LOVEFiLM and Ocado kick start 2011 with a 12-month contract that will see the supermarket giant direct marketing to LOVEFiLM’s sizeable and well-suited customer base. LOVEFiLM, Europe’s largest subscription service streaming movies and TV episodes over the internet and sending DVDs by post, will distribute uniquely branded inserts direct to customers’ doorsteps via rental titles […]
Premium VOD and piracy rank the two biggest challenges facing movie theatre owners in 2011, according to John Fithian, CEO of National Association of Theatre Owners. Speaking in a conference call hosted by MKM Partners, Fithian said studio efforts to bolster declining home entertainment disc sales through premium VOD presents a greater risk to the […]
Orange Switzerland will launch its ‘Orange CineHome’ service on January 17th, enabling its mobile customers to access a range of films and TV shows on their television through a dedicated set-top box with broadband connection. The service will offer unlimited access to the Warner Bros TV film and TV series catalogue as well as unlimited […]
Icon Film Distribution has inked an exclusive distribution pact with European online film and TV subscription service LOVEFiLM. LOVEFiLM will offer a selection of Icon’s movies, exclusive to the site for a year, including ‘The Road‘,‘Edge of Darkness‘ and ‘A Single Man‘. Dozens of titles from Icon’s back catalogue will also be added to the […]
Despite years of big growth and even bigger hype, the network-delivered rental and sale of videos continued to represent only a small portion of the US home video entertainment market in 2010, as consumers flocked to buy and rent Blu-ray discs, according to findings from Screen Digest. The US home video entertainment market, consisting of […]
Apple says this week it will surpass one million sales of Apple TV and added that iTunes users are now renting and buying more than 400,000 TV shows and more than 150,000 movies per day. In September, Apple introduced a less expensive, smaller version of Apple TV for $99. It says: “Now with AirPlay, recently […]
Filipino On Demand, a video on demand television service from ABS-CBN International, the largest Filipino entertainment and broadcast company in the US, has launched on AT&T U-verse TV. Filipino On Demand is available for no extra charge to AT&T U-verse TV customers that subscribe to The Filipino Package or The Filipino Channel.
Hulu, which has been tipped for a New Year IPO, is now said to be exploring alternative means of raising capital, including getting existing investors to inject more capital, says the WSJ. Many US reports have previously predicted the online video site was angling for an IPO to raise $200 million to $300 million – […]
HBO Central Europe, provider of premium movie channels in central and eastern Europe, has launched HBO GO, a broadband VOD service for subscribers to HBO Poland, available on any computer connected to the Internet. Initially HBO GO will be available only to customers of INEA, the biggest regional telecom operator in the Polish region of […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has announced that Viasat Broadcasting is the first Scandinavian pay-TV operator to launch a 3D TV service. Viasat 3D is now made available to satellite subscribers through Viasat’s digital OnDemand set-top box and will feature live football matches from UEFA Champions League, as well as streamed […]