The Sky Help Team tweeted in the early hours this morning - the warning that all of its apps, which also include Sky Sports News, Sky Wi-Fi, Sky Go, Sky+, Sky News, and Sky Movies have been compromised by the Syrian Electronic Army. Sky is advising users to uninstall all their apps from devices and all were removed from the Google Play Store. TV Everywhere from Sky appears to be on the halt. zeebox, partially owned by BSkyB was not hacked it appears and is still available. Cnet...

Uber-Creative Steven Soderbergh - an American film producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, and an Academy Award–winning film director has just opened up an eCommerce website called Extension 376, where it appears he is reaching out to his fans in a new way. The brain behind cult classic Sex, Lies and Videotape and blockbusters such Out of Sight, Erin Brockovic, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, has recently launched Extension 756 and, according to Marc Schiller, from Bond...

Microsoft and the NFL have announced a multiyear, landmark partnership that will deliver truly unique interactive NFL television experiences for the next-generation Xbox One and leverage Microsoft devices and services to evolve the in-game, sideline experience for coaches, players and other personnel. “We love the passion that players, coaches and fans bring to the NFL game; it’s what makes the NFL game-day experience so unique,” said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO. “We’re excited to apply our...

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and Zattoo, a provider of live internet TV, have signed a deal to broadcast linear TV programmes on the internet in German. By this summer, the programmes of RTL Television, Vox, N-TV, RTL Nitro, Super RTL and RTL II will be streamed live on Zattoo and available as catchup in a backwards EPG for two weeks. Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland’s channels will be added to Zattoo’s HiQ package and will be viewable in TV quality. Zattoo is Europe`s largest provider of...

Spain's AtresMedia (On 6 March 2013 Grupo Antena 3 was renamed Atresmedia) has made the leap to more interactive television with AtresMedia Conecta - a second screen, social TV application. Viewers who download the App, can enjoy exclusive content and AtresMedia programs through AtresMedia Connect. This interactive application, available for free for Android, iPhone and iPad , extends the range of interactive broadcasts beyond Antena 3. In addition, AtresMedia Conecta presents a much more...

Zend, an Israeli world wide web infrastructure software company relating to the development, deployment and management of PHP-based web application, has just released the results of its annual developer survey. The poll of 5,000 developers revealed important information about the adoption of open standards, along with key trends in DevOps, mobile development and cloud. Due to massive takeup of smartphones, tablets and the general consumerization of IT, they say we now live in an “App Economy,”...

According to Fierce Cable, Comcast may attempt to use group discounts similar to those marketed by Groupon and LivingSocial to sell movies on its Xfinity On Demand platform the same day they are released in theaters, according to a U.S. Patent application obtained by FierceCable. Read more: Comcast eyes Groupon approach to day-and-date VOD movie sales. Comcast outlines a strategy that would rely on marketing paid VOD movies through social networks and group discount offers, explaining...

Shazam has launched a total redesign of its TV and Music App for iPad fans, including a new discovery home screen, an improved layout for Shazam tag results for both TV and music, and a new way to browse what your friends have been watching and listening to. The updated app also launches an exclusive new Auto-Tagging feature that helps you continually recognize and engage with any media playing around you, including music, television programs, and TV advertisements — automatically. The new...

As part of as part of its efforts to tap into new technology acquired with the buying of Bluefin Labs for a reported USD$80 million, Twitter has pitched a new program that allows TV Ad buyers in the USA to pair Twitter ads with the commercials they’re already running on TV. TV ad targeting for Promoted Tweets is available as of today for agencies running national TV commercials in the US market (in a limited beta to selected partners). TV ad targeting, reports Xconomy, enables marketers to...

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos revealed in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter that he’d like to double his originals load in 2014. That would mean eight new series for a total of sixteen new shows, and some of them might even be owned by Netflix rather than simply licensed. On his wish list for potential collaborators: Warren Beatty, who he argues has been constrained by the limits of theatrical run times, Sofia Coppola and Jodie Foster, who directed an episode of...

FourthWall Media is expanding its MassiveData television viewership footprint - bringing the total number of viewers who provide set top box data to 4.7 million people using three million cable television devices and residing in 1.8 million homes across the United States. "MassiveData's television viewing panel is the largest independent source of cable viewing data," said Bill Feininger , GM, MassiveData and SVP, Media Measurement for FourthWall. "From this panel, we have access to multiple...

Opera Mediaworks, a subsidiary of Opera Software, today announced its next-generation ad platform for connected TVs. Dubbed AdMarvel for Connected TVs, the platform is a forward step in the evolution of online video advertising into the connected TV space. Many people inside and outside the TV industry don't realize, but collectively, the Opera Devices SDK and the Opera TV Store run on more than 50 million devices worldwide. “As connected TV households worldwide reach critical mass in the...