Online TV is a growing market, with the number of providers and variety in services strongly increasing, according to Goldmedia. Currently, there are 1,275 online TV channels in Germany, with about 151 million videos watched daily, mainly on free platforms (96 per cent). By 2015 Goldmedia predict that figure will nearly triple to almost 390 […]
Former Ofcom partner and ITN CEO, Stewart Purvis, has called for quick action on ITV, a reversal of European regulation, and relaxation of advertising and impartiality rules, in a speech delivered for the RTS (Royal Television Society) Fleming Memorial Lecture 2010. Entitled ‘Calling Time on Analogue Regulation – an agenda for the next Communications Act,’ […]
Virgin Media has confirmed a multiscreen deal with Channel 5 to bring programming from all of Five’s linear TV channels to its TV, online and mobile video on demand platforms from November. The addition of Demand Five to its TV On Demand service at no extra cost to customers makes Virgin Media the only TV […]
Fox has joined the other US networks and taken its shows off Google TV. However Crackle,, the online gateway to Sony Pictures Television is now available on Google TV Sony Electronics makes a GoogleTV. Crackle, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s premium video entertainment network, has built an optimised website for Google TV, its ad-supported service features original […]
Italy’s Antitrust Authority is to launch an investigation to see if Sky Italia has abused its dominant position in the acquisition of rights to broadcast the 2010 and 2014 World Cup, in pay-TV mode for all broadcasting platforms. The action is based on a complaint by Mediaset from May 2010 in which it denounced the […]
UK supermarket Sainsbury’s is to launch an online digital music and film download service in time for Christmas. Sainsbury’s Entertainment already provides customers access to books, DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs and games to pre-order and purchase online through the Sainsbury’s website. Now users will have the option to download music tracks and albums as well as […]
Michael D. Eisner‘s Web studio, Vuguru, will produce half a dozen scripted Web video series for AOL. “We feel like we are building the future of great high-quality video content,” said Tim Armstrong, the chief executive of AOL. Eisner said the partnership was proof that “story-telling series, emotional series” were coming to the fore on […]
Four top US TV networks have asked a federal court to stop the Internet video service FilmOn.com from offering TV channels over the web and on Apple’s iPad for free. FilmOn.com was launched in September by British entrepreneur Alki David. The network’s suit comes as start-ups have sought to bypass traditional media companies by offering […]
New start-up Movieclips.com has licensed short clips from movies that are then streamed on its website. The site is designed to entice consumers into paying for the full-length movie after enjoying a short excerpt for free. The company has secured around 1,400 films and 15,000 clips from various Hollywood studios on its site. The studios […]
PlayJam has invited third party games developers to maximise revenues by publishing their titles free of charge to its global connected TV network. PlayJam is the world’s largest TV games publisher, delivering its 500-strong library of branded casual games titles via a common Application Programme Interface (API) to millions of consumer electronics devices across the […]