eBroadcast celebrates 10th Anniversary

Hello friends,

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the birth of eBroadcast.

eBroadcast commenced operation in October 2002, after taking over the reigns of Australia's first EPG company, Sofcom.

Since then we've seen the EPG and Cinema Listings industry explode and progressively become more and more aligned with the daily entertainment needs of Australians.

Today, eBroadcast powers Australia's leading movie listings service, providing clients with 30 day schedules, online ticketing, multimedia and social intergration.

eBroadcast is also a pioneer in the mobile world, launching Australia's first EPG and Movie Listings app over multiple platforms. It remains one of the most popular entertainment apps available.

In the months ahead, eBroadcast will be launching major products for the EPG and Movie Listings industry that are the result of over two years of extensive research and development.

We'd like to invite you to watch this space. We're only just beginning!

Cheers,

Glen Murphy
Director & Founder, eBroadcast

eBroadcast Movie Times now seen on EzyDVD & WOWHD

Australia's leading Movie Time service can now be seen on popular entertainment sites EzyDVD.com.au and WOWHD.com.au

Both of these great sites offer rolling seven day session times for all cinemas in Australia, with direct links available for booking seats at local venues. The sites also showcase the latest trailers, top twenty box office reports and information on all the latest movie releases.

Further info on eBroadcast's Movie Times can be found here.

EzyDVD - http://www.ezydvd.com.au
WOWHD - http://www.wowhd.com.au

eBroadcast Launches Extended Session Times

From this week, eBroadcast will be offering content partners, mobile and website users an industry-leading four week cinema schedule.

The advanced rolling timetable offers users the ability to book their cinema seats with all major cinemas up to a month in advance. Previously, the industry standard schedule consisted of a seven day, Thursday to Wednesday timetable.

Currently, participating cinemas are Event Cinemas (including BCC and Greater Union), Hoyts Cinemas, Village Cinemas, Palace Cinemas, Reading Cinemas and over 50 independent cinemas. All remaining cinemas offer the existing standard seven day schedule with a view to launching extended data in the near future.

The new four week schedule further strengthens eBroadcast's popular Movie Times product in the Australian marketplace. Earlier this year, eBroadcast was the first to launch integrated ticketing facilities, extensive social media integration and iTunes trailer support directly into its Movie Times product.

The eBroadcast Movie Times service is viewed thousands of times per day on mobile phones via ABC Mobile, News Limited Mobile, MyMovies, eBroadcast's own TV & Movie Guide Australia app (available on iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry devices) and is seen on a growing catalogue of major Australian websites.

Tablets now in 15% of Australian homes

A recent report suggests that while the take-up of tablet devices is increasing, traditional TV viewing remains the number one choice for viewing video content.

An estimated 15% of Australian households now own at least one tablet device, according to the latest Australian Multi-Screen Report. Since 2010, the amount of people viewing video content on tablets has grown from 2% to 5%.

But TV viewing is where most eyeballs sit. Our average monthly time spent viewing television content via conventional TV sets is up by 1 hour and 12 minutes since 2011, now at nearly 100 hours per month.

The report also finds that almost 96% of all Australian homes have at least one digital enabled TV set and 47% have a time-shifting device such as a Free-to-Air PVR or FOXTEL IQ.

When we're on the go, Aussies also cannot do without their smart phone, with an estimated 48% of us, 16 years and over, owning a smart phone.

However, the report suggests we overwhelmingly prefer to view our video content on the traditional TV set - the larger the better. 96% of all video viewing still goes to the humble television.

Matt Bruce, from Nielsen’s media group, maintains that Australians' fast adoption of smart phones and tablets is broadening the viewing opportunities of TV across multiple platforms.

"Our Nielsen Online Consumer Report 2012 forecasts that growth of tablet use among online Australians will more than double this year to 39%, while smart phone ownership is expected to reach 64%."

"The rapid rise of these devices and new technologies is further extending Australians’ TV viewing opportunities, and our Multi-Screen report is providing media owners, agencies and advertisers with clarity and actionable insights into the way multiple screens are reaching and engaging with consumers.”

eBroadcast app installed by 100,000 Android fans

Today, eBroadcast celebrated the 100,000th installation of the free TV & Movie Guide Australia app for Android.

Launched last year, the free TV & Movie Guide Australia app is powered by eBroadcast's Movie Time and EPG service, the recognised entertainment source used by many of Australia's most popular apps across Android, iOS and Blackberry platforms.

It joins the enormous success of the iPhone and iPad versions of the app which together sees Australian users install our suite of applications thousands of times per day.

We are so proud of how this app has been received by Android users from day one of launch. We hope to bring many new features to the app in the very near future!

eBroadcast introduces ticketing technology for Hoyts and Palace Cinemas

eBroadcast was first to market in 2011 with the introduction of booking facilities for Australia's Event Cinemas, integrated into both the eBroadcast network and syndicated API partners.

This week we are creating another Australian first with the inclusion of further booking technology into the eBroadcast API for two more movie giants - Hoyts and Palace Cinemas.

This expansion now enables many more lovers of cinema to enjoy one-stop booking features on the eBroadcast network and our syndicated API partners, whilst providing more venues with exciting new platforms to directly sell tickets.

Check out the Australian Movie Guide at eBroadcast to test drive the new ticketing technology. Organisations interested in licensing our API for their publication can contact us here.

eBroadcast will be announcing ticketing technology for more venues soon.

eBroadcast powers top iPad apps

With news of iPad sales soaring for Apple, it is no surprise that the iPad platform is our biggest growth area in application downloads from within the Australian region.

With that news we'd like to congratulate eBroadcast's iPad guys in reaching the number one position on the iTunes Lifestyle chart with eBroadcast's TV & Movie Guide for iPad app. Amazingly, it has held that position for the past couple of weeks after almost a year on the charts!

In addition, a big congrats to the Apps Perhaps guys for the top performance of OzTV for iPad, powered by eBroadcast. It has continuously been at the top of the charts since it launched and is currently placed second in Lifestyle. A fantastic application.

Both TV & Movie Guide for iPad and OzTV for iPad are available on your app store for $2.99 each.