Foxtel and Hybrid Television Services have both reached landmark agreements with a number of Hollywood studios to start bringing forward movie release dates in line with DVD releases in Australia. Commencing immediately, selected titles on Foxtel’s existing pay-per-view movie service, and Hybrid Television Services’ Caspa On Demand service, will be released within the DVD window […]
Channel 4 has teamed up with FilmFlex to launch a video-on-demand digital film rental service for Film4 with more than 500 titles available at launch. Film4oD will offer a 48-hour rental service with titles priced from 50p to £3.99 (E4.56). C4 claims it will have more films available than rivals such as Lovefilm and Blinkbox, […]
Netflix has announced that Netflix members in Canada can now instantly watch thousands of movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix to the TV via Xbox 360. There is no additional monthly fee for Netflix members who are also Xbox LIVE Gold members. Xbox LIVE members will be able to sign up instantly online for […]
US movie rental vending machine company Redbox has confirmed that it will offer streaming movies over the Internet in 2011. CEO of parent company Coinstar, Paul Davis revealed a strategic plan to offer online video services, while still focusing on Redbox’s primary revenue driver, kiosk movie rentals.
Inview Technology, a supplier of royalty free EPGs, and On Demand Group have signed an agreement to launch video streaming on the Neelix platform allowing viewers access to a huge on demand video library. On Demand Video streaming will sit within the Neelix application bar which allows access to a range of Internet content including […]
Showtime Networks has launched Showtime Anytime, a broadband video-streaming service that will be free to Showtime subscribers through the network’s cable, satellite and telco affiliates in the US. Showtime Anytime gives subscribers the flexibility to watch more than 400 hours of the network’s programming, hit movies and sports offerings online, whenever and wherever they’d like […]
YouView is “not anti-competitive, it creates competition” according to Kip Meek, Chairman of the venture, who argued that it created content at three levels: device, content and platform. Meek suggested that as YouView was an early stage project, it would have been difficult for Ofcom or any competition authority to have deemed it anti-competitive at […]
BinWeevils, the immersive 3D online entertainment platform for children, has launched an integrated “social video-on-demand” service which will allow children to watch major TV hits from Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. Available immediately, members of BinWeevils’ ‘Bin Tycoon’ subscription service will be able to pick from over 200 hours of on-demand TV content and communicate and […]
LoveFilm has lowered its pre-tax loss to £934,000 (E1.06m) in 2009, from £7.4 million in 2008, as revenues increased by one third. The online film rental service reported its paying subscriber base was up 29 per cent in 2009 across its markets in the UK, Germany, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, boosting revenues by 32.9 per […]
Virgin Media has announced the launch of the Nokia N8, the first handset to come preloaded with its own video-on-demand software. The Virgin Media Player app will also give access to content from 4oD, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon. Virgin says: “The brand-new Nokia N8 is the first handset to come pre-loaded with the ‘Virgin […]