Sony has brought its Qriocity online content rental service to Europe after a soft launch in Bravias and Blu-ray in the US. Sony says music and games will soon be added to the current movie menu as the service goes live in France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the UK. The eccentrically named Qriocity has European […]
Netflix said it will immediately offer its first unlimited streaming-only subscription plan in the US for $7.99 a month, and raise prices of its popular unlimited streaming and unlimited DVD plan by a dollar to $9.99 a month. “We are now primarily a streaming video company delivering a wide selection of TV shows and films […]
Cineplex Entertainment has revealed movies can now be digitally downloaded into Canadian homes with Download To Own (DTO) and VOD service from the online Cineplex Store. New releases will be available for digital download on the same day they are released on DVD and Blu-ray. Effective immediately, digital downloads purchased from Cineplex.com can be played […]
Hulu has confirmed that its premium Hulu Plus is now available to everyone (in the US) to sign-up and use and it is dropping the trial price of $9.99 a month to $7.99 and will be crediting those who took it up at the old price. US financial press has reported Hulu is considering an […]
Comcast has unveiled its new Xfinity TV app, which will enable Xfinity TV digital customers to watch TV shows and movies directly on the iPad either at home or on-the-go in the coming weeks. The Xfinity TV app is a TV guide and a mobile video player all in one. It enables customers to change […]
Modern Times Group (MTG) has entered into a strategic cooperation with LG Electronics. Viasat is making its Viasat OnDemand Internet pay-TV services available directly on all LG TV sets in the Nordic region enabled with NetCast functionality effective immediately. The OTT solution is available to customers with Viasat OnDemand accounts by simply connecting the TV […]
Level 3 Communications has been selected to serve as a primary content delivery network (CDN) provider for Netflix to support the company’s streaming functionality and to support storage for the entire Netflix library of content. As a result of the deal, Level 3 has accelerated plans to further invest in its CDN capacity. Level 3 […]
Accedo Broadband, provider of app stores and applications for IPTV and Connected TV, has revealed that Viasat, the leading free-TV and pay-TV operator in Scandinavia, has selected Accedo to help develop, test and launch its Viasat OnDemand application for the LG NetCast platform. Viasat OnDemand is already available for consumers to watch via the Internet […]
Verizon FiOS TV has launched its Flex View platform allowing subscribers access to the telco’s VOD offering outside the home on a variety of portable devices, including laptops, smart phones and tablets. Initially, users can download for purchase or rent over 1,400 movie titles on Flex View, with the amount of content growing to 2,000 […]
Hulu should more than double revenue this year to $240 million, its chief executive Jason Kilar has said, as rumours of an IPO grow. Kilar said Hulu delivered videos to 30 million viewers in the past month and has more than 235 content partners. Launched three years ago, Hulu is now the second-largest Web video […]