Sony Pictures Entertainment's multi-platform video entertainment network is now available in the UK and Australia. Crackle' content can now be found in both markets, as well as in the US, at AOL, Bebo, Boxee, Break, Dailymotion, Friendster, Metacafe and YouTube, and via Sony's Bravia Internet Video enabled television sets. Advertiser supported, Crackle features original short-form […]

Users will be able to watch their choice of movies at home for nothing, as a group of Hollywood studios team with UK's Blinkbox to run a week-long free streaming service in an effort to lure Internet users away from pirated material. As part of the “Full Stream Ahead” campaign, which is backed by the […]

On the heels of BBC iPlayer saying they will ingest metadata for programmes from other broadcasters, YouTube is set to do the same. It is said to be in talks with UK broadcasters with which doesn't have a programme carriage deal. YouTube already has deals to host catch-up TV from 4oD and Demand Five but […]

Walt Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger has said it’s too early to discount the ability of media companies to drive revenue from emerging new media platforms, such as Apple's iPad or the online video site Hulu. Perhaps the most aggressive of major media moguls in making content available on new media platforms, Iger defended his […]

Market research firm Infonetics has released the first edition of its 2010 biannual Video Services and Subscribers report, which tracks telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video services and subscribers. “Increased competition among video service operators will help keep monthly subscription fees in check, which will offset some of the growth expected from incremental revenue […]

A South Korean cable television company has launched an online service allowing users to access shows anywhere. CJ HelloVision said the 'Tving' service offers 53 live channels plus VOD, a service similar to that offered by US cable operator Comcast. Tving at first will only be accessible on devices such as desktop computers and laptops […]

Online video consumption amongst younger age groups has now grown to the point that it looks set to overtake traditional television as the platform of choice. The results of the YouGov online research, commissioned by RealNetworks, have revealed that amongst 18 to 25 year olds, roughly half (46 per cent) split their video time at […]

The BBC has unveiled the latest version of the iPlayer service – a customisable upgrade that includes links with Facebook and Twitter allowing users to share content via the social media networks. Other broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4 and Five will also benefit from iPlayer’s traffic for the first time, with the service offering links […]

The BBC wants to ban 'unbundled' VoD provision of its programmes on third party sights. The corporation's management makes the recommendation in proposals for changing its on-demand syndication guidelines, submitted to the BBC Trust. The management says: “We recommend that the BBC catalogue of full programmes should not be made available in a disintermediated way […]

Viewers who logged on at 5am to see the last ever episode of Lost on the Sky Player were left empty handed when a technical fault meant the show dropped out 55 minutes in an error message appeared, informing them: ‘This programme is unavailable to view via Sky Player. Ads from up to 25 brands, […]