IFA 2011 – BERLIN. IP Vision will launch the FetchTV content portal this autumn via an app as a service to consumers on Panasonic’s Viera Connect compatible TV sets sold in the UK and Ireland.
Viewers will be able to access a range of FetchTV’s specialist TV channels, as well as thousands of hours of on-demand content that comprise the FetchTV content portal.
The FetchTV app will form part of Panasonic’s Viera Connect service. Launched earlier in 2011, The new FetchTV app will be demonstrated today by Panasonic at the IFA Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin.
The FetchTV app has been customised for Panasonic Viera Connect service. And gives on-demand access – on a pay-per-view or mini-subscription basis – to the latest movies and TV shows from Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures, National Geographic, Playboy and others.
David Bloom, IP Vision’s Commercial Director, said in a statement: “Connected TV is the next logical step for IP Vision as a company and FetchTV as a service and represents a new era of convenience for TV viewers. It instantly offers enhanced choice of content for the consumer, enabling viewers to pick and choose the best of broadcast and the best of online, while enjoying it all on state of the art display technology”
