DreamWorks Animation, the company behind successful movie franchises such as Madagascar and Shrek, has agreed a deal to stream its films and television specials through Netflix, replacing an existing agreement with HBO, reports the New York Times. The deal is characterised by the companies as the first time a major Hollywood supplier has chosen Web […]
YouView has published its draft User Interface and Search Policy for consultation with industry, setting out how content will be presented to viewers in a way that makes it easy for them to discover. The policy also details YouView’s approach to allocating EPG positions to video on demand content providers in the YouView User Interface. […]
Subscription video service Sezmi has joined the likes of Akimbo, ZillionTV, and Moviebeam in pulling the plug on its consumer operation. Sezmi’s subscription video service was available in 36 metropolitan areas of the United States. It provided a DVR which recorded free over-the-air broadcasts, plus OTT video from Internet sources. A customer communication September 23 […]
US pay-TV provider DISH Network and its Blockbuster movie and game rental subsidiary have unveiled Blockbuster Movie Pass, claimed as the most comprehensive TV entertainment programming package ever delivered by a multichannel pay TV provider. From the beginning of October, Blockbuster Movie Pass will be available for DISH Network customers, starting at $10 per month, […]
Mexico’s Maxcom Telecomunicaciones is set to launch an online video and live television rental service using a technology that allows streaming with a very low broadband speed. The telco already offers phone and Internet services in Mexico, where it has around 100,000 broadband users, The service will pitch it into competition with Netflix’s recently-launched operation […]
It’s “more likely than not” that new online video streaming providers such as Amazon will offer premium tiers, Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei said at a Goldman Sachs conference. Liberty’s Starz channel ended negotiations to extend its carriage deal with Netflix over price. The current arrangement, he says, is “inconsistent” with the way consumers receive […]
A report from MRG finds that small and independent pay-TV operators will introduce multiscreen video (MSV) and mobile TV services by 2014, after introducing infrastructure upgrades and whole-home DVR, based on a survey sent to over 600 Operators and Vendors. “All of the elements, from adaptive bit streaming to the widespread adoption of the tablet […]
The spike in demand for IPTV and broadband-based video service is a major factor spearheading growth in the world xDSL test equipment market. High bandwidth requirements for IPTV and customers’ higher expectations of service uptime are forcing service providers to purchase the latest test equipment and service monitoring tools. Analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds […]
Norwegian telco Altibox has unveiled plans to launch a new TV Everywhere service branded ‘Chill’, which will enable its IPTV customers to stream live channels and rent movies through their Computers, tablets or smartphones. All subscribers to Altibox’s lowest TV package will have access to the service, with some elements to be provided for free. […]
Hulu now has more than one million paying subscribers, Chief Executive Jason Kilar has told a Goldman Sachs conference. He confirmed that it reached that milestone at the end of the summer and the site is now on its way to easily exceed that number by year’s end. Hulu launched a subscription tier last November […]