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SENSIO launches 3D VoD service

SENSIO has launched a new 3D VoDservice, 3DGO! in the US that offers more than 40 premium 3D titles that can be accessed through all 3D TVs that are compliant with SENSIO Hi-Fi 3D technology. The service is offered free on VIZIO’s Smart TVs with Theatre 3D. Speaking at the launch, Richard LaBerge, executive vice […]

May 3, 2013

Swisscom profits fall, increases VoD stake

Swiss telco Swisscom has reported net revenues fell 2.4 per cent in the first quarter as record customer growth failed to offset weakening market prices. First quarter net profits fell 12.4 per cent to 390 million Swiss francs ($420.3 million). Swisscom TV connections increased by 205,000 (31.3 per cent) year-on-year to 860,000. Meanwhile, Swisscom has […]

May 3, 2013

Sky leads catch-up, Netflix leads VoD

Decipher has published its quarterly audit of VoD on the major UK DTV platforms and OTT services. One of the key changes in the landscape of UK VoD in the last six months has been the introduction, and then the rapid growth, of catch-up content on Sky. This was historically an area that Sky was […]

May 2, 2013

Hulu Plus surpasses 4m subs

Hulu surpassed four million subscribers for its premium Hulu Plus service in Q1 — and for the first time streamed more than 1 billion videos in a quarter. The online TV provider generated record revenues of $695 million last year, up 65 per cent over 2011. CEO Andy Forrsell also revealed that mobile viewing will […]

May 1, 2013

Cox launches Movieplex

Cox Communications, the third largest cableco in the US, has launched the full suite of Movieplex premium movie services from Starz. Cox subscribers now enjoy Movieplex, Movieplex On Demand, and the Movieplex  Play online TV Everywhere service as part of their Cox Advanced TV package. Movieplex offers a slate of over 200 distinct commercial-free movies […]

April 30, 2013

BBC WW’s Davie: ‘Focus on premium content’

Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Worldwide, has suggested that the corporation’s commercial arm still has a lot of organic growth potential from its activities, admitting that in the past, such growth had often come from acquisition of ‘low-hanging’ properties. Davie, who assumed the role April 2nd following a spell as Acting Director-General following the resignation […]

April 26, 2013By Colin Mann

NPD: Apple dominates Internet video market

In common with digital music downloads, the decade-old iTunes Store leveraged first-mover advantage, and popular devices, to command the lead in digital downloads of movies and TV shows, according to global information company The NPD Group. The firm says that Apple dominates the home digital-video sector, in much the same way it dominates digital music. […]

April 24, 2013

Pay-TV kills the video store

The market for Blu-ray (BD) and DVD rental in the UK is expected to plunge by 22 per cent in 2013, as half the country’s Blockbuster video stores shut down in a restructuring initiated by the company’s new management. The UK market for physical-video rental will drop to £202 million in 2013, down £57 million, […]

April 24, 2013

EzyFlix for Australia

Access Digital Entertainment is preparing to launch EzyFlix.tv in Australia, allowing users to download or stream films and TV shows on any connected devices including smartphones, tablets, PCs and Smart TVs. Craig White, CEO of Access Digital Entertainment, said he plans to launch EzyFlix.tv in early May with more than 2,000 new and recent movies […]

April 24, 2013

Originals get 80% of views on Amazon Instant

The new Amazon Originals TV pilots from Amazon Studios, were the most watched TV shows across Amazon Instant Video over their first weekend, making up 8 out of 10 of the most streamed episodes across the video service. The pilots are available exclusively at www.amazonoriginals.com and on the Amazon Instant Video app for Kindle Fire […]

April 23, 2013