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Dish online adds Turner content

Dish Network continues the expansion of its content at dishonline.com with the addition of shows from Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and truTV from Turner Broadcasting System’s entertainment networks. Now Dish Network customers who subscribe to packages featuring these networks can watch primetime TV shows anytime on their computers. Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and truTV content […]

May 18, 2011

Netflix adds Miramax titles

Netflix and Miramax have confirmed a multi-year agreement under which Netflix members in the US will be able to instantly watch motion pictures from the Miramax film library. It is the first time Miramax titles have become available through a digital subscription service. Beginning in June, Netflix members will be able to instantly watch several […]

May 16, 2011

ESPN Android app

ESPN has launched an Android app but only for customers of Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV. The sports programmer is making four live network feeds – with most of the same programming that’s available on TV – available through a free app for Google’s Android operating system to subscribers of […]

May 10, 2011

Dish adds HBO GO and MAX GO

Dish Network has announced that Dish Online.com now gives its US customers instant, unlimited access to HBO and Cinemax titles not offered by Netflix’s online service. In connection with HBO’s new online video destinations, HBO GO and MAX GO, Dish Network customers who subscribe to HBO or Cinemax premium channels can now instantly watch nearly […]

April 21, 2011

LoveFilm to stream Disney movies

LoveFilm, the UK DVD and online video rental business, has confirmed a deal to stream Disney films.  LoveFilm subscribers will be able to watch more than 50 Disney titles. The company will also make new releases available to non-members around five months after their box office premiere for between £2.49 (€2.84) and £3.49 a film. […]

April 19, 2011

Google plans YouTube content revamp

Google is working on a major overhaul of YouTube as it tries to position itself for the rise of Connected TVs, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to people familiar with the matter, YouTube is looking to compete with broadcast and cable television, which would entail enticing users to stay on the website longer, and […]

April 7, 2011By Colin Mann

Showtime and Starz delay Netflix supply

Two of the OTT and DVD service’s most important content providers have changed their distribution agreements with the company, reflecting growing anxiety about the pace of growth at the DVD subscription and movie streaming company. Showtime, the pay-TV service owned by CBS, this said it would remove all of its first-run programming from Netflix’s streaming […]

March 25, 2011

Netflix $100m for original content

Netflix has upped its stalking of pay-TV operators by bidding as much as $100 million for exclusive US rights to a new political series starring Kevin Spacey. House of Cards, a remake of the BBC political drama, is directed by The Social Network’s David Fincher and is being auctioned by Media Rights Capital. The bidding […]

March 16, 2011

Cord cutting is all about tipping points

We have a widget on the advanced-television.com news service that calculates the most read story over the last five days. It is clear that if the words connected TV feature in the story it will rank high and if the name Google TV is included it will shoot to the top. This fascination is divided […]

March 15, 2011

Xbox TV service launching this year?

Microsoft could introduce a new television streaming service to the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live later this year, according to a report from ZDNet. The site claims says the service, codenamed ‘Orapa’, will bring Xbox Live and Microsoft’s Mediaroom IPTV together for the first time. It’s said to feature different Xbox Live social aspects like […]

March 10, 2011