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HBO GO launches in Romania

HBO Central Europe has launched HBO GO in Romania. HBO GO is the Internet streaming service available to HBO subscribers with a broadband connection. The service in Romania will be accessible to customers that have broadband Internet and an HBO Maxpak subscription. In Romania HBO GO will be available initially to iNES IPTV clients.  iNES […]

June 1, 2011

Audience fragmentation damages entertainment value

Edelman, the global public relations firm, has released findings from its fifth annual Value, Engagement and Trust in the Era of Social Entertainment survey. The 2011 study shows that the value consumers are getting from the Entertainment Industry has fallen by 68 per cent in all areas, and only 17 per cent of all respondents […]

May 26, 2011

MTG Fox distribution deal

Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has announced that Viasat Broadcasting has signed an exclusive four year pan-Scandinavian distribution agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The deal is the first of its kind in Scandinavia as it covers the broadcasting of a range of movies and TV series on Viasat’s Scandinavian […]

May 26, 2011

Tablets changing the mobile TV experience

InfoCom says the first Tablet TV services are appearing in several markets around the world, offered either free of charge or as paid add-ons by different players: content providers (content producers and Pay TV operators), mobile operators and TV access providers (cable, IPTV and satellite operators). The Tablet TV app requires a broadband subscription and […]

May 23, 2011

Netflix preps Europe launch

Online movie rental service Netflix appears to be recruiting staff in preparation for a major European initiative as soon as the second half of 2011. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings admitted late in 2010 that the company would consider expanding to Europe and Asia once the results of its Canadian operation, which it launched in the […]

May 20, 2011By Colin Mann

iPlayer adds series stack

The BBC has added a new feature giving its iPlayer users the ability to sign up once to record their favorite series and catch up on that programming for up to a month after episodes air. Previously, iPlayer users had to log in and choose to record individual episodes every time they wanted to catch […]

May 20, 2011

HBO launches HBO GO in E.Europe

HBO Central Europe together with leading cable and broadband Internet providers SBB – Serbia Broadband (Serbia), Telemach _irokopasovne komunikacije (Slovenia), and Telemach d.o.o. (Bosnia and Herzegovina), has launched HBO GO, the internet streaming service available to HBO subscribers with a broadband internet connection in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. HBO GO offers the latest […]

May 20, 2011

Tele 5 launches Internet VOD

Mediaset-controlled TV channel Tele 5 has launched a VOD Internet service, called Telecinco Cinema. Viewers will be able to hire films and TV movies with payments made through SMS messages or telephone calls. The service will cost €1.42 per each film enabling users to watch it as many times as they want during 24 hours. […]

May 18, 2011From David Del Valle in Madrid

Playboy sites must comply with ATVOD

Appeals by Playboy TV that two of its websites don’t fall within the scope of ATVOD regulation, have been rejected by Ofcom. This means the two video-on-demand websites must comply with new ATVOD enforced rules designed to protect children from video material which might cause them serious harm. The new rules do not apply if […]

May 17, 2011

Netflix adds Miramax titles

Netflix and Miramax have confirmed a multi-year agreement under which Netflix members in the US will be able to instantly watch motion pictures from the Miramax film library. It is the first time Miramax titles have become available through a digital subscription service. Beginning in June, Netflix members will be able to instantly watch several […]

May 16, 2011