Arqiva, the transmission infrastructure outfit, is set to use the brand name SeeSaw for its forthcoming VOD service, which will use technology originally intended for the defunct Project Kangaroo. In addition, Arqiva is appointing Richard Knight, Channel 4's former strategy and distribution manager, as commercial manager for the VOD service. Knight, who is currently working […]

blinkx has formed a partnership with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Canada's national public radio and television broadcast network. Clips from the station's online video library are now available trhough blinkx . Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place contextually relevant advertising against these videos, and share resulting advertising revenue with CBC.

blinkx has formed a partnership with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Canada's national public radio and television broadcast network. Clips from the station's online video library are now available trhough blinkx . Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place contextually relevant advertising against these videos, and share resulting advertising revenue with CBC.

A federal judge in the US has ruled that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbour provisions protected Veoh, the video-sharing site – from liability for hosting pirated clips uploaded by users. “The DMCA does not place the burden of ferreting out infringement on the service provider,” the judge said. Universal Music had sued Veoh […]

Digiturk will launch a push and subscription VOD service on its digital-satellite platform, following a collaboration with four of the leading TV technology suppliers – Irdeto, OpenTV, Pace and TeleIDEA. Using the "highly complex broadcasting solution", subscribers will be able to select, download and store feature films and television shows directly on to their set-top […]

On Demand Group announced another video-on-demand customer in southern Europe, PrimeTel PLC in Cyprus. PrimeTel is the third telco to partner with On Demand Group to develop its IPTV on-demand service since it launched its regional expansion strategy. ODG is providing thousands of encoded video-on-demand titles from the major Hollywood studios and a full range […]

Two of the partners in Hulu — News Corp. and NBC Universal hinted at an investor conference that they are investigating the possibility of further monetizing the online video venture, including charging a subscription for the service. “Are we looking at it with a view toward adding subscription services and pay per view? Yes we […]

Enders Analysis has told the Westminster eForum that online video "is not a revenue stream of any significance for anyone" despite industry hopes it would by now be a major contributor. Enders predicted VOD will generate only £200 million (E225m) a year in "direct revenue" and another £100 million a year in advertising by 2013. […]

Nearly a year after the BBC first offered its iPlayer to rival UK broadcasters, none of which have joined, now, at IBC, Erik Huggers has declared open door for international TV companies. Huggers told the conference: "It is not a concept of aggregation, but federation. It's about making sure each of the broadcasters around the […]

Supermarket giant Tesco and Microsoft have signed a collaboration agreement to launch an online video service. Starting in the autumn, Tesco will allow customers in the UK who purchase certain home video titles from Tesco to download ‘digital’ versions of movies to their PCs in a ‘virtual DVD’ experience. In addition, the digital versions will […]