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Amazon adds NBCU content to Prime Instant Video

Amazon has announced an expanded content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution, adding hundreds of popular and award-winning TV episodes to Prime Instant Video, including prior seasons of Parks and Recreation, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica and more. Prime Instant Video now features more than 22,000 movies and TV episodes for Prime members to […]

August 28, 2012

Connected CE devices help broadcasters grow OTT revenues

OTT video service providers are keen to establish a strong presence on the variety of connected CE devices being installed in consumers’ homes, given the revenue opportunity that these devices present, according to IMS Research. Findings from the firm’s recent study – Business Model Evolution in OTT and On-demand Video Markets – 2012 Edition – […]

August 23, 2012

Quickflix on Samsung Galaxy tablets

Quickflix, Australia’s leading online movie company, has launched its ‘all you can view’ streaming service on the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 tablet allowing Quickflix subscribers to enjoy blockbuster movies and television shows on the go instantly, for a subscription fee of A$14.99, or pay per view. The Quickflix streaming ‘app’ is pre-loaded on all […]

August 17, 2012

BBC digital Olympic record

BBC Sport online registered a record 55 million visits from devices around the world during the Olympic Games. Some 37 million were from within the UK, the BBC said. The figure includes both mobile and computer access. There were also 106 million requests for online video during the games – up from 32 million during […]

August 14, 2012

HBO teams up with blinkbox

HBO Home Entertainment UK has revealed plans to make its portfolio of TV shows available to watch instantly through a new agreement with digital movie service blinkbox. For the first time, consumers in the UK can buy the second seasons of Emmy and Golden Globe-winning epic Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire via blinkbox’s digital […]

August 13, 2012

American Idol show on Facebook

The producers of American Idol will release their new reality TV series on Facebook; the first television show to air on the social network and a cable channel at the same time. Showing A Chance to Dance to Facebook users and cable subscribers simultaneously signals confidence that the social network can be a distribution channel […]

August 13, 2012

The Hunger Games UltraViolet release

Having announced late May that it would be releasing acclaimed movie The Hunger Game on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, on demand and digital download on August 18, global entertainment company Lionsgate has confirmed that the title, which has generated more than $683 million at the box office, is to be available through UltraViolet channels such as […]

August 13, 2012By Colin Mann

NOW TV for iPad and iPhone

Sky has confirmed that its OTT service NOW TV is now available to download from the App Store, for both iPad and iPhone via 3G and WiFi. NOW TV is currently available to anyone in the UK with a broadband or 3G connection across a wide range of connected devices including PC, Mac, selected Android […]

July 31, 2012

Cougar Town director derides Kim Dotcom letter

Bruce Leddy, a writer/director whose credits include Cougar Town, MADtv, and the indie feature The Wedding Weekend, has used the pages of the Hollywood Reporter to pour scorn on an open letter from Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom in which he claimed he was not Hollywood’s enemy. Dotcom was arrested in January 2012, but a New […]

July 27, 2012By Colin Mann

TalkTalk confirms Free TV package

Announcing its Q1 results, UK telco TalkTalk has confirmed the launch of Free TV for its TalkTalk Plus customers. Dido Harding, Chief Executive of TalkTalk, said customers would be able to pre-register immediately for their free YouView set-top box with no additional monthly subscription. The package also includes TalkTalk Player, 12 months free subscription to […]

July 26, 2012By Colin Mann