Hulu, the US online JV owned by NBC Universal, Fox and Walt Disney, has signed its first batch of content deals with international television producers, the first step towards a full global launch of the service. Currently still only available in the US, the group has now confirmed it is in talks to launch the […]
ABC News has launched its branded channel on YouTube, featuring short-form news content. The channel will include breaking news as it happens, highlights from newsmaker interviews, as well as ABC News programming from morning to night – including Good Morning America, Nightline, 20/20 and Primetime limited series.
BSkyB has heavily criticised the BBC Trust’s decision not to conduct a full market impact review of Project Canvas, the broadband TV joint venture with ITV and BT, and says the Trust needs to demonstrate it is genuinely independent of the service it is meant to regulate. Sky also believes the project, which aims to […]
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC), the country’s broadcasting and telecommunications regulator, has licensed three consortiums, each led by the country’s three IPTV operators KT, SK Broadband and LG Dacom, to provide public service broadcasting over their broadband Internet networks. Some of the ideas suggested in the project including allowing viewers to call their sons in […]
Bezeq Israel Telecom has said it would merge with satellite TV unit YES. Bezeq, Israel’s largest telco, said it will raise its stake in YES to 58 per cent from 49.8 per cent after agreeing to a number of conditions set by Israel’s antitrust court. Final approval is dependent on Israel’s Supreme Court, which is […]
Telstra will reportedly be taking on Foxtel, TiVo, and any nascent IPTV plays from the broadcast sector in launching a service that will provide a combination of digital FTA, a full PVR, a range of BigPond (its ISP brand) content services via IP, customised web sites like YouTube and Flickr and open access to high […]
More than 40% of U.S. adults under 35 are already viewing Internet video on the TV at least once per month, according to research firm In-Stat, which predicts that revenue from Web-to-TV streaming services will grow to $2.9 billion in 2013. Within five years, the number of U.S. broadband households viewing Web-to-TV content will grow […]
Disney has joined News Corp and NBC Universal as a partner in Hulu.com. Disney did not reveal the stake it had purchased in Hulu but reports suggest it had bought a 30 per cent share of the venture launched in 2007. The addition of Disney, which owns US TV network ABC, to the Hulu line-up […]
Demand for Internet-enabled televisions is growing rapidly, according to a study by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The study "Net-Enabled Video: Early Adopters Only?" found that about half of prospective TV buyers say they are likely to purchase an Internet-connected TV. The study reveals numerous ways consumers would use an Internet-enabled TV. Nearly half (48 […]
ComScore has released March 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that US Internet users viewed 14.5 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 11 per cent versus February. Google Sites once again ranked as the top US video property with 5.9 billion videos viewed (40.9 per cent online video […]