LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company and Europe’s largest subscription service – streaming movies and TV episodes over the Internet and sending DVDs by post – launches on Xbox LIVE, giving millions more film fans instant access to the movies they want to watch, when they want to watch them.

Xbox LIVE members will be able to instantly watch thousands of movies via LOVEFiLM Instant – the movie streaming service – including exclusive content such as the award-winning drama Gran Torino and teen phenomenon The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, with forthcoming titles The Dark Knight, breakout comedy The Hangover and dark romance Blue Valentine becoming available in time for Christmas.

Kinect for Xbox 360 will transform the way people use LOVEFiLM Instant to search and watch movies.  For the first time thanks to Kinect, LOVEFiLM can be effortlessly controlled using voice commands or gestures, enhancing the ease of the movie-viewing experience.

LOVEFiLM Instant is available on packages from just £4.99 via a huge range of devices including PCs, iPad®, Internet-connected TV sets, Blu-ray players, tablets and games consoles.  Becoming an Xbox LIVE integrated film service provider is another milestone in LOVEFiLM’s ambition to bring the service to as many homes as possible.

Simon Calver, CEO of Amazon’s LOVEFiLM, said:

“It is an exciting day for LOVEFiLM customers and an auspicious day for the TV entertainment industry as a whole.  Launching LOVEFiLM Instant on Xbox 360 and Kinect means bringing the service to a million more living rooms – a huge achievement.

LOVEFiLM members in the UK can access our content in another exciting, innovative way and all for one straightforward price.  The simplicity of our pricing and the ease with which customers can use LOVEFiLM Instant should make us the first choice for those customers who want fantastic entertainment at great value for money, anytime, anywhere.”

Stephen McGill, Director of Xbox & Entertainment for Microsoft UK said:

“It’s very exciting to see the launch of Amazon’s LOVEFiLM on Xbox LIVE.  Xbox owners will be eager to get started, using their Kinect-enabled consoles to interact with LOVEFiLM’s extensive catalogue of movies in ways that will only be available on Xbox 360.”

Pushbutton is seeking a Technical Program Manager, for the delivery of TV applications for Amazon and Lovefilm. The role will provide high-impact, cross-functional, customer-facing projects.

The TPM role requires hands-on project management skills, deep technical expertise, and excellent leadership skills. The person will be responsible for collecting business and systems requirements from internal and external customers, writing specifications, driving project schedules from design to release, and managing the production launch.

The Amazon digital video service delivers streaming and downloadable video content to Amazon customers’ personal computers and IP-enabled Televisions, Blu Ray players, and set top boxes. The catalog contains over 100 000 titles, including new and popular titles as well as long-tail and self-published content. The team is committed to delivering the highest quality customer experience, from massive selection and intuitive living room viewing experiences.

You will be working with global teams that deliver our high quality experience, including:

• Content ingestion, encoding, and digital rights management
• Distribution, including content delivery network (CDN) management, streaming, and quality of service
• Client playback, including games consoles, connected living room devices like LG, Panasonic, Sony, Vizio, and Samsung TVs and Blu Ray players, set top boxes like Roku, and mobile clients like the Kindle Fire

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field
• 3+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry, including hands-on management of large, cross-functional software efforts

• Experience managing efforts in Unix/Linux environments, distributed systems and/or developing large scale web applications
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical individuals

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong bias for action and “get it done” attitude
• Deep technical expertise and strong analytical skills are a must

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters in computer science or related technical discipline
• Experience with embedded video clients for Games Consoles, IPTV, STB, or mobile
• Experience with video playback, encoding, DRM, and packaging

Please send a current CV to: jobs@pushbutton.tv

No agencies.

About Pushbutton

Pushbutton is an award winning user interface design and development company. We work with all of the key digital platforms and devices, and put engaging interactive media applications into the hands of, and onto the TV screens of, millions of people across the globe.

Having recently been acquired by Amazon Inc, Pushbutton is expanding and looking for talented individuals to join our team of experienced developers and designers at our friendly, and supportive studio in the heart of quirky Clerkenwell.

Our company culture encourages creative thinking, initiative taking and the production of work that pushes the limits of platforms and sets a benchmark for quality.

An opportunity has arisen for a high caliber Senior Development Manager within our growing organization based in London.

As a leading provider of TV software systems across devices the Snr Dev Manager will have the chance to work on a range of infrastructure and software projects in a vibrant and challenging environment. You will be working in a team of software development engineers and report to the CTO.

The role will focus around managing the development teams across connected TV’s, games consoles and set top boxes.

You will need to be confident and passionate about technology and user experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of high caliber Software Engineers working on building world class, scalable distributed systems.
• Recruit, hire, mentor and coach Software Development Engineers.
• Interface with our internal customers to understand requirements, set priorities and communicate direction and progress.
• Own all operational metrics and support for your team’s software.
• Help develop long-term development and business technology strategies.

