The new Amazon Originals TV pilots from Amazon Studios, were the most watched TV shows across Amazon Instant Video over their first weekend, making up 8 out of 10 of the most streamed episodes across the video service. The pilots are available exclusively at www.amazonoriginals.com and on the Amazon Instant Video app for Kindle Fire […]
Movie search website FindAnyFilm.com has added a number of UltraViolet-enabled titles to its website. This comes with a series of other new features to the site, including improved design and the integration of the EE Film Store data from the UK’s first 4G network provider. With the aim of quickly connecting audiences with legal content […]
Amazon’s streaming service LOVEFiLM will pilot a range of comedies and children’s shows online in new plans unveiled by the online retail giant. A stable of fourteen different shows, including Alpha House starring John Goodman, and Zombieland – a spin-off of the Hollywood movie of the same name – will be put to the public […]
Sky has confirmeded that its Sky Go on-demand service has come to four new Android devices. The native application has added support for the Sony Xperia Z, HTC One, Motorola RAZR HD and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4. Sky Go, which grants subscriber access to 49 channels and a range of on-demand content, was already […]
Cloud-based video streaming service Voddler has launched its LiveShelf global video streaming service, featuring ViewShare, a solution the Stockhom-based company suggests creates a legal way for consumers to acquire and share movies. The global roll-out – albeit in beta initially – covers Sweden and Spain, with the rest of Europe and Russia by the end […]
Hulu has hired Guggenheim Partners to advise on a sale of the company, even as the financial services firm is considering making its own bid for the video streaming service, according to Reuters. Guggenheim Executive Chairman Alan Schwartz was first hired by Hulu in 2011 to advise on a sale, but its owners were unable […]
The UK market for on-demand TV is reaching saturation point, with only limited further audience growth potential, according to research from YouGov. It says that instead of looking for new audiences providers should focus on maximising what they get from existing users. According to the researcher, 48 per cent of the online population in the […]
On demand content specialist Viewster has revealed a raft of significant additions to its international online library. Spanning more than two hundred titles, the various new deals include highly popular British and Australian series, along with various American films that will be made available ad-based and free-to-watch to consumers across the US, UK, Germany, Australia, […]
Intel, best known for its computer processing chips, is getting closer to launching its own on-demand pay-TV catch-up and ‘live’ TV service. The company is said to be in discussions with Time Warner, NBC-Universal, News Corp, Viacom and others in preparation for the launch of its Intel-based pay-TV service. CBS’s CEO Les Moonves confirmed last […]
Andy Forssell, the current SVP of Content at online video provider Hulu, is to step up to the CEO role on an acting basis when the current incumbent, Jason Kilar leaves at the end of March. Kilar, who announced his intention to step down at the beginning of the year, confirmed the appointment in an […]