The day after the UK Office of Fair Trading announced a consultation process that may lead to a referral of the project to the Competition Commission – a move that would delay the Canvas launch by up to a year even if it got a clean bill of health – members of the consortium have […]
The UK Office of Fair Trading is to consider a Competition Commission referral for Project Canvas, the video-on-demand service lead by the BBC. Critics including BSkyB and Virgin Media will now be able to formalise their concerns in submissions to the OFT. The outcome of a further review of the project by the BBC Trust […]
BlackArrow, a global provider of advanced advertising solutions for New Television platforms, has partnered with Fox Cable Networks to trial the BlackArrow Advanced Advertising System across the VOD content of FX, National Geographic Channel and SPEED. With the BlackArrow system, Fox Cable Networks is testing the ability to deliver addressable advertising to viewers in multiple […]
Microsoft is set to launch its UK VOD service this week. The new MSN Video Player, which has been in testing phase since last summer, features around 300 hours of programming from BBC Worldwide and All3Media. Microsoft has increased the service’s total hours of content to 1,000 in the last few months following deals with […]
Hybrid Television Services (ANZ), the exclusive licensee of TiVo products in Australia and New Zealand and creator of CASPATM On-Demand, has restructured the business to support the expansion of services. The restructuring will take Hybrid TV from being purely a TiVo licensee to a VOD and interactive service provider in its own right.
GlobeCast's newly launched Content Acquisition and Distribution division has signed a VOD distribution deal with ZN Animation, one of China's biggest animation producers, as well as general and popular entertainment content from Shanghai Media Group's subsidiary, WingsMedia. Under the deal, GlobeCast – the content management and delivery company and division of France Telecom, will enable […]
The BBC's online broadcast service saw requests doubled from last year to 120.3 million, 20 million of which were via Virgin. Just three percent of consumption is now via download.
Verizon’s FiOS TV debuts HBO Go the latest contribution to making content available anywhere (in the US in this case). HBOGO.com will feature more than 600 hours of HBO shows, including its hit series – more than four times what is typically available on HBO’s TV on demand services. HBO will update the roster more […]
From Colin Mann in London Online TV service SeeSaw has launched to the public, having been in beta testing to 20,000 people since January 26th. It currently offers over 3,000 hours of content for free, with plans to introduce paid-for premium content “within a couple of months” according to John Keeling, Platform Controller. SeeSaw aims […]
Red Bee Media has been appointed by Channel 5 Broadcasting to manage all its video on demand services including content distribution to Five's VOD service, Demand Five, and the syndication, live streaming, content management and delivery of the broadcaster's original full-length programmes to YouTube in the UK. The contract win sees Red Bee Media manage […]