Online VoD service Netflix is now available on Swedish cable operator Com Hem’s TiVo platform. Netflix will be included through TiVo as an app, giving viewers to access to all Netflix content including Arrested Development, House of Cards and Breaking Bad. Customers can log in with a current Netflix account for subscribe direct through their […]
Quickflix, the Australian TV streaming service, continued its growth trajectory in the December quarter, adding over 10,000 new customers and experiencing strong demand for its service. Total active customers increased by 10 per cent to 120,800 in the quarter including 18,552 trialists. The number of paying customers grew by 4 per cent during the quarter […]
The 2014 Winter X Games will be broadcast live and on demand in the UK and Europe on streaming service ESPNPlayer.com as the world’s top winter sport athletes gather in Aspen, Colorado. The games, being held for the 18th time, take place just two weeks before the Winter Olympics in Sochi and will feature more […]
Internet TV streaming service Aereo plans to launch its technology in the Greater Cincinnati region on January 21st. Greater Cincinnati includes 24-county area across Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. In January 2013, Aereo said that it intended to expand to 22 new US cities beyond its New York initial launch during the course of the year, […]
Internet entertainment streaming service Netflix has garnered its first Oscar nomination for The Square, a documentary about the 2011 revolution and ongoing strife in Egypt. On January 12th Netflix won its first Golden Globe, with Robin Wright being awarded Best Actress in a Drama for her role in House of Cards. Netflix acquired the streaming […]
For the quarter ended on December 31st 2013, French technology specialists Netgem has reported consolidated revenues of € 23.5 million – 2 per cent up on a year earlier – bringing its consolidated revenue throughout 2013 to € 81.3 million, of which 77 per cent was generated abroad. Netgems’s Q4 international revenues came to €19.4 […]
NBCUniversal International has revealed plans to make ITV Studios’ smash hit period drama Mr Selfridge available to download and own from iTunes three days before the broadcast of each episode (of the second series) on ITV. This Electronic Sell-Through (EST) agreement marks the first time ITV Studios Global Entertainment has agreed a deal for an […]
Decipher’s latest VOD Audit report reveals that Apple’s iTunes service comprehensively trounces the competition by offering a total of 65,063 video assets, 193 per cent larger than the next largest service Xbox Video, and 275 per cent larger than
Multi-screen streaming service, Flipps, has signed a distribution partnership with independent multi-platform studio, Vuguru. Two of Vuguru’s flagship digital series will soon be available for “Direct-to-TV” streaming via Flipps. Vuguru has been an innovator in delivering storytelling to audiences through emerging technologies. These scripted series will for the first time be available for streaming on […]
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has selected Octoshape, an expert in cloud-based streaming technology, to provide the streaming services for their online TV channel ParalympicSport.TV. More than 780 hours of live sport were broadcast on paralympic.org throughout London 2012 across five channels. For 2014, Octoshape will provide enhancements like geo-targeting, picture-in-picture capabilities and video time-shifting […]