UKTV’s entertainment channels Watch, Gold, Dave and Alibi have joined Sky’s On Demand service. The news follows the launch of catch-up services for Watch, Gold, Dave and Alibi on Sky Go last year, meaning Sky TV customers can access UKTV’s entertainment shows on their TV or on a multitude of devices, whenever and wherever they […]
Samsung has confirmed that it will launch 4K starter pack for use with its Ultra-HD TVs in Europe this March, as well as access to 4K streaming via Netflix. Samsung will offer a 1TB hard-drive for €299 that comes with access to fifty Ultra-HD movies including Life of Pi and Star Trek: Into Darkness. Michael […]
An overhauled channels business and an effective BBC Store. giving UK consumers the chance to buy, watch and keep a selection of BBC programmes, are at the heart of the strategy for BBC Worldwide – the main commercial arm of the BBC – according to the unit’s CEO Tim Davie. Addressing the Broadcasting Press Guild, […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has bolstered its selection of kid’s content with the addition of iconic TV shows such as Thomas & Friends, Fireman Sam and Where’s Wally to the service, whilst retaining the streaming rights for other classic characters such as He-Man and Postman Pat. Made possible through three new deals with independent children’s entertainment producers […]
TikiLIVE has revealed it now offers Adaptive Bitrate Streaming for VoD accessed from Roku set-top boxes. With adaptive bitrate streaming, Eyepartner’s TikiLIVE starts at the lowest bitrate first which minimises loading time and continually adjusts to the viewer’s Internet connection to limit buffering and unexpected skipping. Adaptive streaming automatically senses changes in the stream that’s […]
Hoping to take advantage of tablets, games consoles and Internet-connected TVs received as Christmas gifts, movie search website FindAnyFilm FindAnyFilm has added Clubcard TV’s free online movies onto the service, giving owners of these new devices another legal choice when it comes to watching film online. FindAnyFilm.com aggregates film availability across all formats, allowing film […]
BBC Worldwide has confirmed a deal with KT Corporation, the dominant South Korean telco, to launch a CBeebies SVoD service on KT olleh TV. Over five million KT olleh TV viewers will have access to the library of CBeebies programmes on their IPTV platform. The deal also marks the largest volume of television programmes on […]
UKTV has launched seven-day catch-up services on YouView for its free-to-air channels Yesterday and Really. The services, available immediately, allow viewers to access content on both channels through Yesterday and Really branded on demand portals and through YouView’s seven-day scroll back programme guide. Yesterday and Really join UKTV’s entertainment channel Dave on the YouView service. […]
With questions about the new viewer behaviour trend in premium TV: video ‘cord cutting’ and ‘cord shaving’ abounding, a new report from global information company The NPD Group reveals that subscriptions to HBO, Showtime, and other premium TV channels have declined over the past two years, as Netflix and other subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services have […]
A group of major broadcasters has asked a US appellate court to defer its decision on whether to lift an injunction against Internet TV streaming service FilmOn X until after the Supreme Court rules on the legality of market counterpart Aereo. The Emergency Motion asks the Court, on an emergency basis, to hold in abeyance […]