Qualifications

• Candidates must possess strong verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated technical leadership.
• 5-10 years experience in Software development with experience as a Development Manager, managing teams of software engineers and delivering on a technology roadmap.
• Strong business and technical vision.
• Experience in development of distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications.
• Strong technical credentials – knowledge of TV platforms, set top boxes, CE devices, networking, content security, DRM, streaming technologies, web browsers and the 2D/3D graphics.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related degree.

Please send a current CV to: jobs@pushbutton.tv

No agencies.

About Pushbutton

Pushbutton is an award winning user interface design and development company. We work with all of the key digital platforms and devices, and put engaging interactive media applications into the hands of, and onto the TV screens of, millions of people across the globe.

Having recently been acquired by Amazon Inc, Pushbutton is expanding and looking for talented individuals to join our team of experienced developers and designers at our friendly, and supportive studio in the heart of quirky Clerkenwell.

Our company culture encourages creative thinking, initiative taking and the production of work that pushes the limits of platforms and sets a benchmark for quality.

Pushbutton is looking for a full time Webkit / Embedded Developer to join our talented, creative and supportive team based in Farringdon, London. You’ll be working with some of the biggest and brightest entertainment brands as well as our own IP.

Specifically, we’re looking for someone who can join our team of experienced developers to build cross-platform, standards based solutions using open source tools including WebKit and Javascript Core. You’ll have already built these technologies into software stacks, preferably for devices such as a connected TVs, STBs or games consoles.

We are looking for candidates who can get on well in a team, are passionate about tech and application development and have the following qualifications, skills and experience:

Essential

• Development experience with WebKit and Javascript Core including integration onto new platforms
• C++ & STL for resource-constrained devices
• Embedded multithreaded systems
• Javascript & Javascript Frameworks
• TCP/IP
• Open source tools, development & debugging
• Comfortable developing using a Windows or Linux environment

Desirable

• Visual C++
• Code management systems (e.g. Perforce, Git)
• UML, TDD
• Experience with Connected TVs, STBs or games consoles
• Experience with streaming media/IPTV
• Experience integrating other scripting engines and VMs, e.g. LUA, J2ME
• Configuration of build environments and scripts on diverse platforms
• WebGL, graphics engine integration (2D/3D)

Please send a current CV to: jobs@pushbutton.tv

No agencies.

About Pushbutton

Pushbutton is an award winning user interface design and development company. We work with all of the key digital platforms and devices, and put engaging interactive media applications into the hands of, and onto the TV screens of, millions of people across the globe.

Having recently been acquired by Amazon Inc, Pushbutton is expanding and looking for talented individuals to join our team of experienced developers and designers at our friendly, and supportive studio in the heart of quirky Clerkenwell.

Our company culture encourages creative thinking, initiative taking and the production of work that pushes the limits of platforms and sets a benchmark for quality.

Pushbutton is seeking a Senior Manager, Technical Program Management, for the delivery of TV application for Amazon and Lovefilm. The role will lead high-impact, cross-functional, customer-facing projects.

The Senior Manager, TPM role requires hands-on project management skills, deep technical expertise, and excellent leadership skills. The person will be responsible for collecting business and systems requirements from internal and external customers, writing specifications, driving project schedules from design to release, and managing the production launch.

The Senior Manager, TPM will also be responsible for setting project management standards and expectations, managing, leading and mentoring other TPMs, and delivering large, cross functional projects.

The Amazon digital video service delivers streaming and downloadable video content to Amazon customers’ personal computers and IP-enabled Televisions, Blu Ray players, and set top boxes. The catalog contains over 100 000 titles, including new and popular titles as well as long-tail and self-published content. The team is committed to delivering the highest quality customer experience, from massive selection and intuitive living room viewing experiences.

You will be working with global teams that deliver our high quality experience, including:
- Content ingestion, encoding, and digital rights management
- Distribution, including content delivery network (CDN) management, streaming, and quality of service
- Client playback, including games consoles, connected living room devices like LG, Panasonic, Sony, Vizio, and Samsung TVs and Blu Ray players, set top boxes like Roku, and mobile clients like the Kindle Fire
.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field
• 7+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry, including hands-on management of large, cross-functional software efforts
• Experience managing efforts in Unix/Linux environments, distributed systems and/or developing large scale web applications
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical individuals
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong bias for action and “get it done” attitude
• Deep technical expertise and strong analytical skills are a must
• Experience managing, mentoring and developing junior program managers
• Experience identifying, hiring, developing top talent

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters in computer science or related technical discipline
• Experience with embedded video clients for Games Consoles, IPTV, STB, or mobile
• Experience with video playback, encoding, DRM, and packaging

Please send a current CV to: jobs@pushbutton.tv

No agencies.

About Pushbutton

Pushbutton is an award winning user interface design and development company. We work with all of the key digital platforms and devices, and put engaging interactive media applications into the hands of, and onto the TV screens of, millions of people across the globe.

Having recently been acquired by Amazon Inc, Pushbutton is expanding and looking for talented individuals to join our team of experienced developers and designers at our friendly, and supportive studio in the heart of quirky Clerkenwell.

Our company culture encourages creative thinking, initiative taking and the production of work that pushes the limits of platforms and sets a benchmark for quality.

