MTV and Sony BMG are to provide programme clips and music videos across the MSN Video service.The deal will see clips and music videos made available via MSN Video across European countries including the UK, France and Germany. The deal builds on the wide-ranging $500m advertising and content agreement struck by MTV owner Viacom and […]

blinkx, the video search engine, has unveiled a partnership with Young Hollywood to offer users a backstage pass to the site's exclusive celebrity programming. Young Hollywood, an online destination for entertainment, provides users with original content from celebrity interviews and news to behind the scenes coverage of Hollywood events. Under the terms of the agreement, […]

E4 will launch the second series of its hit drama Skins online with the first episode played out on the channel's website and on social network site MySpace in the week before its transmission on TV.

Apple will let iTunes users rent movies as well as buy them and add Fox and Warner Bros as suppliers. According to reports Apple will announce the rental service later this month. New releases and older titles will rent for $3.99 for 24 hours. Meanwhile, Apple is to reduce the price it charges UK users […]

Sony Pictures Television has agreed to provide five-minute versions of several of its most popular TV shows for viewing through YouTube. Sony said the short versions, or 'minisodes', of programmes such as 'Married With Children' and 'Newsradio' will help expand the brand for the shows to the online universe. Some 21 shows will be available […]

Channel 4 is previewing the first episode of the new series of its flagship drama Shameless exclusively on MySpace. Shameless already has a profile on the social networking site with 16,800 fans so far. The first episode of the fifth series will be split into four eight-minute segments and premiered on MySpace from 26th December.

The CNN branded channel on YouTube, which features newly extracted content from the channel, is now available to users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This move complements a suite of new products and services that CNN and other Turner brands have been rolling out across mobile, web and IPTV platforms this year.

Nineties BBC comedy show Stella Street is to return in an online format. The cult favourite will be distributed at the IPTV website Log.tv. The new material is expected to appear early in 2008.

Sky has re-launched Sky Anytime on PC as it further expands its PC-based on-demand offer. The service offers access to a broad collection of first run subscription movies, sports, entertainment and documentaries. Its re-launch sees content from third party channels being made available for the first time, new Sky brands joining the service, enhancements to […]

The History Channel UK and Top Up TV have reached an agreement to launch The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network on Top Up TV Anytime in the UK. Both The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network are immediately to available to all subscribers of Top Up TV Anytime service.