TiVo and streaming player Roku have both announced content partnerships with Hulu Plus, the new subscription model online TV service. Both will make a Hulu Plus channel available to subscribers in the coming months for a $9.99 subscription fee. “We’re thrilled to be able to provide Hulu Plus subscribers with the most inexpensive device to […]
Ooyala, the end-to-end online video platform provider, has made a partnership with Roku, maker of streaming players. The deal gives Ooyala publishers the ability to create custom-branded video channels for Roku boxes. With this integration, Ooyala publishers can now reach Roku’s customer base of more than a half million. The out-of-the-box integration requires no added […]
The European Commission has launched an investigation into the Spanish DTT migration plan over a possible violation of the technology neutrality principle by “favouring certain technologies to the detriment of others”. State subsidies to finance DTT migration are at the centre of the controversy. The EC will investigate the DTT migration plan to determine whether […]
Virgin Media has snuck in to try and steal Sky’s thunder by unveiling ‘the first commercially available 3D TV service for UK viewers.’ The cable TV company has launched 3D Movies on Demand, which will give customers access to 3D versions of films. Virgin Media customers with 3D-enabled set-top boxes (reported to be around 1.2 […]
The Nielsen Company is hoping that its new product will help advertisers and media companies measure their investments more accurately. At the opening of Advertising Week in New York, Nielsen announced its Online Campaign Ratings service, which is intended to provide online advertising data comparable to Nielsen’s television ratings. The product will measure online advertising […]
The number of global IPTV subscribers has increased by more than 2.3 million in the second quarter of 2010 to pass 38.5 million by the end of June, according to research by broadband research firm Point Topic. The research states that the growth is in line with broadband growth, so the proportion of the world’s […]
Time Warner is unlikely to pursue television acquisitions in western Europe, its chief executive has revealed, as the group behind HBO, CNN and Warner Bros concentrates its capital on faster-growing international markets such as Latin America and eastern Europe. “Going into a more static free to air business in a non-leadership position in a mature […]
A consortium of five technology partners – BeeSmart, Edgeware, NetView, Zenterio and Verimatrix has announced the immediate availability of an advanced WebTV solution; an over the top content delivery mechanism, ideal for TV service providers with an ambition to offer rich TV and on-demand services over unmanaged broadband networks.
Russian telco VimpelCom has made an agreement with Warner Brothers Digital Distribution for content to be added to the VOD library of the telco’s IPTV service ‘Beeline TV’. Content covered by the deal includes new movies with rental costing RUB75 ($2.45), and older, back-catalogue movies costing RUB 50.
YouView, the VOD service born from a partnership between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, TalkTalk, BT, Channel 5 and Arqiva, is strangling investment in rival Internet TV services, according to a report by the corporate finance firm Avista Partners. And Electra Entertainment, a company that provides online TV services to clients including Tesco, has told […]