Virtually scratch off pairs of snowmen and discover cash prizes up to £80,000 when you match two symbols, it couldn’t be simpler! Pushbutton have added slick animated details such as snowflakes, a moving scarf on the snowman and money falling from the sky.

The game concept is based on an initial creative brief from Camelot, which was then designed and built by Pushbutton.  Snow me the Money went live on the National Lottery website in November 2011. It is available to play now for a limited period (over winter we imagine!).

SEE LIVE GAME

Using 3D animation of the game characters and rich graphics, Maze of Fortune is both visually interesting and enjoyable to play.

Find your way through the Maze of Fortune searching for treasure as you explore. Use directional arrows to explore the maze and open the treasure chests with your silver keys. Within the chests are random mini games where you are challenged to charm a snake, select the correct lamp to release the treasure genie, and empty old vases to find hidden treasure. The more treasure you find, the higher the chance of winning!

Maze of Fortune is the second online game that Pushbutton have designed and built for National Lottery operator, Camelot. Treasures of the Deep was the first game which launched in March 2011.

Take a look at behind the scenes design on our Facebook Page – from initial sketches to 3D modelling.

SEE LIVE GAME

It’s Europe’s biggest app conference and will gather some of the biggest and brightest names in development to participate in free workshops and an exhibition bringing people from all over Europe together.

We have a stand showcasing some recent work from Pushbutton. We’ll have developers on hand to talk tech and search for new talent to join the team in our London office.

Find us opposite Intel and Samsung on stand 109.

Book your FREE exhibition pass now.
http://www.apps-world.net/europe/register/exhibition-pass

The Xbox announcement has been included on top news and tech sites around the world.

The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/oct/05/microsoft-xbox-tv-service

MSN
http://tech.uk.msn.com/microsoft/microsoft-launches-xbox-360-tv-service

The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/8811913/Xbox-360-to-launch-new-TV-and-film-services.html

LOVEFiLM on iPad

The Sun, the UK’s biggest selling daily newspaper, introduced the new LOVEFiLM iPad App as ‘App of the Week’ on its first week of launch!

Journalist Dave Masters comments that it is an ‘iPad gem’, and goes on to say that it is a ‘slick player which allows subscribers to stream movies when you’re hooked up to a WiFi network’.

Pushbutton developed the app in partnership with LOVEFiLM.

More news stories:

Gizmodo
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2011/09/lovefilm%E2%80%99s-ipad-app-streams-films-over-wi-fi/

Tech Digest
http://www.techdigest.tv/2011/09/app_of_the_day_52.html

Advanced Television
http://www.advanced-television.com/index.php/2011/09/29/lovefilm-ipad-app/

Wired
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-09/29/lovefilm-on-ipad

The agreement between the two leading home entertainment companies sees LOVEFiLM become an official Xbox LIVE integrated film service provider and is the next step in LOVEFiLM’s strategy for multi-platform delivery – offering streaming on the LOVEFiLM Player, through the PC, iPad®, in-home connected living room devices, PlayStation®3 and soon, Xbox 360.

UK and German LOVEFiLM members will be able to instantly stream thousands of titles from major studios and independents, in addition to the rental by post service. Exclusive content available to stream includes the global phenomenon The Twilight Saga, Unknown, starring Liam Neeson and thriller Source Code, starringJake Gyllenhaal – to name a few.

With Kinect for Xbox 360, user interaction will be made more personal and intuitive, with the ability to effortlessly control the LOVEFiLM Player App through motion, gestures and voice commands. This interactivity will revolutionise the way film fans manage their movie selection and engage with LOVEFiLM.

Simon Calver, CEO of LOVEFiLM said:

“This is an exciting and important deal for our customers and is the next move in LOVEFiLM’s strategy of helping as many homes as possible connect to our service. We want to be the first choice for UK and German customers to get the best entertainment. Xbox LIVE already has a large consumer base of all ages – all of whom will now be able to connect with our great content, whether TV series’, exclusive digital films or DVDs, Blu-rays and games by post, all for one simple price

We are pleased to announce this partnership as both parties really focus on giving customers exciting and innovative services. We are proud to be a part of Microsoft’s expansion into the entertainment space and confident it will help fuel our ambition to become Europe’s largest membership entertainment service.”

Stephen McGill, Director of Xbox & Entertainment for Microsoft UK said:

“Microsoft is very excited to be welcoming LOVEFiLM to Xbox LIVE. I feel certain that the opportunity to interact with LOVEFiLM’s amazing catalogue of studio and independent film releases using Kinect-enabled voice and gesture commands will be well received by Xbox owners here in the UK.”

Members will be able to scroll through titles on the page, search through categories including ‘Pick of the Week’, ‘Most Watched’ and ‘Highest Rated’, view ratings and search through the LOVEFiLM instant offering by title, actor and genre.

Pushbutton CEO, Paula Byrne, added “Xbox is the perfect canvas for designers and developers of interactive media services to create exciting user interfaces. We are very excited about this announcement from LOVEFiLM and Microsoft. The future for film-loving Xbox owners looks bright indeed.”