Sezmi, Best Buy sign TV 2.0 partnership
TV 2.0 start-up Sezmi is ready to take on the cable and satellite giants in a partnership with Best Buy it announced last week, says The Wrap.
Under the agreement, the retailer will distribute Sezmi's $299 reception centres and media players. Sezmi combines broadband and traditional broadcasting in an all-in-one box that it claims is a cheaper alternative to other paid television services.
The service offers on-demand movies, live television and streaming Web videos through its powerful antenna. "When it comes to television, we've been stuck in the same old experience for too long," says Sezmi CEO YC Buno Pati. "We want to take all these different elements and screens and integrate them into one, but in a way that's not clunky."
NBC suspends licence over piracy
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the broadcast licence of Communication Trends, according to The Punch.
Awwalu Salihu, NBC's head of public affairs in Abuja, says the suspension of the broadcast licence followed a continued breach of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code by Communication Trends.
Salihu explains that while monitoring reports, it was revealed that a majority of the programmes in the bouquet of the company were being aired without franchise agreement or authority from the rights owners.
BBC brings World Cup to smartphones
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) says it will introduce new sports and news applications to satisfy mobile phone user and football fan demand, reports DNA India.
Live Sport is one of a string of free video-on-demand applications, which the BBC plans to debut this year, starting with its news applications in April. The decision means football fans will be able to watch every England game live on their smartphone, as well as clips of every goal scored in this summer's tournament in SA.
"It's been 12 years since the launch of BBC Online, but as media converges and technology accelerates, licence fee payers are increasingly using sophisticated handheld devices to access information," says Erik Huggers, BBC's director of future technology.
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