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Comcast enhances X1 platform

Comcast has revealed that customers of its X1 triple-play service will soon be able to live stream personal video from their mobile devices, over the Internet, directly to the television. The new feature, which will be part of Xfinity Voice, is being demonstrated this week at NCTA’s The Cable Show 2014 in Los Angeles and […]

April 30, 2014

YOU On Demand launches YOU Cinema

YOU On Demand Holdings, the multi-platform entertainment and VoD company in China, has launched its YOU Cinema movie subscription on the Xiaomi OTT set-top box as part of YOU On Demand’s previously announced distribution deal with China Network Television’s (CNTV) subsidiary, Future TV. Future TV, operating under CNTV’s Internet TV broadcasting control licence, provides OTT […]

April 29, 2014

7.6m US homes considered cord-cutters

With the explosion of smartphones and digital tablets and the steady rise of Internet-connected televisions, gaming consoles, etc, consumers are increasingly watching streaming or downloaded video when and where they want. According to research from Experian

April 23, 2014

YouTube still top second screen site

Despite a relative drop in visit share of 8.9 per cent over the last year in the US, YouTube is still by far the video site most frequently visited from a desktop computer with a 58.77 per cent share of visits among a custom aggregate of video-rich sites, according to

April 23, 2014

HBO originals for Amazon

Amazon’s Prime subscription service will stream a selection of HBO series, mini-series and original movies as part of its new licensing deal. The deal, the first time that licensed HBO content has been available online outside of its own HBO Go service for subscribers, allows Amazon to stream a library of shows older than three […]

April 23, 2014

TalkTalk adds FilmFlex

TalkTalk has announced a deal with FilmFlex Movies to bring its customers hundreds more movies on demand, with even more new releases available to rent on the same day as DVD. The multi-year deal kicks off with immediate effect and will offer subscribers to both TalkTalk’s Essentials TV and Plus TV packages, access to hundreds […]

April 23, 2014

Belgacom launches SVoD service

Belgacom has launched a subscritpion-VoD service branded “Movies & Series Pass”. For €14.95 per month, the service offers Belgacom IPTV customers access to content over through connected-TVs, PCs, smartphones or tablets through Belgacom’s TV Everywhere app. Belgacom will add new content to the service daily, and is also currently offering the first month’s subscription for […]

April 23, 2014

AT&T, Chernin commit $500m to OTT

AT&T has formed a $500 million joint venture with Chernin Group to acquire, invest in and launch a video streaming service. The Chernin Group will bring assets to the venture, including the contribution of its majority stake in Crunchyroll, a subscription VoD service. Chernin, the vehicle of former top News Corp man Peter Chernin, says: […]

April 22, 2014

Russia’s Mail.ru begins charging viewers

The entertainment arm of Russian Internet giant Mail.ru has started charging viewers for video content, joining competitor Yandex in the quest to successfully monetise the online distribution of movies. Afisha Mail.ru now offers a selection of about 3,000 films for paid viewing. A further 4,000 films are available to be viewed for free but with […]

April 22, 2014

Game of Thrones leads Oz (legal) downloads

Following a fortnight in which Australia was identified as the country most prolific at pirating Season 4 of Game of Thrones, with pay-TV platform Foxtel publicly defending its exclusivity and pricing strategy, the fantasy drama also

April 17, 2014By Colin Mann