BBC Worldwide has struck a deal to make hundreds of hours of content available via the UK online video service blinkbox. Popular titles on DVD, such as Top Gear, Gavin & Stacey, Spooks and Planet Earth, will cost users £1.89 (E2.19) an episode to download from which is still finalising what it will charge for […]

TVNZ is planning to build on the success of its OnDemand service by making some shows available online before they screen on TV. Head of emerging business Jason Paris said the broadcaster was among a limited number outside the US to embrace the concept, which it launched in 2007. “I suppose it was a little […]

Microsoft Video Player has had almost 170,000 views of in the first fortnight since it launched in the UK, says the Guardian. Microspft launched a pilot of the MSN Video Player on 3 August after the banning of Project Kangaroo by competition regulators in February. The first figures on usage show that after 11 full […]

BskyB has written to the BBC Trust expressing "serious concerns" about its handling of Project Canvas. The Trust's conduct of a consultation process on Canvas "will only serve to undermine further industry confidence in its ability and inclination to act as a genuinely independent regulator of the BBC", Sky said. Since February, the Trust has […]

A new global report from MRG shows how OTT (Over-the-Top) video services will offer new opportunities for IPTV & Cable Operators and media owners to expand their reach through TV-centric open Internet services. Revenues in 2012 should exceed $11 billion, with Internet Set-top Box (ISTB) penetration (including game consoles) exceeding 57 million. Besides cost containment […]

Microsoft has unveiled a new UK service that will stream full-length videos of television shows for free. The advertising-funded MSN Video Player will be available from the beginning of August and will include over 300 hours of shows. Microsoft said it will continue to extend the service, adding content by working with broadcasters and studios. […]

ITN, the commercial news provider, is to complain to the BBC's governing body after the publicly funded broadcaster said that it would give away video clips to newspaper websites. John Hardie, the chief executive of ITN, warned that the BBC initiative risked "undermining the demand for content from independent news providers" at a time when […]

The share of online adults who watch videos on video-sharing sites has nearly doubled since 2006, according to a survey by the Pew Research Centre’s Internet & American Life Project. Audiences for Web sites like YouTube and Google Video continue to grow swiftly across all demographic groups, far outpacing the adoption rates of many other […]

NBC Universal has parted company with Ben Silverman, its colourful programming head, who leaves to form a new venture with Barry Diller's IAC media group. Silverman had made a name for himself with Reveille, the TV company he started, which brought UK TV formats to the US and turned them into ratings winners. He also […]

IP Vision's FetchTV, the first Freeview+ IPTV service to offer its users access to video-on-demand (VOD) and catch up content direct to their TV screen with tied-in subscription model, has its first retail deal with John Lewis. The SmartBox provides free access to a growing range of web video services. Users are able to watch […]