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 […]
Sky’s NOW TV box can now access 4oD catch up on the latest Channel 4 shows. 4oD is the latest terrestrial catch-up TV service to launch on the NOW TV Box, which already offers access to BBC iPlayer and Demand 5, adding over 3,000-hours of content to the NOW TV box for customers to enjoy […]
Members of Amazon’s LOVEFiLM can now access thousands of films and TV shows from the LOVEFiLM Instant streaming catalogue on Xbox One, Microsoft’s new generation console. Available now from the Xbox One App Marketplace, the LOVEFiLM Instant app features all of the service’s most popular features including HD streaming, Dolby Digital Plus (5.1) surround sound, […]
Wuaki.tv, the OTT provider based in Spain, is to launch in France, Germany and Italy next year, with a further 10 European launches, including the Nordic region, planned for 2015, Simon Homent, UK content director told the OTTtv World Summit. Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce group that owns Wuaki, already has a presence in four of […]