The new ZDFmediathek app is now offering live streaming of its current affairs programmes heute and heute-journal on iPad, iPhone and Android.
Connected TVs rule at this year’s IFA
IFA 2011 – BERLIN. Last year it was 3D television; but this year the trend is definitely the rise in connected TVs. All brands are showing their hybrid sets, while […]
SevenOne Media launches HbbTV advertising
IFA 2011 – BERLIN. SevenOne Media, the sales arm of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, has launched “the extension of classic TV spots with the Red Button function.” The company is showcasing […]
France Télévisions rolls out first HbbTV apps
IFA 2011 – BERLIN. Following a successful pilot during the 2011 Roland Garros Tournament, French public broadcaster France Télévisions is launching a hybrid broadcast broadband portal and an innovative TV […]
Three German broadcasters launch HbbTV apps
Three German broadcasters – home shopping channel QVC, private broadcaster Vox and regional public broadcaster NDR – have launched interactive HbbTV services.
Panasonic integrates HbbTV in TV sets
IFA 2011 – BERLIN. Panasonic has announced it is adding HbbTV functionality to its VT-30 TV sets. The CE manufacturer has also said it will update its 2011 and most […]
German Videoweb launches smart TV set-top
IFA 2011 – BERLIN. The German firm VideoWeb has introduced a stand-alone set-top box, the VideoWeb TV, which turns any TV set into a connected device. The set-top, which retails […]
Kabel eins launches HbbTV app
IFA 2011 – BERLIN. ProSiebenSat.1 Digital has announced the launch of a full HbbTV service on its Kabel eins channel from September 1, 2011.
HD+ goes hybrid and interactive with HbbTV
New receivers for the German HD+ platform on Astra will be equipped with the HD InterActive feature from NetRange MMH using the HbbTV standard. The first internet-enabled receivers should already […]
Spanish broadcasters press for HBBtv
Representatives of public broadcaster RTVE and the commercial Antena 3 Group, along with Nagravision, Havas Media and Vodafone, have told the second annual conference of the Spanish interactive television association […]