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Hulu Plus on 7 Android tablets with new UI

Hulu Plus, the US online subscription service, has confirmed it is now available on seven Android tablets with a brand new, “super deluxe” Hulu Plus user interface. Writing in a company blog, Software Developers Rajiv Makhijani and Zachary Pinter advise that the Hulu Plus app from Google Play can be downloaded, enabling a new way […]

March 30, 2012

Android Demand 5 from Channel 5

Channel 5 is to launch its TV catch-up Demand 5 to Android devices, connected TVs and the PS3 this summer. The broadcaster says it has seen viewing across Demand 5 double over the past 12 months. James Tatam head of digital said syndication remains a core part of its strategy, and has helped drive “huge” […]

March 28, 2012

Disney TVOD on Google

Disney studios have made transactional video-on-demand deals with online video services YouTube and Google Play in the UK. These first deals in Europe mean that users can buy or rent movies. “This launch will offer UK viewers further choice and flexibility in how they enjoy our must-see films at home or on the move – […]

March 28, 2012

Vision247 app for LG Smart TVs

Vision247 has confirmed the availability of its LG Smart TV app for broadcasters. This new app, available from the App Store on LG Smart TVs, enables broadcasters to extend the reach of online streamed content to audience via the latest LG internet connected TV sets. LG Smart TVs enable viewers to access a range of […]

March 28, 2012

Vision247 app gives greater channel choice to LG Smart TV owners

Broadcast specialist Vision247, announces the availability of its LG Smart TV app for broadcasters. This new app, available from the App Store on LG Smart TVs, enables broadcasters to extend the reach of online streamed content to audience via the latest LG internet connected TV sets. LG Smart TVs enable viewers to access a range […]

March 28, 2012

Cisco confirms commitment to video

Cisco, which was recently rumoured to be considering disposal of its Scientific Atlanta set-top box business, has confirmed its commitment to the operation as part of its strategy to benefit from the rising tide of video consumption. Cisco has “a huge commitment to video,” John Chambers, Cisco’s CEO and chairman, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, noting […]

March 27, 2012By Colin Mann

UK online TV revenues to quadruple by 2020

The UK television industry expects both pay and advertising revenues from online video services to quadruple by 2020, according to new research findings from media management company Red Bee Media. The research, which surveyed executives from across the UK television industry on their predictions for business models and revenue streams in 2020, found that more […]

March 22, 2012By Colin Mann

BT Vision deal for UKTV

In the first linear channel deal for BT Vision, the IPTV service from BT, Britain’s leading branded multichannel broadcaster, UKTV, has agreed a three-year carriage deal covering both channel-branded VoD content which will be available immediately, and the network’s portfolio of linear, paid-for television channels, beginning with Watch, Gold and Alibi later this year. UKTV’s […]

March 22, 2012By Colin Mann

All3Media launching VoD TV app

The UK’s largest independent producer is set to shake up the video-on-demand market by allowing viewers to bypass services such as LoveFilm and Netflix and catch hit shows via its TV app. All3Media, producer shows such as Skins, Shameless. The Only Way is Essex and Peep Show, has struck a deal to launch a VoD […]

March 19, 2012

MTV targets MySpace

At the South by Southwest festival MTV announced Artists.MTV, a project to let musicians “claim” and customise their pages among the thousands on MTV’s site. The idea is to collect in one place — namely MTV.com, whose sites have 60 million unique visitors each month — some of the traffic that might go off in […]

March 16, 2012