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Apple’s new TV app doesn’t have Netflix, Amazon

Apple has launched a new TV app, which allows users to access to a raft of content from numerous channels, but, crucially, not from Amazon Prime or Netflix. The app effectively allows users to access all of their content, free and paid-for, via one service. Apple unveiled it in the same week chief executive Tim […]

Apple CEO claims ‘intense interest’ in TV, content

Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that he has an “intense interest” in television, and claimed there is “great opportunity” for the company to create and own content. Speaking on the company’s third quarter earnings call, Cook also said that Apple is “open to acquisitions of any size that are of strategic value where we […]

Comment: Are newspaper giants the new pay TV channels?

The news back in September that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had bought the iconic Washington Post newspaper for a paltry US$250 million – a fraction of what the paper was once worth – resounded through the media world like a thunderbolt. Although reaction was mixed the prevailing view was that Bezos had a track record […]

CBeebies’ Mister Maker gets companion app

Mister Maker, the CBeebies preschool TV series, has got its own companion app. Mister Maker: Let’s Make It! has this morning (August 12) launched on the Apple Store, available for iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone and iPod touch for £2.99 (US$4.63). The P2 Entertainment-produced app allows users to create pictures using nearly 400 different digital art […]

News brief: Skype founder’s video service rolls out

Vdio, the video rental service for movies and TV shows from Skype co-founder Janus Friis, has launched out of beta mode. The store, which was developed by the same team behind the 2010-launched music subscription service Rdio, originally went live for Rdio Unlimited customers in April, but is now available to anyone, the firm said. […]

TW Cable launches live mobile TV for Apple devices

US cable operator Time Warner Cable is adding live programming and video-on-demand outside the home to its apps for iPads and iPhones for the first time. The cable operator will offer selected video-on-demand and live programming from today, accessible over any WiFi connection. Over 1,100 hours of on-demand shows and movies from 26 networks and […]

CBS starts streaming full episodes to iPads and iPhones

CBS has launched a new app that allows iPad and iPhone users to stream full episodes of TV shows from the US broadcast network. Content from CBS’primetime, daytime and late night schedules will be available. Daytime and late night shows will be available to stream a day after their air date and most primetime shows […]

Nickelodeon launches TV Everywhere iPad app

Viacom-owned kids network Nickelodeon is launching a branded TV Everywhere iPad app. The Nick App will allow kids on-demand access to a range of the kids channel’s content as well as having behind the scenes information and video and associated polls and games. A user authentication system will be used and, once verified as qualifying […]

Kids producer SLR hires ABC commissioner Helen Thwaites

Helen Thwaites, a longstanding commissioner and buyer at Australian public broadcaster the ABC, has joined kids producer SLR. In a 15-year career at the ABC, Thwaites was head of acquisitions and most recently business affairs manager, commissioned [kids] content. Prior to the ABC she had several positions at Southern Star, including head of acquisitions. At […]

Mediaset launches download on-demand offering

Italian broadcaster Mediaset has launched a download-and-play service as part of its Premium Play offering, allowing subscribers to view content offline. Subscribers can download up to 3,000 titles to iPads via WiFi or 3G and view them later. A new version of the Premium Play app has been made available via the Apple App Store. […]