http://www.screendigest.com/rss/ en-gb Copyright: (C) Screen Digest 240 Charter Communications, the fourth largest U.S. cable operator, has announced plans to launch an integrated search on Charter.net that will provide search results for content available on Netflix, Amazon...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_11_charternet_plans_to_offer_video_search_engine_for_top_content/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2011_11_charternet_plans_to_offer_video_search_engine_for_top_content/view.html 2011-11-10 US cable operator Comcast has brought Blackberry devices into the fold of its multiscreen service, Xfinity TV. The launch of the Xfinity Mobile App for Blackberry - compatible with handsets running version 4.6...(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/comcast_xfinity_launches_for_blackberry_devices/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/comcast_xfinity_launches_for_blackberry_devices/view.html 2011-09-01 Consumer uptake of connectable CE devices has created an opportunity for content providers to reach viewers beyond the set-top box. By 2014, consumers the world over will collectively possess over 2.6bn devices. Turning this extension of reach into a viable economic proposition, however, requires providers to exceptionally monetise new forms of content consumption.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2011419a/2011_05_monetising_content_in_a_connected_world/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2011419a/2011_05_monetising_content_in_a_connected_world/view.html 2011-05-23 Two of the largest cable operators in the US - Charter and Cablevision - have announced steps to move away from conventional DVRs in an attempt to meet consumers' changing preferences. Charter announced a...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/operators-shift-to-next-generation-tv-solutions/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/operators-shift-to-next-generation-tv-solutions/view.html 2011-01-28 The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in the US has called on TV manufacturers to support a universal standard for active shutter 3D glasses to minimise consumer confusion over the new technology and...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/call-for-new-3d-display-standard/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/call-for-new-3d-display-standard/view.html 2010-10-01 Verizon has joined Cablevision and Dish Network in announcing an iPad app to offer some form of TV service to their customers. Verizon and Cablevision's apps will, initially at least, be limited to live...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/us-pay-tv-operators-swarm-around-the-ipad/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/us-pay-tv-operators-swarm-around-the-ipad/view.html 2010-08-20 Google's TV platform, scheduled to launch in autumn 2010, will bring a large number of both legal and illegal online video sources to the living room TV, threatening both the established home entertainment business and existing pay TV walled gardens. The initiative poses an immediate threat to connected TV platforms (Yahoo! Widget Engine, Vudu Apps) and in the long run is set to compete with Apple and Microsoft ecosystems.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201065b/10_06_google_tv_the_next_frontier_or_another_web_tv/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201065b/10_06_google_tv_the_next_frontier_or_another_web_tv/view.html 2010-07-05 US over-the-top (OTT), set-top box (STB)-based service, Roku and Clearleap, a start-up offering an online Video-on-Demand (VoD) platform, have formed a partnership designed to encourage pay TV operators to...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/roku-targets-pay-tv-deployments/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/roku-targets-pay-tv-deployments/view.html 2010-07-02