CBS’s broadcast network may participate in the Hulu Plus online subscription service eventually, CBS Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves has said. It makes more sense for CBS to join the paid service than the original free, advertising-supported website, Moonves commented at a Goldman Sachs conference in New York
KidsCo, the international children’s channel has secured an exclusive distribution agreement with Russian distribution agency, Pleiades Multimedia, to represent the channel across Russia, Moldova, Armenia and Georgia. Pleiades Multimedia will market KidsCo’s content for cable TV distribution, VOD and linear TV on cable and IPTV. The deal follows the channel’s strategic expansion into Central Eastern […]
SES Astra has announced that the Belgian telecom provider Mobistar has launched a new “Mobistar TV” offer that will include digital and HD TV channels received from the Astra satellites. The satellite TV offer, including Flemish national channels and a wide range of European free-to-air channels, will be integrated into a fully-hybrid DSL/ DTH solution, […]
Rovi, has announced a multiyear patent-licensing agreement with Apple. Apple is gearing up to ship Apple TV, a device that will let users rent TV shows and movies and play back content purchased through iTunes, starting later this month for a list price of $99. Rovi claims to have an intellectual-property portfolio comprising more than […]
Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings will be in this week to launch an online video subscription service that will allow Canadians to download their favourite movies and TV shows for a monthly fee. Entering the Canadian market is Netflix’s first foreign expansion. Netflix’s new offering will be only online streaming, with no physical DVD […]
Microsoft is taking its Zune service international to offer a “three-screen” music and movie service, across its games console, PCs and mobile phones. Consumers will be able to buy and rent movies, download tracks as MP3s or access an “unlimited” music streaming service, all under Microsoft’s Zune entertainment brand. Microsoft believes its Windows Phone 7 […]
Telefonica-owned IPTV service Movistar Imagenio has launched a High Definition VOD service called Imagenio Videoclub de Movistar, available for all fixed broadband clients. A wide range of content -HD content, documentaries, cinema, TV series, concerts, children programmes- have been made available for subscribers at prices from E0.49 cents to E6. HD films will cost between […]
Netflix subscribers aged 25 to 34 have cancelled their pay-TV services in favor of Netflix’s streaming service, according to a survey of about 250 subscribers conducted by Credit Suisse. Another nearly 30 per cent of 18-24 year-olds said they are opting for Netflix over cable. The company recently debuted applications that allow the video streaming […]
Ofcom has officially handed responsibility for the regulation of editorial content of video-on-demand services to the Association for Television on Demand. Ofcom first designated ATVOD as co-regulator for on-demand editorial content in March. Last month the independent regulator revealed it would jointly regulate the VOD ad market with the Advertising Standards Authority once new codes […]
Neovia Financial, the alternative payments business, has confirmed that FilmFlex is to use the Neovia Payment Network to process all online payments for its recently launched broadband VOD service. FilmFlex is using the NetBanx gateway, part of the Neovia Payment Network, to process all payments for its new packaged streaming service. The win builds on […]