A week after announcing its divestment of its broadcast business, video-on-demand specialist SeaChange has said it will sell its services business On Demand Group, in order to concentrate on its software. Speaking at the release of the company’s results CEO Raghu Rau said the company will seek a buyer for all its media services business. […]
For the first time Microsoft says that Xbox Live members are now spending more time watching TV, music and films on the Live platform, than playing multiplayer games. Microsoft has revealed that Xbox Live Gold members in the US are now spending an average of 84 hours per month accessing content through apps on Xbox […]
Channel 5 is to launch its TV catch-up Demand 5 to Android devices, connected TVs and the PS3 this summer. The broadcaster says it has seen viewing across Demand 5 double over the past 12 months. James Tatam head of digital said syndication remains a core part of its strategy, and has helped drive “huge” […]
Disney studios have made transactional video-on-demand deals with online video services YouTube and Google Play in the UK. These first deals in Europe mean that users can buy or rent movies. “This launch will offer UK viewers further choice and flexibility in how they enjoy our must-see films at home or on the move – […]
BlackArrow, a global provider of advanced advertising solutions for New Television platforms, has announced that Rogers Communications is deploying the BlackArrow Advanced Advertising System to create a next-generation advertising marketplace for video-on-demand TV services in Canada. BlackArrow’s Advanced Advertising System provides cable system operators and programmers with the real-time, multiplatform advertising management and decision solutions […]
M-Net – the multi-channel Pan-African content provider – has launched the African Film Library (AFL), a video-on-demand service, offering the world’s largest ever collection of African film content. Managed by DStv Online – Africa’s multi-channel digital satellite online TV service, part of M-Net’s parent company MultiChoice – the AFL features films and documentaries from across […]
Americans will pay to consume more movies online in 2012 than they will on physical video formats, marking the first year that legal, Internet-delivered movies will outstrip those of DVDs and Blu-ray discs combined. The legal, paid consumption of movies online in the US will reach 3.4 billion views or transactions in 2012, approximately 1.0 […]
Broadcast specialist Vision247 has revealed how broadcasters can now secure global commercial distribution of TV channels and VoD programming to major international hotel chains. Using the company’s unique content distribution network (CDN), broadcasters have access to a platform agnostic delivery mechanism to present live content to guests in more than 7,000 hotels worldwide. Vision247 seamlessly […]
The UK’s largest independent producer is set to shake up the video-on-demand market by allowing viewers to bypass services such as LoveFilm and Netflix and catch hit shows via its TV app. All3Media, producer shows such as Skins, Shameless. The Only Way is Essex and Peep Show, has struck a deal to launch a VoD […]
Orange has launched ‘la nouvelle TV d’Orange’, a next-generation subscription TV service which allows Orange to upgrade its IPTV service with a state-of-the-art user-experience and prepare the infrastructure for OTT video, multiple screens and unlimited content. ‘la nouvelle TV d’Orange’ boasts a new user interface, which includes VoD, Catch-Up TV, content discovery and recommendations, EPG, […]