Verizon, in an agreement with NBC Universal, has announced a multi-platform content offering that will make the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games available to Verizon‚s FiOS TV, broadband and wireless customers. Beginning with the opening ceremony on February 12th, Verizon will offer subscribers access to content across multiple platforms, including an enhanced, interactive TV experience, […]

Widevine and Qtv have announced that they will partner to bring Widevine's video optimisation and multiplatform Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to the Qtv Internet TV Media Player for the television, mobile phone and personal computer. The Qtv Internet TV Media Player gives consumers the unique ability to access and play both personal and Internet-based […]

Richard Halton, BBC programme director for Project Canvas, has said it could accelerate growth in the market for connected TV devices by 70 per cent up to 2015. Canvas could also, he said, lead to between 500,000 and 870,000 homes going online, delivering a value of £300 million (E344m) over six years at today's prices. […]

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 […]

Yahoo saw a 26 per cent bump in display advertising quarter-to-quarter to $503 million, and CEO Carol Bartz said as advertisers starting to take digital media more seriously that number would continue to grow. Overall, Yahoo reported net income of $153 million, or 11 cents a share, after reporting a loss of $303 million in […]

Web video specialist Brightcove has developed a new system to help cable programmers launch “TV Everywhere” on-demand video services, either through their own portals or working in partnership with cable or telco operators. Consistent with the “TV Everywhere” concept the Brightcove system includes authentication technology to ensure that online viewers are already paying for the […]

YouTube will make its debut as a movie rental outlet in the US this week to help promote some of the films that will be shown at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival in Utah. It is part of a test that YouTube hopes will encourage more studios to rent movies through its site, eventually creating […]

YouTube is to start broadcasting live sport matches for the first time after agreeing a deal to show Indian Premier League cricket. The site is now selling a sponsorship package for the coverage and will show 60 matches from the league. Last month YouTube launched a sports hub featuring official video content from some of […]

New rules to be introduced by government decree will require Italians who upload videos onto the Internet to obtain authorisation from the Communications Ministry similar to that required by television broadcasters, drastically reducing freedom to communicate over the Web. The decree is ostensibly an enactment of a European Union (EU) directive on product placement and […]

Online video service Vudu is in acquisition talks, say US press reports, and Wal-Mart is believed to be the “likely buyer.” Founded in 2004, Vudu offers a Web-based movie and TV episode distribution service via STB. The company’s service uses peer-to-peer technology to help distribute large video files. Wal-Mart failed in an attempt to launch […]