Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Slovakia has added HBO Go to its line-up. The HBO on-demand service will provide UPC Slovakia subscribers access to HBO’s premium channel with access to content on multiple screens, including smartphones, tablets and connected TVs. The service will offer over 1,700 hours of premium content, including True Blood, The Sopranos […]
UK video on Demand service Curzon Home Cinema – already available on BT TV and via digital satellite platform Freesat’s Freetime connected TV service – has revealed further details of its aims and aspirations. Phil Mordecai, Director of Curzon Home Cinema,, described Curzon as “more than just a cinema” suggesting it was vertically integrated across […]
Samsung is closing its own download video and audio rental and purchase businesses in North America. It has already disabled its own Samsung Video & Media Hub on July 1st in the US, although Samsung’s ‘Smart Hub’ on-screen options will continue to offer viewers and users access to iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and other service […]
In 2013, Sweden witnessed a significant shift in consumer behaviour, with a dramatic decline in packaged video coupled with a strong uptake in digital services. This year, digital video in Sweden is on track to account for more than half of home video spend, making it the first market to reach the digital tipping point, […]
Tescos’s blinkbox Movies and TV and blinkbox Books have both benefited from the popularity of the fantasy drama, with sales of the latest TV series 60 per cent greater than the opening week of season 3. Seasons 1-3 have seen a 47 per cent increase in sales and since the launch of the TV series […]
Netflix is set to continue its rapid expansion with an Australian launch in 2015. Hollywood studios had been reluctant to strike deals as they each have lucrative, long-term programming deals in place with the country’s main free-to-air broadcasters, reports TBI. However, that situation could be changing. Ten Network is said to be attempting to renegotiate […]
WWE Network is now available to subscribers through the WWE App on Amazon Fire TV. With the first-ever 24/7 live streaming network, WWE fans have access to all live pay-per-view events, including WWE’s upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view, as well as original programming, reality shows, documentaries, classic matches and almost 2,000 hours of VoD […]
A number of French audiovisual executives have put into perspective the quality of Netflix’s SVoD offering, while acknowledging the strength of its business model. “Netflix has no fresh content but movies and series picked up from libraries,” commented M6 Web MD Valéry Gerfaud at a hearing at French Senate, while another highlighted the lack of […]
Steve Dalby, Chief Regulatory Officer at Australian ISP iiNet, has reawakened the anti-piracy debate by questioning the proposed blocking of file-sharing sites, suggesting that the practice is a multi-headed Hydra that government filtering and legal threats will never slay. Dalby, a regular blogger on copyright and piracy issues, prefaces his latest contribution, by pointing out […]
Streaming giant Netflix is in advanced talks with Deutsche Telekom over a possible collaboration ahead of Netflix’s launch in Germany this autumn, according to a report in German news magazine Manager. The report cites unnamed sources saying Deutsche Telekom was open to cooperating with Netflix as it begins its German roll out even though the VoD […]