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On Demand Group content for Neelix

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 […]

November 1, 2010

Sony launches movie channel

Sony Movie Channel, the first US multi-platform television network from Sony Pictures Television (SPT), has launched on Dish Network, DirecTV and AT&T U-verse TV on linear as well as on authenticated VOD and online platforms. Offering uncut and uninterrupted theatrical releases in high definition, Sony Movie Channel showcases titles from more than 3,500 Sony Pictures […]

October 21, 2010

Paramount show secures online VOD deals

Paramount Pictures has struck a series of international digital distribution deals for The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, an online adventure series. The series, which Paramount calls The LXD, has already been a hit online in the US, where it is available via Hulu The series has topped the Hulu viewing charts, beating established TV shows, […]

September 30, 2010

Warner VOD for VimpelCom

Russian telco VimpelCom has made an agreement with Warner Brothers Digital Distribution for content to be added to the VOD library of the telco’s IPTV service ‘Beeline TV’. Content covered by the deal includes new movies with rental costing RUB75 ($2.45), and older, back-catalogue movies costing RUB 50.

September 28, 2010

du and On Demand ink deal with MBC

On Demand Group have completed a deal with MBC to provide hundreds of hours of Arabic TV content to UAE’s integrated telecom service provider du’s VOD TV service. In the first subscription VOD and Catch-Up TV deal by MBC – a major free-to-air Middle Eastern TV broadcaster – top TV series will be available to […]

September 24, 2010

CBS on Hulu?

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

September 23, 2010

iApps from Netflix

  Netflix announces the release of a free Netflix application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows streaming of movies over Wi-Fi or a 3G cellphone connection. Netflix is available on a number of devices and screens, including gaming consoles like Microsoft’s Xbox, the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii — all of […]

August 27, 2010