KidsCo has confirmed the addition of VOD to its existing package on Imagenio. The contract renewal ensures KidsCo will continue to be available to subscribers across Spain on both linear and VOD platforms. Paul Robinson, CEO at KidsCo, said: “This is an example of our continued focus and investment in the Spanish market. As we […]
US reports say DirecTV is in advanced talks to be Hollywood’s first partner for early video-on-demand. The satellite TV company may be the first distributor to launch so-called premium VOD, through which consumers would pay about $30 to rent a movie via the Internet or cable 60 days after it opened in theatres and at […]
Time Warner’s HBO is making nearly all of its titles available for its HBO Go service. The company says it is putting more than 1,400 of its shows on its service that lets subscribers to the premium pay channel instantly watch its programming through devices with broadband connections. Previously, HBO GO offered about 600 titles. […]
On-demand services from pay-TV operators are becoming more robust each year with more free content and integration of over-the-top (OTT) services. IMS Research projects that in 2011, 72 per cent of VOD requests via pay-TV platforms will be free transactions. OTT content delivered via set-tops will account for a fair share of free transactions, as […]
Adult studio Digital Playground and Marc Dorcel, the European specialist in adult entertainment, have sealed a VOD distribution partnership allowing Digital Playground to deliver its content to more than 18 European countries and 50 TV networks and platforms. With this alliance, Digital Playground and Marc Dorcel will provide, for the first time in Europe, instant […]
NDS has announced the provision of an end-to-end suite of technologies to cable operator Kabel BW, enabling the launch of the operator’s VOD service. Kabel BW’s new DVB-C-based VOD system is based on NDS’ MediaHighway STB software and VOD technology. The launch of the new service in December provided Kabel BW subscribers with instant access […]
The Virgin Media Entertainment Index reveals 2010 was a record breaking year for On Demand viewing, with just under 900 million programmes watched in total – a 10 per cent increase on the previous record, set in 2009. Virgin Media’s On Demand service is the third most watched ‘channel’ on the platform with customers, on […]
Google’s YouTube is planning an unlimited subscription service for movies to take on Netflix and Amazon and the UK will be the test bed says a report in the New York Post. Google has been talking with Hollywood studios for months and is looking to launch the streaming service first in the UK and Europe […]
Western Poland’s largest telecom operator is now live to subscribers with its Wypoz˙yczalnia Filmów VOD service, which is built upon a comprehensive solution from SeaChange|eventIS, the multi-screen video software company. Available commercially since the end of 2010, INEA’s VOD service is running on the open converged Service Delivery Platform (cSDP) from SeaChange|eventIS, which also served […]
CBS and Netflix have announced a two-year, non-exclusive licensing agreement that will allow select TV shows from CBS’s library as well as full seasons of classics to be streamed instantly from Netflix. CBS retains an option to extend the agreement for up to two additional years. Beginning in early April, dozens of shows from CBS […]