Universal Music
A new classical collection
Les Digitubes, the new digital collection from Deutsche Grammophon, features a selection of unique works that are among the greatest hits of classical music, offering the very best versions performed by famous Deutsche Grammophon artists. Downloadable tracks and excerpts to listen to before buying are available via all legal download platforms. The first five tracks are available now: Forbidden Games; Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Ravel: Bolero; and Strauss: The Blue Danube. Other titles will follow.
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Canal+
Social Player: a video and social platform
Canal+ is now offering Social Player, a video and social platform developed according to the profile and preferences of the user and his or her community of friends. Accessible from the canalplus.fr homepage (dedicated tab) or directly via the program pages, it is offered free-of-charge for computers and tablets and will soon be expanded to include a special mobile app. The functions include a personalized playlist and newsfeed, channel suggestions, program-related posts on Twitter and Facebook, and a “time comment” that offers the user the option of commenting on a precise time in the video and directly accessing the sequences with the most comments. It’s a great new way to follow your favorite programs at your own pace while staying in touch with your friends!
SFR
New TV lineups and Canal+ unencrypted in replay mode
SFR has expanded its TV content range with the launch of two new content-specific lineups designed for a wide audience. With a vast choice of programs and the SFR TV app, SFR is offering an extensive, accessible, innovative and commitment-free choice of TV lineups to those of its customers who have the SFR Box. With over 200 channels available, including nearly 130 from outside France, SFR previously offered general-interest lineups focused on entertainment, young people’s interests, sports, movies, shows and music. Now, each customer has the chance to select his or her own content-specific lineup and thereby enjoy all of the content available: Cinema, Sports, Entertainment and Portuguese (comprising six Portuguese channels). SFR will be the only operator offering all of the channel’s unencrypted shows in replay mode, 24/7, to those of its customers who are not Canal+ subscribers.
GVT
GVT Freedom
GVT has introduced GVT Freedom, an app for residential and business subscribers to make and receive calls from their fixed number from internet-connected devices such as smartphones or tablets. The initial batch of licences for the first version of the application is available for download at no cost from Google Play and the Apple Store. With GVT Freedom, a consumer can use his monthly franchise of minutes when he/she is not at home, in addition to responding to calls to his fixed number outside the home or office.
