ComScore have released December 2007 data from its Video Metrix service. The report revealed that US Internet users watched more than 10 billion videos online during the month, representing the single heaviest month for online video consumption since comScore initiated its tracking service. Top-ranked video property Google Sites saw substantial growth and extended its video […]
The BBC will launch a download version of its iPlayer online video service for Apple Mac users by the end of 2008. The BBC’s iPlayer currently comes in two versions – a program which allows users to download programmes to their Windows PC and a streaming version on the web available to all users.
A surge in usage for the BBC's iPlayer catch-up service has prompted analysts to revise upwards forecasts for free-to-view (FTV) TV consumption in the UK. Screen Digest reports that 0.8 billion free-to-view online TV streams and downloads including TV shows, sports and niche programming were initiated by UK broadband households in 2007. This is now […]
Nearly 80 million Americans (43 per cent of the online population) have watched one of their favourite TV shows on the Internet according to a Digital Life America tracking study conducted by Solutions Research Group, up significantly from 12 months ago when that figure was just 25 per cent. A full 20 per cent of […]
MTV and Sony BMG are to provide programme clips and music videos across the MSN Video service.The deal will see clips and music videos made available via MSN Video across European countries including the UK, France and Germany. The deal builds on the wide-ranging $500m advertising and content agreement struck by MTV owner Viacom and […]
blinkx, the video search engine, has unveiled a partnership with Young Hollywood to offer users a backstage pass to the site's exclusive celebrity programming. Young Hollywood, an online destination for entertainment, provides users with original content from celebrity interviews and news to behind the scenes coverage of Hollywood events. Under the terms of the agreement, […]
China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has clarified details of its new regulations for Online Audio and Video Services which appeared to ban any private company activity from the sector. It now says some existing private online video firms will, under a 'grandfather clause,' be eligible to continue operations. More specifically, those […]
YouTube video posters will now be able to share in the profits that the video-sharing website makes from advertising, after the site extended a partnership scheme to the UK. The programme was launched in the US last year and Google claims some partners were earning several thousand dollars a month from videos on the site.
E4 will launch the second series of its hit drama Skins online with the first episode played out on the channel's website and on social network site MySpace in the week before its transmission on TV.
Swiss based i-concerts has finalised a deal with Numericable, France's largest cable operator, to launch the company's i-concerts HD TV channel as part of its service in Spring 2008. i-concerts HD's launch on Numericable marks the first time it will be available to European cable subscribers.