iPlayer: the first five years

BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer has failed to translate brand awareness into an awareness of the benefits of using of the service.

Vision TV Network comes to mobile devices

Vision TV Network brings live international television to iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

Smart TV failing the connectivity test

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Smart TVs are lagging behind laptops, desktops and set-top boxes when it comes to consumers deciding how to connect their TV sets to the internet.

FilmOn to bring Premier League archive games

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Streaming web TV service FilmOn FilmOn.com’s internet football channel has said it will show Premier League archive games, available on PC or smartphone.

TalkTalk takes the lead

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TalkTalk now has the fastest growing TV service in the UK, adding 150,000 subscribers in the full year to March 31 and taking the total to 230,000.

Liberty makes senior appointments

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Liberty Global have announced that Robert Dunn, currently manager of UPC Netherlands, will be appointed the CFO of Virgin Media once its acquisition has closed.

Motive develops tablet TV for Freeview

Motive Television will be developing its tablet television technology to enable Freeview users in Britain to watch and record television programmes directly onto tablets without the need to connect to the internet.

Smart TV shopping set to boom

Philips smart TV

Shopping direct from an interactive smart TV screen is about to boom in the UK, with 25% of people doing it by the end of 2014 and generating sales of nearly £750 million (€886.7 million).

NHK World TV comes to Virgin Media

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Japan International Broadcasting (JIB) has announced that NHK World TV is now available, in full HD, to Virgin Media XL TV customers.

Sky ups investment in Roku

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Sky has made a further $1.9m (€1.44m) equity investment in Roku, a platform which delivers over-the-top (OTT) services via streaming devices.