ANT Software Blog - Digital TV Specialist
Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Goodbye BBC Television Centre, Hello MediaCityUK

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Television Centre, home to the BBC since 1960, closes its doors for the last time on March 31. This week saw the BBC wrap-up its news broadc...
Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Tesco hopes you won’t blink and miss the deals

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British retailer Tesco has announced that it is to make its range of online films and TV programmes available to its Tesco Clubcard holders ...
Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Making the most of exclusive premium content

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Already in 2013 we are seeing premium online services providers exploring new ways to differentiate their services. If 2012 was all about Vo...
Friday, 15 February 2013

Holland’s connected TV uptake on the rise

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Latest research from the Dutch Bureau for Statistics (CBS) shows that 20% of Dutch homeowners now own a connected TV set, indicating that o...
Monday, 28 January 2013

Growing multiscreen viewing trend opens up new opportunities for pay-TV providers

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A new report from Pyramid Research has found that as the consumer demand for OTT services increases, pay-TV providers are being forced to a...
Thursday, 24 January 2013

What we watch shapes how we watch

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Data released by Twitter recently has shown how the type of content we are watching can impact our second screen social media activity. For...
Friday, 18 January 2013

Second screen apps here to stay

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We’ve talked previously on this blog about hardware advances that were showcased at CES  this year. Another significant trend at the show w...
Wednesday, 16 January 2013

CES 2013: Bigger, it seems, is better

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For the first time in a few years, the focus for TV manufacturers at CES wasn’t just 3DTV. Instead we saw the top brands competing to bring ...
Tuesday, 8 January 2013

85% of flat-panel TVs getting smart

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A recent report by Gartner indicates that the production of smart TVs is growing rapidly, with smart TVs predicted to make up nearly 85% o...
Friday, 4 January 2013

Global Pay-TV will reach 907m in 2013

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The global pay TV market saw strong growth in 2012, with nearly 47 million new subscribers taking the total size of the market to an estimat...
Monday, 31 December 2012

Real time second screen viewing analysis arrives

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We’ve been saying it for some time now but it seems that the popularity of second screen viewing is now so popular that media companies and ...
Thursday, 20 December 2012

Twitter spikes demonstrate links between TV and social media

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After a year of sport which saw the Olympics come to the UK, a Brit win a tennis major,  Chelsea win the European Champions League and a Bri...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Would Twitter be 'poorer' without TV?

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Twitter’s sales director, Bruce Daisely, recently said that Twitter would be “poorer” without TV.  Up to sixty per cent of Twitter users in...
Monday, 10 December 2012

Smartphone growth provides Connected TV and second screen opportunities

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Nearly half of the UK now owns a smartphone. What’s interesting about the smartphone adoption rate is the pace at which it has accelerated (...
Thursday, 29 November 2012

Deutsche Telekom considering cloud TV move

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At the OTTtv World Summit recently, Deutsche Telekom confirmed that it’s planning to push ahead with its launch of multi-screen services . ...
Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Russia prepares for HbbTV

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We’ve seen strong growth in HbbTV over the last year, not least in Central and Eastern Europe. Poland and the Czech Republic have both launc...
Friday, 16 November 2012

Smart TV Growth but North America Still Slow to Adopt

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A recent study from NPD DisplaySearch points towards an encouraging increase in sales of connected TVs, with growth of over 15% predicted f...
Monday, 12 November 2012

Spotify moves into connected TV world with Samsung deal

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Samsung announced recently that the Spotify music streaming service is now available on their smart TVs .  While Spotify already has a stron...
Thursday, 8 November 2012

What impact will Amazon’s monthly option on Prime have on the movie rental market?

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Amazon is testing a new monthly option for its video-streaming service, Prime .  Prime already offers free two-day shipping, free video stre...
Tuesday, 6 November 2012

UK digital TV switchover signals the end for Ceefax

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The final analogue transmission in the UK took place last month. A decade into the new century, Britain’s airwaves are finally a digital dom...
Friday, 2 November 2012

Moving the EPG to the companion device, a natural evolution

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One new development that was commonplace at IBC this year is the use of companion devices such as an iPad or smartphone for navigating the E...
Monday, 29 October 2012

Integrating catch-up services into the EPG

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The recent high-profile launches of YouView and Freesat’s new Freetime service in the UK have shifted focus back on to the role that the EPG...
Friday, 26 October 2012

Smart TVs Help TV Overtake PC For Online Video Viewing

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A recent study from the NPD group in the US has revealed that the television has now overtaken the PC as the preferred device for viewing o...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012

What impact will the iPad Mini have on the multi-screen TV viewing experience?

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Apple’s much anticipated gadget, the iPad Mini was unveiled last night , but what impact will it have on the multi-screen TV viewing experie...
Thursday, 18 October 2012

BBC scales back Red Button video ahead of connected TV service

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The BBC has recently announced that they’re scaling back their use of “red button” video ahead of a wider deployment of their connected TV...
Friday, 12 October 2012

DTG releases connected TV spec version two

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The UK Digital TV Group (DTG) recently released a new version of its connected TV specification – D-Book 7 part B.  ANT has been heavily in...
Wednesday, 10 October 2012

It’s Official: Sport is Social

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The British public is embracing second screening as part of their everyday viewing habits. According to Sky , 75% of people now watch TV wit...
Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Umbrella Apps

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Apps for the TV is fast becoming a hot topic. A recent survey by Appcelerator has found that more than 80 per cent of developers felt they ...
Friday, 21 September 2012

Will iPhone 5 increase multiscreen viewing in the home?

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So the dust has settled on the launch of the new iPhone model. There was no great new feature that stole the headlines . It was simply more ...
Tuesday, 11 September 2012

ANT wins at ConnectedWorld.TV Awards

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Last night at the ConnectedWorld.TV Awards we collected the prize for the best native app for a portable device for ANT Galio Move. The a...
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