Consumer electronics giant Samsung has secured a JV output deal from Twentieth Century Fox in which the Hollywood studio’s films will be available in 4K/Ultra-HD on Samsung’s ‘Smart TVs’. Additionally, Samsung and 20th Century Fox’s Home Entertainment division will also add movies such as “Night at the Museum,” “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and “The Counselor” onto […]
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 […]
Lord (David) Puttnam, President of Film Distributors’ Association (FDA), has declared that respect for copyright still needs to be argued for, and that in a well-run world, the copyright system would be cherished, not merely respected or tolerated. Puttnam’s remarks came as he delivered a keynote speech to a large audience from across the UK […]
Comcast has confirmed the addition of 18 live streaming channels to the Xfinity TV Go app including A&E, Bravo, Cooking Channel, DIY Network, E!, Food Network, HGTV, HISTORY, mun2, Oxygen, Sprout, STARZ, Syfy, TBS, TNT, Travel Channel, truTV and USA Network. With the ability to also stream more than 25,000 On Demand choices and download […]
OTT solutions provider Synapse TV is to launch two new free-to-view channels on UK DTT platform Freeview. TVPlayer – a free-to-air live TV streaming service – and Planet Knowledge – an on-demand documentary TV service – will soon be available to compatible Freeview HD Internet-connected homes in the UK. The TVPlayer mobile app has already […]
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 […]
Amazon has announced a content licensing agreement with BBC Worldwide North America that will make Prime Instant Video the exclusive online-only subscription home for streaming Season One and future seasons of the dramatic thriller Orphan Black. “Orphan Black is exactly the type of smart, suspenseful TV show that our customers love to binge on,” said […]
The first ever closing of a BBC channel has been done to pave the way for the first ever tax imposed for receiving content over the Internet. The BBC, in the person of its Director General Lord Tony Hall, says the BBC is taking difficult and necessary decisions in the face of real term cuts […]
The Walt Disney Company and DISH Network Corporation have announced a long-term, wide-ranging distribution agreement that will provide DISH customers with access to Disney’s line-up of top quality sports, news and entertainment content across televisions, computers, smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles and connected devices. The deal also brings to an end a long-running legal battle over […]