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Study: TV Everywhere strengthens in US

NBCUniversal leads the US TV Everywhere (TVE) effort in providing access to TV content on second screens like smartphones and tablets, while EPIX and HBO share the distinction of supporting TVE on more second-screen devices than any other premium or basic cable network, according to a new report from the TV Intelligence Service at IHS. […]

October 18, 2013

Pact strikes new iPlayer deal with BBC

Pact has signed a new business framework agreement with the BBC. A public focus of the agreement has been the extension of the use of indies’ programmes on the BBC iPlayer, from seven to 30 days. That aspect is one part of the Pact-BBC deal that has been agreed.  Independent production companies will benefit under […]

October 18, 2013

SVoD services not eroding Pay-TV

MediaBug – Decipher’s bi-annual media consumption tracker – have tracked a sharp rise in subscriptions to SVoD services such as Netflix and Lovefilm this year, but reveal that this is not having a significant effect on ‘cord cutting and cord shaving’ amongst Pay-TV homes, with many consumers opting for both. Mediabug Wave 3 shows that […]

October 17, 2013

Netflix, Disney Dutch deal

Netflix has obtained rights to additional Disney titles for its just-launched streaming service in the Netherlands, starting in 2014. Netflix will have exclusive subscription VoD rights in the Dutch market for live-action and animated movies from Disney, including “The Avengers,” Pixar’s “Monsters University,” and “The Lone Ranger.” Deal also covers library titles including “The Pirates […]

October 17, 2013

iPlayer will be BBC’s “fifth channel”

The BBC is creating a “Controller of iPlayer” role, with the aim of developing the catch-up TV service into the corporation’s fifth channel. Danny Cohen, the BBC’s director of television, said he hoped that by creating the role people will “begin to see” iPlayer as a “fifth channel … [so it] has that status”.  The […]

October 16, 2013

Online TV, video $35bn revenues by 2018

Global online TV and video revenues (over fixed broadband networks) will reach $34.99 billion in 2018, a massive increase from the $3.98 billion recorded in 2010 and the $15.94 billion expected in 2013, according to the Online TV and Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. By 2018, 520 million homes in 40 countries will […]

October 16, 2013

DG: BBC a digital catalyst, not monopolist

The BBC is a “creative catalyst” that will spur the market for digital programmes says director-general Tony Hall, and he denies the breadth and depth of its activities stifle commercial efforts and start ups. Hall told the Technology Innovators Forum at the BBC’s Broadcasting House that the Corporation’s new plan to open a BBC-branded store for […]

October 15, 2013

Australia adopts new-screen technologies

The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report, covering the second quarter of calendar 2013, shows Australians are progressively adopting new screen technologies, creating new options to view broadcast television and other video. Australians continue to spend the vast majority of their screen time with the in-home TV set. People watch an average 96 hours and 37 minutes […]

October 15, 2013

Sony Animax SVoD service for UK

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks will launch a UK version of its anime channel, Animax, as a subscription video on demand service. In line with the launch, SPT Networks UK has agreed a multi-year volume deal with anime content provider VIZ Media to secure exclusive content for the new service. Animax is SPT Networks’ global […]

October 15, 2013

Ooyala powers BFI Player

Ooyala, a specialist in multi-screen video streaming and analytics, is powering the BFI (British Film Institute) online video player, enabling the British public to access hundreds of hours of film content and watch it on the BFI Player, its new VoD service. The BFI Player launched in conjunction with the opening of the 57th BFI […]

October 15, 2013