The world online movies market is forecast to reach $4.4 billion by the year 2017. Prime growth factors instrumental in driving demand for online movies include skyrocketing popularity of movies, rising Internet penetration, increased prevalence of TV and DVD players, and higher digital downloads. In addition, factors such as escalating movie ticket prices, increasing credit […]

Google TV will launch in France in September according to Les Echos. It says Sony will launch a basic set-top priced at around €200 and a Blu-ray player priced at around €300. The STBs will access the Google Play Store via a dedicated button on the remote control. The devices could include voice recognition control, […]

MTG has expanded its Viaplay online pay-TV service to Russia. Viaplay has previously been made available to customers in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, and the Group is now expanding its online pay-TV offering to customers outside the Nordic region for the first time. Viaplay provides Russians with an online on-demand subscription service, offering unlimited […]

Machinima, the entertainment network that started using animated characters from video games, now attracts 166 million monthly unique viewers, who between them watched 1.4 billion videos in February 2012. President and co-founder Philip DeBevoise told MIP the audience was mainly 13 to 34 year-old males, who watch its videos on YouTube. The company is already […]

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 […]

Quickflix – dubbed Australia’s answer to Netflix – is crossing the Tasman Sea to launch in New Zealand, becoming the country’s first unlimited movie and TV streaming service. The Quickflix subscription streaming service offering unlimited viewing will retail at NZ$16.99 (€10.41) per month, however for a limited period it will be available at an introductory […]

In 2016, OTT video services on connected TV will represent 17 per cent of the total OTT market and 1 per cent of the global fixed video services market says French researcher IDATE. “In 2016, the VoD market for the TV will be dominated by Over-The-Top (OTT) offers. In Europe, we estimate the global market […]

Sky has opened up its Anytime+ catch-up service to all Sky HD subscribers regardless of which ISP provides their broadband connection. Previously the satellite TV giant had only offered the service to Sky+ HD subscribers who also used Sky Broadband. Sky believes the on-demand, online-based service will now be piped into another 5 million homes. […]

Streaming movie service FlixFling and Orb Networks, a specialist in digital media streaming products, have confirmed plans to offer a comprehensive bundle combining FlixFling’s movie subscription service with Orb’s wireless video streaming solution. This marks a significant breakthrough in the delivery of over the top digital entertainment as the first time a premium content subscription […]