A state supreme court in Dusseldorf has banned plans by German broadcasters RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 to launch a joint online video platform similar to Hulu for the German market. The court upheld previous objections to the platform, arguing it would further strengthen the two networks’ supposed “duopoly” in the German advertising market. The channels associated […]
maxdome has entered a multi-year licensing agreement with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution for the VoD rights in Germany to a broad selection of current and upcoming NBCUniversal feature films, as well as a collection of library classics. Markus Härtenstein, managing director maxdome, said: “Closing this deal means that we are now cooperating with all major […]
Nearly two thirds (62 per cent) of wi-fi users in the UK are experiencing problems with their wi-fi signal, with 63 per cent suffering from slow speeds, according to new research from Ofcom-accredited comparison site Broadbandchoices.co.uk. In a study that questioned over 2,000 Brits, a further 32 per cent complained that their connection keeps dropping […]
Amazon has introduced the Amazon Instant Video App for iPad, enabling customers to stream or download Amazon Instant Video movies and TV episodes from their video library directly on their iPad. The app also makes more than 20,000 titles from Prime Instant Video available to Prime members such as hit TV shows like Glee and […]
DirecTV’s Brazilian ‘Sky’ DTH service is adding HBOs ‘Go’ broadband service in August. The service will be free to DirecTV subscribers provided they are taking HBO’s Max premium channels. HBO says it is also talking to other regional players such as Net and GVT about tapping into ‘Go’ and a rights-cleared library of about 1000 […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from two recent video reports – VoD and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscriber – which tracks equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video providers, and Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers, which tracks IP, cable, satellite, and hybrid set-top boxes and OTT media servers. “2012 will be […]
LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, has confirmed a Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) deal to give subscribers in the UK and Germany streaming access to titles from Miramax, the independent studio with a renowned library of critically-acclaimed films. Beginning this summer, LOVEFiLM subscribers in both the UK and Germany will have instant, on-demand access to Miramax […]
Nova, the biggest commercial television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, is using technology supplied by leading broadcast and multiscreen systems integrator Visual Unity to power its live online streaming and Video on Demand service, VOYO. Having worked closely with Visual Unity to launch and then transition VOYO to a subscription-only service earlier this year, TV […]
Hollywood studios continue to see a slow turnaround in home video sales after a seven-year decline, as consumers increase the numbers of movies and TV shows they stream online and buy more HD Blu-ray discs as DVDs fall from favour. The Digital Entertainment Group, a trade group whose members include studios and electronics companies in […]
Viewster and Warner Bros have signed a distribution deal that will see the Studio’s current releases and brand new blockbusters, as well as around 1000 catalogue titles made available via Viewster’s VoD platform. This two-part deal will make some of Warner Bros’ most popular content available to Viewster users in German-speaking territories – beginning with […]