The BBC cancelled a press announcement of their iPlayer for iPad and Android after one their own engineers leaked the news on Twitter. Now the BBC says: “All things being well we plan to have Android and iPad apps in stores by the end of the week.” iPlayer already works on iOS via mobile web, […]

Anevia has enabled Itacom to successfully deploy an over-the-top (OTT) video on demand service for Paraguay. Itacom is a provider of Internet, telephony, and television services to customers in Paraguay. Itacom has chosen to work with Anevia in building a new OTT on demand video service based on ViaMotion, a software-based IP streaming solution that […]

Eyepartner has developed a low cost IPTV middleware that delivers HD Live, VOD, and Channel Lineups directly to the Roku set top box. TikiLIVE allows users to set-up a channel and broadcast their stream in full HD, with a simple to use click-and-go interface. The user can quickly arrange a playlist of pre-recorded video as […]

Croatian telecommunications operator Iskon has introduced the Iskon.TV Player which enables reception of TV channels on PCs, as well as on mobile devices connected to the Internet via WiFi or the T-Mobile 3G network, such as the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices. During the test phase, a total of six TV channels will […]

A new Humax TV Portal will be available on all Humax HDR-FOX T2 Freeview+ HD boxes, following an over-the-air download running from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th February. The TV Portal offers a gateway to a range of on-demand and Internet TV services, including Flickr, BBC iPlayer, Wiki@TV and Internet radio. Sky Player is expected […]

MTV has launched a dedicated UK VOD portal, MTV OD, costing £1 (€1.16) a day or £2 a week with payment options coming via SMS, PayPal and debit card. In the US, viewers can catch up with full MTV episodes on MTV.com for free. At the Digital Content Monetisation conference, MTV Networks International’s digital SVP […]

Comcast and Time Warner have signed a long-term agreement that provides Comcast digital cable customers with access to TV shows and movies from Turner Broadcasting System, networks, including TNT, TBS, CNN, HLN, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.  The content will appear shortly after initial airing at no additional cost to Comcast’s […]

White-label video management and publishing company thePlatform has been selected by New Zealand pay-TV operator SKY Television to provide the back-end video management for the iSKY online TV service. The iSKY service is currently available to SKY subscribers and provides the opportunity to view their favourite programmes and movies on their computers. John Fellet, CEO […]

Consumer expenditure on entertainment content is expected to have reached close to $320 billion worldwide last year, with online and mobile media segments experiencing the largest percentage growth. Research carried out by Futuresource Consulting indicates that consumer expenditure on online entertainment grew by around 23 per cent, while expenditure on mobile media grew by more […]