Horse & Country TV, the specialist international equestrian sports and lifestyle network, has appointed Simplestream to power its new H&C TV Everywhere service. H&C TV Everywhere uses Simplestream’s Media Manager to allow subscribers to watch H&C’s television channel, live and on-demand, across computers, mobiles and tablets. Media Manager is the only OTT platform specifically designed […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia, a division of Viacom, and Sohu Video, a division of Sohu.com, have formed a strategic collaboration for online VoD and video syndication in China that will enable over 389 million Chinese online video users to access free streaming of Mandarin-dubbed and subtitled Nickelodeon programming on tv.sohu.com over the next […]
Netflix has reportedly met with the French president’s staff to discuss a possible launch of its service in Europe’s third-largest market, in what would be a blow to traditional television companies Netflix is now available in 41 countries, has to-date focused on English-speaking markets in Europe such as Britain, the Netherlands, and the Nordics. “Netflix […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment group, has extended its content licencing agreements with Disney Nordic for first-run and library movie rights for pay-TV in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. MTG has also extended the carriage agreement to include Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD on the Viasat platforms in the Nordic and […]
Quickflix, Australia’s leading online movie company, has launched its ‘all you can view’ streaming service on PlayStation 4 systems. The Quickflix streaming service, which is already being available to PS3 owners, will debut on PS4 systems this week. As part of the launch, Quickflix has upgraded its service on both PlayStation platforms to feature Smooth […]
Comcast has partnered with Nielsen to test a new ad strategy that will see advertisements inserted into the VoD offering of every episode of a current series’ season. With 200 full TV-series offered on Comcast’s VoD platform, the US telco will use Nielsen’s ad measurement system to get commercial ratings credit for the views of […]
The BBC iPlayer has released its performance pack for October 2013, revealing that the catch-up service saw 261 million BBC requests in October – up 23 per cent on October last year, with 199 million TV requests – the third highest figure ever recorded. Mobile and tablet requests increased to
Analysis of Sky’s October viewing figures reveals that Karl Pilkington, The Moaning of Life, is Sky 1 HD’s biggest show of the year so far. The series launched with a total audience of nearly 2.5 million, with around 200,000 watching through Sky Go. Writing in the Sky Views blog, Stuart Murphy, Director, Entertainment Channels, said […]
Internet giant Amazon has launched a movie VoD service in Japan. The service offers a selection of local and foreign films which can be rented or purchased outright via personal computers or to Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets. The new Kindle HDX also goes on sale in Japan this week, bundled with a coupon for the […]
Sony has confirmed a host of services that will launch alongside the PlayStation 4 in the UK when the console hits the shelves on November 29th. The new-generation console will feature on-demand applications from BBC iPlayer, LoveFilm, Netflix, BBC Sports, BBC News, Demand 5, Music Unlimited, VidZone, Video Unlimited and IGN In total, gamers will […]