Pay-TV channel Starz has called off talks to renew its streaming deal with Netflix, in a move that could deprive the online video service of one of its key sources of movies. Starz has original programming but also distribution rights for movies from studios such as Disney and Sony. Although Netflix has brokered several deals […]
Cryptography Research and Verimatrix, specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services, have inked a deal that sees Verimatrix license Cryptography Research’s CryptoFirewall security core technology to help build advanced solutions protecting video delivery revenue streams. “Content piracy and theft of service are major commercial concerns for our system operator customers, as […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI has launched three new free applications for the iPad. The apps are RaiNews 24, Rai Storia and RaiSport, with the later being launched on occasion of the World Athletics Championships, currently underway in Daegu. RaiNews 24 provides videos, photo galleries, and news updated in real time, RaiSport includes videos, sports news […]
Criterion Capital Partners, the new owner of SeeSaw, has lost a key content deal with Channel 4, meaning shows such as The Inbetweeners and Peep Show are no longer available on the online TV service. Criterion Capital Partners, which also bought former AOL asset Bebo, took a 75 per cent stake in SeeSaw from owner […]
NDS has launched its next generation DRM solution for multi-platform pay-TV: VideoGuard Connect. It says the solution provides end-to-end protection of an operator’s service, using the unique security capabilities of each individual platform. VideoGuard Connect is designed to help TV operators to seamlessly extend their pay-TV services to connected media devices. It enables the secure […]
LoveFilm, the DVD postal subscription service that currently covers the UK, Germany and Scandinavia, might target new territories with a digital only service. LoveFilm says it would consider a streaming only service for certain markets. The criterion would include the expansion of the connected TV market and the availability of rights; a UK streaming only […]
Sony Pictures and Warner Bros have signed on as content suppliers for Silicon Valley startup Flickme.com, a socially-focused movie streaming service that launched in the US this week. Flickme is set up in a similar fashion to other content streaming services that rent or sell films with the addition of deep integration with social networking […]
IP Vision has announced that the FetchTV content portal will be available this autumn via an app as a service to consumers on Panasonic’s VIERA Connect compatible TV sets sold in the UK and Ireland. Viewers will be able to access a range of FetchTV’s specialist TV channels as well as thousands of hours of […]
Wyplay, a specialist in TV-centric operator software solutions, has integrated the “YouTube on TV” application into its client middleware and is now deploying it with its Vodafone customers. YouTube has developed a free application for the TV that lets users watch YouTube videos on the big screen, in up to 720p HD video quality, with […]
Wyplay, a specialist in TV-centric Operator software solutions, has integrated the “YouTube on TV” application into its client middleware and is now deploying it with its Vodafone customers. YouTube, a wholly owned subsidiary of Google, has developed a free YouTube application for the TV that lets users sit back and watch their favorite YouTube videos […]