HBO has confirmed that its online streaming service, HBO Go, will be available “soon” on Sony’s PlayStation 3 games console with an app for the just-released PlayStation 4 to follow. HBO Go is currently available on 12 platforms: PCs, Macs, iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and tablets, Apple TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, Microsoft Xbox 360, Amazon […]
Online VoD service Netflix is now available on Swedish cable operator Com Hem’s TiVo platform. Netflix will be included through TiVo as an app, giving viewers to access to all Netflix content including Arrested Development, House of Cards and Breaking Bad. Customers can log in with a current Netflix account for subscribe direct through their […]
Quickflix, the Australian TV streaming service, continued its growth trajectory in the December quarter, adding over 10,000 new customers and experiencing strong demand for its service. Total active customers increased by 10 per cent to 120,800 in the quarter including 18,552 trialists. The number of paying customers grew by 4 per cent during the quarter […]
The 2014 Winter X Games will be broadcast live and on demand in the UK and Europe on streaming service ESPNPlayer.com as the world’s top winter sport athletes gather in Aspen, Colorado. The games, being held for the 18th time, take place just two weeks before the Winter Olympics in Sochi and will feature more […]
Xstream, the premium provider of OTT and TV Everywhere services, has announced that SES Platform Services, a leading service provider of play-out and content management services for broadcasters and media companies has selected Xstream’s award winning management system, Xstream MediaMaker, to power their existing Video on Demand delivery platform. The OTT video solution created by Xstream […]
Spending on movies and TV shows in the home entertainment market eked out 1 per cent growth in 2013, the second straight year of increase after declining at a 3 per cent compound annual rate from the market peak in 2004 through 2011, according to preliminary estimates of the US market from IHS Technology. Modest […]
NBCUniversal International has revealed plans to make ITV Studios’ smash hit period drama Mr Selfridge available to download and own from iTunes three days before the broadcast of each episode (of the second series) on ITV. This Electronic Sell-Through (EST) agreement marks the first time ITV Studios Global Entertainment has agreed a deal for an […]
BBC has revealed that Henry ‘The Fonz’ Winkler’s new comedy drama series, Hank Zipzer – which is coming to CBBC on January 28th – will first premiere on BBC iPlayer. Audiences will be able to watch the show a week before it’s aired on CBBC, starting with the first episode being available on January 21st […]
Decipher’s latest VOD Audit report reveals that Apple’s iTunes service comprehensively trounces the competition by offering a total of 65,063 video assets, 193 per cent larger than the next largest service Xbox Video, and 275 per cent larger than
The epic adventures of Marco Polo will premiere exclusively for Netflix members to watch instantly in all Netflix territories in late 2014. The famed explorer’s journey takes him to the centre of a brutal war in 13th century China. Produced by The Weinstein Company (TWC), the nine-chapter chronicle will begin shooting soon at the new […]