PITTSBURGH, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WhereverTV
Broadcasting Corp. (OTC Pink: TVTV), a leader in delivering
over-the-top (OTT) subscription television services to a variety of
devices including ConnectedTVs, streaming media players,
smartphones and TabletPCs, today announced plans to add Wi-Fi
Alliance's Miracast screencasting capabilities to WhereverTV's
Android application for smartphones and TabletPCs.
The Airplay Alternative
"Miracast is the AirPlay alternative for streaming video
from your Android device to your television," explained
Mark Cavicchia, TVTV's CEO.
"In October 2012, this innovative
technology got a tremendous boost when Google announced it would
implement the Miracast solution in Android 4.2 and beyond and has
since made it available on the Nexus 4 smartphone. As we continue
into 2013, there will be a rapidly growing number of smartphones
and TabletPCs that will take advantage of this technology. And
since Google is now activating more than 1.3 million new Android
devices every day, it only makes sense that WhereverTV's Android
application be enhanced to include Miracast capabilities as
well."
Mr. Cavicchia continued, "It is estimated that Apple has shipped
more than 8 million Apple TVs, including 2 million during the final
quarter of 2012. However, these numbers are only a small fraction
of the total number of Wi-Fi enabled smartphones and TabletPCs in
users' hands and TVs in their living rooms. It is this much broader
audience that the Wi-Fi Alliance is targeting with
Miracast."
Industry analyst IHS iSuppli expects over 1.5 billion devices to
ship in 2016 with the Miracast technology. There are already 135
Miracast certified display devices (e.g. televisions) available
today from Samsung, LG, Sony, Toshiba and many others. Android
smartphone manufacturers, including market leaders HTC, Nokia, and
Samsung, have already certified 54 different source devices.
Benefits to Consumers
"Today's consumers want to watch video on the big-screen,
but prefer browsing and navigating on touch screen devices such as
smartphones and TabletPCs they keep nearby," said Mr. Cavicchia.
"Both Apple's AirPlay and Wi-Fi Alliance's Miracast address this
consumer expectation. But unlike AirPlay's video streaming
capabilities, which are limited to Apple hardware, Miracast relies
on Wi-Fi Direct to deliver content between smartphones, TabletPCs,
TVs, and set-top boxes from a number of manufacturers.
Mr. Cavicchia concluded, "From its inception, WhereverTV has
been committed to providing consumers with as many different
viewing options as possible. We believe the emergence of Miracast
as an Airplay alternative has tremendous and far-reaching benefits
to our Android customers around the world."
The updated WhereverTV Android application with Miracast support
is expected to be available by the end of 2Q2013.
WhereverTV's GoogleTV application can be downloaded by visiting:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wherever.google.tv&hl=en
And the Company's Android Smartphone and TabletPC application
can be downloaded by visiting:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wherever.tv&hl=en
About WhereverTV Broadcasting Corporation
WhereverTV is the next generation subscription
television service, providing consumers with programming identical
to existing cable & satellite providers. WhereverTV delivers
the same channels and events via an over the top (OTT) service
platform to single-family, multi-family, high-rises and businesses
throughout North America and
South America. The Company's
platform downlinks, encodes and broadcasts linear television
programming to Connected Televisions, blu-ray players, set top
boxes, tablet PCs, laptops, and smartphones. The WhereverTV
platform manages broadcast rights across devices and geographies
and provides individual customer viewing experiences based on
customer locations (geo-targeting) and content-rights management
(subscriptions).
This news release contains forward-looking statements, which
may not be based on historical facts. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause the actual results events or developments to
be materially different from any future results, events or
developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These factors should be considered carefully and
readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such
forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable
securities laws, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any
such factors or to publicly announce the results of any revisions
to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to
reflect future results, events or developments.
Contact:
Steve M.
412-663-0094
SOURCE WhereverTV Broadcasting Corp.