Jeremy Darroch, BSkyB’s CEO, has suggested that live English Premier League football could be carried on the pay-TV operator’s NOW TV over-the-top Internet TV service, which he revealed would launch mid-July. He suggested that initially, the service would carry Sky’s movie and entertainment content, with sport following at a later stage. “We see NOW as […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM and Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution have agreed a major multi-year content deal giving LOVEFiLM members streaming access to recent and forthcoming movies and TV series. LOVEFiLM members will have instant, exclusive on-demand access to the second pay-TV window of Twentieth Century Fox film content. The film deal commences with titles theatrically released […]
Mike Darcey, BSkyB’s COO, has admitted the pay-TV operator’s planned OTT service ‘Now TV’ could be carried on open IPTV platform YouView, scheduled for launch later in the summer of 2012. Although BSkyB had expressed concern that public money had been used to support a project for which he felt the market should determine a […]
Daily television coverage of the Wimbledon 2012 tournament will broadcast on BBC One, BBC One HD, BBC Two and the BBC HD Channel commening June 25th. The BBC Sport website will provide up to six live match streams as well as news, interviews and video highlights. For the first time tennis fans can also view […]
Comcast and Disney/ABC Television Group have confirmed that Xfinity TV customers can now access three new authenticated TV+ products – WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney XD and WATCH Disney Junior – at home or on-the-go – via a suite of new apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and online at WATCHDisneyChannel.com, WATCHDisneyXD.com and WATCHDisneyJunior.com. […]
Multi-screen digital TV services revenue and security enhancement specialist Verimatrix has confirmed that Quickflix, Australia’s leading online movie rental company, is securing its over-the-top (OTT) video-on-demand (VoD) service with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV. Quickflix’s Chief Executive Officer Chris Taylor OTT said Verimatrix’s expertise had enabled Quickflix to become one […]
Amazon.com has secured a licensing agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios adding hundreds of classic movies and hit TV episodes throughout 2012 to the Prime Instant Video catalogue. Digital video streaming and download service Prime Instant Video now features more than 18,000 movies and TV episodes to stream instantly and enjoy at no additional cost. Customers who […]
Global spend on entertainment and media services will reach $2.1 trillion by 2016, from $1.6 trillion in 2011 according to PwC. But the continuing change to digital over physical distribution will mean that growth will come at a slower pace than in previous years — and at a rate slower than that of overall GDP, […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed it will stream the London Olympic Games live through YouTube. Sports fans in 64 countries across Asia and Africa will have free access to 11 different HD channels. The coverage will be accessible on computers, tablets and mobile devices. Coverage will only be available in countries where the […]
Belgacom has added four new channels to its TV Everywhere offering: 2BE, Vitaya, vtm and vtmKzoom. Additional channels JIM and anne will be added at the end of June, bringing the total number to 30. More than 360,000 customers have downloaded the TV Everywhere app since the service launched in July 2011. In anticipation of […]