Amazon.com has introduced the Amazon Instant Video App, enabling customers to stream or download Amazon Instant Video movies and TV episodes from their video library directly on their iPhone or iPod touch. The app also makes more than 30,000 titles from Prime Instant Video available to Prime members such as hit TV shows such as […]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is encouraging US consumers to do away with rolls of wrapping paper, tape and high shipping costs with the launch of the Sony Pictures Gift Store (www.sonypicturesgiftstore.com) powered by Movie eWrap. The gift-giving destination and Movie eWrap gift-wrapping technology allows shoppers to purchase and gift any of the nearly 500 […]
After a fortnight of ‘Will they? Won’t they?’ speculation as to whether the anticipated pre-Christmas launch of the Redbox Instant by Verizon online entertainment joint venture formed between US telco Verizon and retail solutions specialist Coinstar would actually take place and move out of private beta testing, the pair have unveiled details of the disc […]
Akamai Technologies and AT&T have announced a strategic alliance to deliver a global suite of content delivery network (CDN) solutions to companies. AT&T is combining Akamai’s industry leading content delivery platform with its world-renowned IP network to deliver to companies an exclusive suite of global CDN and telecom solutions that will be jointly marketed, managed […]
Following the September US launch of its NOOK Video service for its NOOK e-reader, Barnes & Noble, the retailer of content, digital media and educational products, has confirmed that its NOOK Video offering of films and TV shows is available in the UK for NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ customers through new and expanded licensing […]
Netflix has raised the stakes in its battle with pay-TV operators by agreeing a new multi-year licensing agreement that will make it the exclusive US subscription television service for first-run live-action and animated feature films from The Walt Disney Studios. The rights had previously been held by pay-TV service Starz, which had failed to reach […]
Dutch cable operator Ziggo added 20 more live channels to the Ziggo TV app – bringing the total 48. The app itself is free. To watch live TV with it, however, users need to have a Ziggo television and Internet subscription. The new channels include Ketnet, Journaal 24, Crime & Investigation Network, and Discovery Science. […]
The BBC is overhauling its Red Button service to make it future-proof for the next generation of connected TVs. ‘Connected Red Button’ will allow viewers with Internet-enabled TVs to watch a selection channels even if they are off air, and catch up with previous episodes of shows. It will launch initially with Virgin Media’s Tivo […]
EAs the European and global football season gathers pace, ESPNFC, the multi-platform global football initiative from ESPN, is unveiling a package of enhancements as it continues to grow audiences and connect brands with fans. Available online, via the mobile web, smart phone apps, and, on TV via football debate and discussion show PressPass, ESPNFC brings […]
Mediaset’s on-demand offer, Premium Play, has surpassed one million users, of which 750,000 are active via an Internet connection. Premium Play, which launched in February 2011, is providing over 3,000 content (including football channels and HD) for subscribers of the pay-TV service Mediaset Premium, at no extra cost. The service has been averaging 10,000 new […]