17 Feb 2015 07:00
17 February 2015
Motive Television PLC
("Motive" or the "Company")
First Update to TabletTV US Released to Apple
New capabilities and improved performance; first in a series of updates
Today Motive announces that it has released the first TabletTV update in the United States featuring new capabilities and improved performance. The new version 3.24 has been submitted to the Apple App Store for review and is expected to be available to TabletTV US customers within a week. The new App will seamlessly update the software and T-Pod firmware automatically through the standard update process without any cost to TabletTV users.
This update is the first in a series of improvements that will be available in the next weeks and months in accordance with Motive's product roadmap and feedback from users. While this initial update applies to TabletTV US, the first update to feature additional features and improvements for TabletTV customers in the UK will soon be released by Motive.
Among the future updates will be the release of TabletTV Europe, the addition of Chromecast capability, and the extension of TabletTV to Android devices.
Specifically, TabletTV 3.24 provides better WiFi performance between the T-Pod and tablet, automatically updates the T-Pod firmware, greatly increases the speed of transfer of recorded programmes from T-Pod to tablet, and adds pause and rewind functions to the one-touch recording function. In addition, the new version introduces automatic location-based acquisition of program information in preparation for rollout of TTV nationally.
Leonard M Fertig, CEO of Motive, commented, "Our Barcelona and Casablanca based engineering teams are working hard to fulfill an aggressive product roadmap that improves and extends Motive's signature product. We anticipate releasing new features for the US and UK every few weeks and simultaneously extending TabletTV to additional countries during 2015. Interest among consumers and broadcasters is high and is expected to grow as we introduce new features."
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Notes to Editors
Motive Television provides broadcasters and pay television operators with enabling technology that provides opportunities to deliver highly valued services to viewers that generate additional income and retain existing subscribers, comprising:
Content Express™
Today's television viewers are demanding the ability to watch whatever they want when they want it on any screen, and Motive's Content Express™ makes that possible without having to build new networks. Content Express™ software provides secure delivery and management of non-linear digital content across any type of broadcast network to any consumer-facing screen or device. Motive has deployed it in both single and hybrid distribution systems that combine broadband access with traditional distribution for an optimal solution.
Motive's Content Express™ solutions platform provides a one-stop shop for digital terrestrial broadcasters, satellite, DTT cable pay television platforms, and Internet OTT content providers to offer new services including: Video on Demand (VOD and SVOD), Catch-up television, Tablet Television, Targeted advertising for VOD, Mocast for 4G LTE, Virtual channels and Video2Go.
Tablet TV
With a proprietary app and T-Pod antenna-tuner, tablet owners around the globe can watch and record all the programming currently broadcast over digital terrestrial channels. Additionally, Tablet TV subscribers have the ability to download a selection of video-on-demand movies and programmes without the need for Internet access and, when they are connected, use integrated social networking and access anything available over the Internet.
Motive's content division is:
Motive Television Limited, a Dublin-based award-winning independent production company that produces factual programmes for Irish broadcasters. It specializes in live sports production and sports documentaries and also produces factual and entertainment series.
Motive Television was founded in London in 2005 and its shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange (AIM).
http://www.motivetelevision.co.uk