Netflix is to shelve the idea of splitting Netflix into two brands—Qwikster to sell DVDs, Netflix for streaming – just 23 days after it was announced. The company had already admitted the way was announced alongside price increases was a disaster. Instead, while the businesses will split operationally, everything will stay under the Netflix […]
Mediapro, owner of pay DTT channel Gol TV, has launched a pay-per-view football TV channel online allowing viewers to watch up to 115 football matches a month through any Internet-connected device. From €1 to €14.99 viewers will be able to have access to the Spanish Football League, King’s Cup, Champions League and other International Championships. […]
KIT Digital and Harmonic have announced a strategic partnership that harnesses their complementary product portfolios to offer an end-to-end multiscreen video architecture optimally managed for maximum performance. The two companies are working together to create solutions that enable Tier 1 video providers to efficiently expand existing broadcast and pay TV services with new multi-platform, multi-device […]
CinemaNow, Best Buy’s digital entertainment service, and Intel are giving US customers the ability to enjoy a larger library of premium HD content on their PCs. For the first time, CinemaNow will offer 1080p HD movies for rental and purchase on 2nd generation Intel Core processor-based PCs with Intel Insider technology. Previously, only standard-definition movies […]
BT and TalkTalk have won permission to appeal against a High Court ruling that had backed the provisions of the government’s Digital Economy Act which expects ISPs to police piracy. The Digital Economy Act had been the subject of ongoing legal challenges since it was rushed through Parliament just before the general election. Under the […]
Following the May 2011 launch of its service bringing new release movies and more for rent to YouTube in the US, and September’s similar initiative in Canada, now over a thousand full-length feature films from major Hollywood and British studios are available for rent in the UK at youtube.com/movies. Announcing the development in a company […]
Magnet Networks has launched Aertv.ie, a registration-free service that allows anyone with a computer and an Internet connection to watch live TV without the need for a set-top box, satellite dish or a cable. The new service is a rebranded version of the company’s Magnet WebTV. In addition to the 11 channels streaming live (including […]
Deutsche Telekom has added two new channels to its IPTV service ‘T-Home Entertain’. Fox International Channels-owned BabyTV will air 24 hours a day, commercial-free, as part of the Entertain, Kids and BigTV packages, whilst Spiegel TV Wissen will be available in standard definition in the documentary and BigTV packages and in HD as part of […]
Microsoft is hailing a new era in television with entertainment becoming “instantly searchable, easily discoverable and enjoyable in extraordinary new ways from a single device” – the company’s Xbox 360. Microsoft plans to roll out the next generation of TV entertainment on Xbox LIVE, the online entertainment service for Xbox 360. Nearly 40 world-leading TV […]
CTC Media, Russia’s leading independent media company, has announced the launch of an interactive subscription service to CTC Media content on VimpelCom’s IPTV platform Beeline TV. Its subscribers can now view content broadcast on the CTC and Domashny channels using a new application launched from Beeline TV menu. Beeline viewers will also have access to […]