AOL UK has launched the AOL On Network, a premium video syndication platform that includes both curated and original content. The launch builds on AOL’s existing video offering through branded content distribution business, Be On and programmatic video trading platform Adap.tv. The AOL On Network comprises over 750,000 pieces of premium video covering a wide […]
Sony has confirmed it is developing original TV shows for its PlayStation video game consoles. The first show, Powers, will be based on a graphic novel about a detective dealing with a world full of people with God-like powers. Sony’s TV division is producing the show. In America, Powers will be exclusively available on Playstation […]
Tata Sky subscribers in India with access to HBO channels can now access catch-up programming. HBO will add HBO On Demand to its premium subscription offer on satcaster Tata Sky at no extra cost from March 21st. Shows available at launch include True Detective, Game of Thrones seasons 1-3 and Banshee seasons 1-2. “At Tata […]
BSkyB is launching a new movie download-to-own on demand service, branded ‘Buy and Keep’. The service, which will launch in the coming weeks, will be part of BSkyB’s existing pay-per-view film rental service Sky Store, according to Andrew Griffith, the company’s chief financial officer. Griffith said the Buy and Keep service would target families with […]
Prime Instant Video, Amazon’s subscription streaming service, has revealed that the new original comedy series Betas is now available on its UK service. As part of Amazon’s increasing investment in exclusive programming, Betas is an entirely new series from Amazon Studios – the original film and TV production arm of Amazon.com – and follows its […]
Netflix and Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution have announced that the first two seasons of Homeland and American Horror Story are now available exclusively for members in the UK and Ireland to watch instantly. “We are excited to bring both of these brilliant series, Homeland and American Horror Story, to our members in the UK […]
Booming subscription sales by services such as Netflix, LOVEFiLM and Spotify mean so-called ‘access services’ rather than sales of products like discs and downloads accounted for a
Comcast is to sell Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) titles through its Xfinity On Demand digital store. In the coming weeks, Xfinity TV customers will be able to purchase Sony Pictures movies and TV shows to own and access anytime, anywhere, on any device, often before the DVD release. Michael Schreiber, Senior Vice President of […]
Australian consumers spent 22 per cent more on digital video services during 2013 over the previous year, as more online retail services started to become available. The country spent $143 million on online VoD services such as Quickflix, and buying TV shows and movies through online stores through the like iTunes, up from $117 million […]
A consortium with links to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is investigating partnerships with some of Australia’s major television networks to launch an SVoD service over broadband aimed at pre-empting the expected arrival of US giant Netflix, reports the Australian Finance Review. It is also understood that cinema chain Hoyts Group has held preliminary discussions […]