The BBC has rolled out improved video stream quality on its Android iPlayer app and is working on launching a download option on the Android app “asap”. In a company blog post, the BBC said “We’ve been gradually improving the video quality we serve over Wi-Fi to all Android devices, and had focused on delivering […]
TV production company ALL3MEDIA has worked with The App Business (TAB) to develop an integrated, VoD mobile app for its UK and US audiences. The mobile app automatically stays in-tune with customers’ ALL3MEDIA apps on their in-home smart TVs and game-consoles, enabling viewers to easily switch from TV to mobile device and pick up their […]
Ziggo, the leading cable operator in the Netherlands and SMIT – the leading CAM (Conditional Access Module) provider – have teamed-up to offer subscribers the industrial advanced CI+ 1.3 VoD CAM which enables the viewers to watch their favorite programs. In combination with an advanced TV-set and adjustments in the Ziggo network they also can […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset is to launch a subscription-based VoD service before the end of the year, offering a catalogue of 5,000 movies and TV shows, which will also include titles soon after their cinema release. The new project was revealed by the deputy chairman of the Mediaset group, Pier Silvio Berlusconi, during the presentation […]
Netflix has signed an expanded multi-year licensing agreement with PBS Distribution, making a wide variety of great PBS programming available to Netflix members in the US and Canada. Commencing in autumn, Netflix members can enjoy exclusive subscription VoD access to all seasons of critically acclaimed The Bletchley Circle. In 2014, Netflix will become the exclusive […]
A study into how people watch TV has revealed some key differences between watching TV live and on-demand and between different types of VoD. It has also explained why live viewing continues to thrive alongside VoD. The study – Screen Life: TV in demand – was commissioned by Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV […]
The Rolling Stones Glastonbury performance on Saturday night has clocked up nearly 700,000 views on the iPlayer according to figures from the BBC. This is almost double the 379,680 who viewed The Arctic Monkeys’ Friday headline performance. Mumford and Sons, who headlined on the Sunday, drew 163,650 requests. The youth appeal of the Arctic Monkeys […]
Denver-based Dish Network has signed a contract with Southwest Airlines to offer ‘freelive’ and certain on-demand entertainment to passengers travelling on SWA flights where WiFi is available. “Given that consumers are increasingly accessing video content more often on their mobile devices, this move to make streaming TV content available mid-air is one TV viewers will […]
VoD and rental service Lovefilm has confirmed it is to stop offering video games to its customers, and will now focus solely on movies and TV. LOVEFiLM confirmed the news via a peculiarly low key entry on their FAQ. ‘We are no longer offering games rental packages to either new customers, or those who wish […]
Brian Krzanich, a 30 year company veteran and new CEO at Intel, is cautious about its foray into TV. Under previous CEO Paul Otellini, Intel embarked on a plan to launch an Internet television service with live and on-demand content, entering a hotly competitive race outside its core chip business. While Intel has said it […]