enables audiences to rewind and restart live TV on BBC iPlayer without waiting for the programme to end.

Josè Alberto Pascole, head of operations and infrastructure management at the Portuguese cable operator ZON Multimedia, has issued a warning that smart TV needs to provide standardisation.