More than a third of British viewers regularly watch programmes on-demand instead of relying on traditional TV schedules, according to research. The report from Tiscali shows that 37 per cent, twice last year’s figure of 17 per cent, are now used to creating their own TV schedules. More than three-quarters (79 per cent) of British […]
Oprah Winfrey will soon be getting her own television network. Winfrey and Discovery Communications said that they would jointly create OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, a cable television channel to make its debut in 2009 on what is now the Discovery Health Channel. Discovery Health is available in more than 70 million homes. The new […]
Overlay.TV has completed a $4.6 million financing round and will be launching its Internet video-advertising platform in February. The funding comes from Celtic House Venture Partners, EdgeStone Capital Partners and Tech Capital Partners. The Overlay.TV platform allows viewers to interact with online video, and enables content owners and distributors to monetize their video assets. As […]
Video seearch engine blinkx has partnered with 13 additional independent content providers. Calon TV, ChannelFlip.com, Channel X, Foothill Entertainment, Future Shorts, jeko.tv, Journeyman Pictures, Looking Glass International, MoMedia, Monster Distributes, Reelport, Wysiwyg Films and YoungCuts will offer their content though the site.
Eutelsat Communications has inked a major contract for its new Tooway satellite broadband Ka-band service with Swisscom, Switzerland’s leading telecommunications company. According to the agreement with Swisscom, Eutelsat’s Tooway service is the satellite component of a far-reaching universal broadband programme for all Swiss homes. Swisscom won a tender from the Swiss Ministry for Telecommunications to […]
Video rental company Netflix is now offering subscribers unlimited access to movies and television shows to watch via the Web on their personal computers. The feature will be open to all subscribers already on one of their unlimited monthly video rental plans, with no extra charge. Until now, Netflix had limited the number of hours […]
Pace Micro Technology has been selected by Viasat Broadcasting, the leading digital satellite payTV broadcaster in Scandinavia and the Baltic states, to be the launch partner for its HD PVR service. Viasat will be deploying the Pace TDS850NV HD PVR to households across the Nordic countries.
Technetix Group have signed an agreement with a major European telecom PTT for the supply of self install kits. The supply agreement starts in January 2008 and will be for a minimum annual quantity of 10,000 kits. The kits will be used to interconnect their IPTV system within the home. Technetix says it has been […]
NDS has revealed that Arcor, the second largest telecommunications provider in Germany, has selected NDS VideoGuard content protection to secure its new IPTV service. Arcor-Digital TV will initially be available in 51 German cities and communities offering digital TV and advanced entertainment services such as VOD.
Over 3.5 million programmes were streamed or downloaded on demand via the BBC iPlayer within a fortnight of its marketing launch on Christmas Day. The BBC reveals that an average of a quarter of a million programmes have been downloaded or streamed each day since December 25th. Users, on average, watch each streamed programme for […]