Communications market research firm Infonetics recently released the Q1 09 edition of its IPTV and Switched Digital Video Equipment, Services, and Subscribers report. Highlights are: "All eyes are focused on video on-demand and streaming content servers as more and more programming moves to on-demand. VOD is rapidly becoming EOD (everything on-demand) as operators beef up […]

Joost was squeezed out of the market by broadcasters setting up their own VOD channels admits Mike Volpi, who resigned as CEO. He said that in April, when Disney joined the Hulu joint venture, it became pretty clear Joost had to do something else — it is becoming a white label video provider. Explaining how […]

The BBC’s director of new media and technology Erik Huggers says that the future for free-to-air digital platforms like Freesat and Freeview is ‘unclear’ – suggesting that only IPTV and Project Canvas venture will give consumers the services and features that they need. Huggers said that, despite work on adding HD to Freeview and continued […]

Virgin Media and Universal Pictures are teaming up to launch PictureBox, a movies-on-demand TV subscription service. From July, the PictureBox service will be available to Virgin Media’s 3.6 million TV subscribers for £5 (E5.87) per month, and will provide a selection of recent and library feature films. Subscribers will be able to view films from […]

SeaChange International, provider of software and hardware solutions for VOD television, has announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter ended April 30th, 2009. Total revenues for the quarter were $48.9 million, which was $3.5 million or 8per cent higher than total revenues of $45.4 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Net […]

Orange is to launch a VOD site in France called Welles (after Orson Welles), offering "mid-tail" recent archive shows. Most videos (500,000 at launch) will be ad-supported but some premium content is planned.

A footnote in the Digital Britain report recommends £30m (E36m) be set aside for research by its Technology Strategy Board (one of several new bodies it recommends to take up tasks outlined in the Report). One of the TSB's priorities is collaborative research on a consolidated micropayment scheme for VOD. While its preamble to the […]

Since launching its on-demand television wholesaling business using technology and services from SeaChange International less than two years ago, Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI is now enabling 17 cable television operators across the country to offer on-demand movies and television to their viewers. KDDI is currently offering more than 6,000 titles regional and international on-demand content […]

The BBC Trust has delayed its decision on the go-ahead of the BBC lead Project Canvas as it calls on more detail from BBC executives and their partners BT and ITV. The Trust, which had decided there was no need for a commercial impact assessment, was due to make a decision in July, however all […]

C4 is to put its back catalogue online free of charge – giving viewers the chance to watch every episode of its homegrown shows. From July, more than 4,000 hours of the channel’s archived content – about 10,000 programme titles – will be added to the 4oD catchup service. The catchup service currently offers viewers […]