Comcast has signed an agreement with Warner Bros to start selling the studio’s titles through the Xfinity On Demand digital store. Effective immediately, Xfinity TV customers in the US will be able to purchase Warner Bros. movies and TV shows to own and access anytime, anywhere, on any device, often several weeks ahead of DVD […]
LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, and Warner Bros International Television Distribution have announced a German subscription video on demand (SVoD) deal to bring several popular kids shows from Warner Bros Animation to stream instantly. Among the newly added SVoD titles are cartoon classics like Tom and Jerry and The Sylvester and Tweety Show as well as […]
Comcast has signed an agreement with Warner Bros to start selling the studio’s titles through the Xfinity On Demand digital store. Effective immediately, Xfinity TV customers in the US are able to purchase Warner Bros movies and TV shows to own and access anytime, anywhere, on any device, often several weeks ahead of DVD release. […]
Wowza Media Systems, a provider of Simply Powerful Streaming media server software, has launched its new Wowza Streaming Engine, with more powerful performance capabilities and a new intuitive management interface for easily deploying, managing and monitoring live and VoD streaming to any device. The customisable and scalable Wowza Streaming Engine software is the newest version […]
The BBC, Channel 4 and ITV are joining forces to establish a new service to make their catch-up TV services – BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and 4oD – available as standard on all smart TVs. It was originally envisaged that YouView would be used as the future brand and technology for public service broadcasting, eventually […]
State-owned TV group RTVE, operator of La 1 and La 2 among other TV channels, has launched a VoD service in Spain with a catalogue of over 5,000 documentaries available on all distribution platforms (mobiles, tablets, Smart TVs, Internet) claiming to be the largest VoD doc offer in Spanish in the world. Called “Somos Documentales” […]
The BBC and other broadcasters are planning to cut their investment in the YouView set-top box, leaving BT and TalkTalk as the major shareholders. This is a blow to a platform which was originally created to safeguard the future of FTA television in the UK. YouView has become the fastest growing TV service in the […]
Netflix has confirmed it is seeking to offer $400 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2024 to institutional investors – funds it expects to use for acquiring original content and expanding into Europe. The online streaming giant had disclosed plans to raise the additional debt when it reported fourth-quarter 2013 earnings last month. […]
Survey results from blinkbox reveal how Brits are adapting their daily lives to squeeze in some essential TV box set time. Almost two thirds (61 per cent) of Brits feel compelled to watch more than one episode of a new favourite show at a time. And the urge to watch just one more episode could be […]
YOU On Demand, the multi-platform entertainment and VoD company in China, has revealed that C Media, a mobile video service provider in China, and certain additional investors, have investe $19 million in the Company in exchange for shares of the Company’s Series E Convertible Preferred Stock. C Media’s purchase of Series E Shares represents the […]