Football fans will be able to watch English Premier League games on IPTV under a new three-year agreement between ISP Etisalat and du, and Abu Dhabi Media Company, which owns the screening rights for EPL.

Viacom has decided to remove its shows from Hulu. The companies said that they were parting amicably, but Viacom's decision is a serious loss for Hulu, its “The Daily Show” is listed as the third-most-watched show on the site. “We tried to reach a deal. We got close. We continued to talk even over the […]

Channel Five has signed a deal with CBS to make programmes available on the US network’s on-demand video website TV.com. The partnership is establishes TV.com as a player in the UK market ahead of rival Hulu.com service. TV.com users will be able to watch programmes from Five’s catch-up TV service, Demand Five, shortly after they […]

SeeSaw, the online TV service from Arquiva, has revealed programming deals with broadcasters and independent production, including Channel 4 and Five. SeeSaw has confirmed that Channel 4’s content will be available on the service at launch including programmes such as Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, Skins and Grand Designs. The service has also struck a multi-year […]

Dish Network and NeuLion, an end-to-end IPTV service provider of live and on-demand programming delivered via broadband, have announced a multi-year partnership to distribute certain Dish Network international channels using NeuLion’s IPTV service. The partnership with NeuLion enhances Dish Network’s international programming offering by providing consumers without access to satellite TV the ability to enjoy […]

ITV and Hulu are to sign a deal allowing the platform to distribute full-length ITV shows- some exclusively. As part of the deal ITV will gain an equity stake in Hulu UK, understood to be about 25%. Hulu’s parent company is owned equally by Disney, NBC Universal, Providence Equity and News Corp. ITV is the […]

Digital TV company Kudelski has purchased approximately 60 per cent of the shares in OpenTV Corp it had not already owned for $1.55 a share, taking its voting rights to 91 per cent. In February, Kudelski had proposed buying the remainder of OpenTV’s shares for $1.35 per share, but withdrew that bid in June after […]

Sky has announced a deal that places Sky Player on set-top boxes made by IP Vision who's FetchTV hybrid DTT/IP STP has a built-in PVR, and offers BBC iPlayer, C 4 VOD, Sky Sports News, Discovery Channel and CNN. The box, called Freeview+ is priced at £219 (E237). While not significant in volume terms, the […]

More than a third of Australians admit they either illegally download movies off the Internet or have thought about doing so. A survey of consumers’ movie rental, downloading and pay TV viewing habits has revealed a significant slice of the population prefer accessing their entertainment through the back door. The national survey by DVD rental […]

YouTube is close to a deal with Channel 4 that will lead to the majority of the broadcaster's content being available on the site. Like the recent deal with IPC, Channel 4 is being granted the rights to sell its own advertising around the content and share the revenues with YouTube. Such a deal would […]