BBC Worldwide has revealed that the launch of the iPlayer in 16 countries has seen the app downloaded one million times, and that global trials will now be expanded into the autumn. The trial app was launched in July 2011 and offers users outside of the UK “the best of the BBC’s content” for €49.99 […]
Netflix’s planned foray into another European country in the fourth quarter should be delayed or halted until the streaming pioneer returns to profitability in the US, says analysts B. Riley & Co. in Los Angeles. Netflix has predicated much of its future growth (and profitability) on what it believes to be untapped international subscription VoD […]
M-Tel’s Mobiltel and Avail-TVN’s On Demand Group have announced the launch of Videoclub Max, a new subscription VoD service for Mobiltel subscribers in Bulgaria. Videoclub Max, which is sold as an add-on for Mobiltel’s digital TV service, includes unlimited access to a variety of popular TV series, movies, children’s programmes and music videos without a […]
Netflix and Twentieth Century Fox have revealed that Netflix will be the exclusive UK and Ireland home to the Fox cult comedy hit, “Arrested Development” to premiere early 2013. Seasons one through three are currently available to members in the UK and Ireland. “Arrested Development is one of the finest American comedies in TV history […]
Jiaflix and the China Movie Channel’s streaming movie website M1905 have teamed in venture to stream international feature films, in addition to Chinese movies, using SVOD and TVOD throughout China. Jiaflix has already signed a multi-year licensing deal with Paramount Pictures, whose library titles will be available through the online movie service when it launches […]
Penthouse Digital Media Productions, a specialist in adult entertainment, continues to broaden its international broadcasting footprint by teaming up with German cable leader Kabel Deutschland for the launch of a new branded Transactional VoD service. Penthouse’s programming will be exhibited on the existing KD VoD platform. KD is a leading national cable operator in the […]
In what it describes as a milestone for Canadian television, communication and media company Shaw Direct has become the first DTH provider in Canada to use adaptive streaming technology to deliver On Demand content directly to set-top boxes. With the launch of Online Video On Demand last April, Shaw Direct customers are already able to […]
South Africa’s premier TV distribution company CLICKBOOGIE MEDIA has launched BOOGIENIGHTS.TV the first online streaming tv service in Africa to a worldwide audience. The service consists of 7500 titles across a multitude of genres, Action, Cartoons, Christmas, Classics, Comedy, Docs, Drama, Family, Foreign,Thriller, Horror, Shorts etc….And now music too. “New titles are being updated every month, […]
iROKOtv, the “Netflix of Africa” and the continent’s first legal online source of Nollywood films, has revealed that it has over 500,000 registered users in less than six months since its launch. The news comes just months after the company announced that it had secured $8 million in funding from US-based hedge Tiger Global, early […]
comScore has released insights on the US tablet market from comScore TabLens, its forthcoming monthly syndicated service providing insights into tablet ownership and usage. The report found that tablets have quickly reached a critical mass in the US with 1 in every 4 smartphone owners using tablets during the three-month average period ending April 2012. […]