Following midweek indications that prospective bidder Microsoft would not be pursuing its interest in buying online video service Hulu, reports now suggest that Apple could be considering entering the fray, according to “two people who weren’t authorised to speak publicly”. The two sources spoke with Bloomberg, describing the negotiations as “early talks that may lead […]
A truly converged multi-screen TV service is within Europe’s grasp says MobiTV, the company that powers the branded TV services of all the major wireless operators in the US market. Operators in Europe are well placed to capitalise on the demand for connected TV, following last week’s report from Parks Associates, which revealed that 30 […]
Animation and family movies have driven a two-week school holiday record for BigPond Movie downloads in Australia. “We achieved our biggest ever two-week school holidays for BigPond Movies with more than 120,000 movies downloaded and had close to 13,000 movie downloads via the T-Box in one day,” Telstra’s Executive Director of Media J-B Rousselot said. […]
Private Media Group, a provider of adult entertainment products, has announced that the company is expanding its VoD offering by signing a partnership with France’s AB Groupe to supply its VoD website XXL with Private’s premium quality content. Available to consumers via Free IPTV France, and launched in 2010, XXL is a dedicated adult cinema […]
Digital TV technology specialist Motive Television has revealed what it describes as a “major advancement” in its Television Anytime Anywhere platform enabling the seamless loading of recorded movies and other pre-recorded material to laptops, iPads and other tablet and mobile devices. The advancement – dubbed ‘Video to Go’ – allows viewers to transfer a recorded […]
Philips, the provider of TV solutions to the hospitality industry, has unveiled MediaSuite – a new Internet-enabled TV range allowing guests to access a world of online entertainment and information from within the comfort of their hotel room. Philips’ MediaSuite TVs are the latest addition to Philips’ portfolio of products specially designed for the hotel […]
Bertrand Meheut, Chairman of Canal+ Group, and Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of Orange, have announced the finalisation of their proposed strategic partnership, which calls for Canal+ Group’s acquisition of a 33.33 per cent minority interest in Orange Cinema Series. As a result, Orange will hold a 66.66 per cent share of Orange Cinema Series, […]
An investor consortium led by Criterion Capital Partners, together with financial funds and Hollywood investors, has bought SeeSaw.com, the UK on-demand TV service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but former owner Arqiva is retaining a 25 per cent stake in the video platform. SeeSaw’s new chairman will be Michael Jackson, who previously served […]
Netflix services have made their debut on the Nintendo eShop. The free downloadable application allows any Netflix member with an unlimited streaming plan to stream movies and TV shows instantly on their 3DS. Although Japan and Europe both got the new Nintendo Video service earlier in the week – allowing users to watch episodes of […]
Netflix and NBC Universal have announced a multi-year renewal of their licensing agreement expanding the selection of non-exclusive NBC film and TV library titles available to watch instantly streaming from Netflix. Programming under the deal includes prior-season series across multiple NBC hits “The Office,” “30 Rock” and “Parenthood.” All future seasons of these shows will […]