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Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network join Sky Go

To coincide with the beginning of the school holidays, dozens of popular children’s shows including SpongeBob SquarePants, Ben10 and Regular Show are now available to watch on-demand on Sky Go on smartphones and mobile tablets. On-demand content from eight children’s channels, including Cartoon Network, the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, is now available through the app, […]

July 26, 2012

NBC offers multi-platform series previews

NBC has confirmed that is to repeat its exercise of offering full-episode, pre-sampling versions of its new fall (autumn) series prior to the network time-period premières as each new primetime programme will receive a digital sampling window for marketing and promotional purposes over multiple platforms leading into the regular series première As NBC takes advantage […]

July 26, 2012

Amazon,Warner Bros. agree distribution deal

Amazon.com has secured a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to add popular TV shows, including Fringe and The West Wing to its digital video streaming and download service Prime Instant Video. The titles join the more than 18,000 Prime Instant Videos on Kindle Fire and hundreds of other compatible devices, with the […]

July 23, 2012

Larry King on Hulu

Larry King’s new online interview show has found a home on Hulu. “Larry King Now,” is premiering right away with King’s interview with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. The King programme is part of a gradual expansion of the line-up of on-demand shows on Hulu. Four shows a week will be added. “Larry King Now” […]

July 17, 2012

Sundance Channel TV Everywhere

Sundance Channel is now available to watch on iPhone and iPad with Movistar Imagenio in Spain. The news comes on the heels of the recent launch of the network locally on Android and Blackberry smartphones. Sundance Channel offers audiences a selection of independent films, documentaries and original programmes. It is available as an SD and […]

July 17, 2012

RESEARCH: Netflix users streaming more TV programming

Following the announcement earlier this year by Netflix that its members had enjoyed more than two billion hours of streamed video in Q4 2011, a recent Nielsen survey shows 19 per cent of the respondents prefer to use the service for TV or TV-like programming, an increase of eight per cent compared to 2011. Nielsen […]

July 16, 2012

FilmOn plans US roll-out

Buoyed by the July 11 ruling by Federal Judge Alison Nathan that New York-based Aereo can continue with its service which takes live TV programming and sends it to mobile devices, HD streaming service FilmOn.com is now reinstating its live major Network streams in the state of New York with principally the same application of […]

July 16, 2012By Colin Mann

Broadcasters appeal Aereo decision

A group of broadcasters has appealed a judge’s ruling against closing down Internet video service Aereo. The broadcasters claim that Aereo, which allows New York City customers to stream television channels on their computers and mobile devices, violates copyright law. “We’re confident that on appeal Aereo will be found to be a copyright infringer,” said […]

July 13, 2012By Colin Mann

Pay-TV struggling against Netflix UI

Pay-TV companies are struggling to keep up with video experiences enabled by connected TVs and iPads, according to analyst firm ABI Resesarch. Their situation, caused by a slow-moving business model, as well as serving less technically savvy consumers, is exacerbated by suffering a hardware disadvantage as they rely on set-top boxes that are typically a […]

July 12, 2012

Sky entertainment channels join Sky Go line-up

Sky TV customers can now enjoy shows from Sky’s entertainment channels on-demand with Sky Go.  A selection of on-demand content from Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living and Sky Arts 1 is now available via Sky Go on all compatible mobile devices. The addition of Sky Entertainment channels on-demand continues to expand the portfolio of […]

July 4, 2012