The use of catch-up or on demand television services such as BBC iPlayer and ITV Player now accounts for a fifth of the nation’s TV viewing according to the first-ever YouView census into national television habits for 2013. It also found that in a typical week, the average Brit claims to record just under nine […]
The forthcoming film release – A Field in England – is coming out simultaneously July 5th in the cinema, on DVD, Freeview and Video on Demand, the first British film to do so. The English Civil War-set film was commissioned by Film4.0, with Film4, Picturehouse Entertainment, 4DVD and Film4 Channel partnering for this ‘watch-it-where-you-want’ experiment. […]
Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland’s largest satellite platform, has entered an agreement with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution making numerous NBCU library titles, in addition to the studio’s popular new movies, available on Cyfrowy Polsat’s VoD service and on their ipla Internet platform. Through this deal, Cyfrowy Polsat’s subscribers and ipla users will now have access to a […]
European entertainment network RTL Group has formed a strategic partnership with Vancouver-based online video company BroadbandTV. RTL Group’s initial investment of €27 million for a 51 per cent stake is part of a planned series of investments in the company. The business partnership between the two companies creates a new platform for RTL Group’s digital […]
Freesat, the subscription-free satellite TV service, has confirmed the launch of 4 on Demand on <free time>, offering viewers the last thirty days of catch-up and many hours of archive from Channel 4. Channel 4’s video on demand service joins the BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and YouTube on <free time>, and brings a wealth of […]
Netflix engineers have revealed that they have been working with Microsoft to implement HTML5 video. They said in a blog: “We’ve previously discussed our plans to use HTML5 video with the proposed “Premium Video Extensions” in any browser which implements them. These extensions are the future of premium video on the web, since they allow […]
Ralph Rivera, the BBC’s Director, Future Media, has suggested that the Internet needs to become a creative platform to build on the early successes of broadcast and online convergence. “The Internet as a distribution platform needs to shift to be the Internet as a creative platform,” he said during a keynote address at the IEA […]
Ofcom has upheld an appeal by Everton Football Club in relation to a decision by the Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD), which is responsible for regulating the editorial content of certain on-demand programmes services. In April 2012 ATVOD determined that, on its website, Everton Football Club provided an On-Demand Programme Service in the form […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has signed a multi-year licensing deal with CBS Studios International that will expand the e range of TV content already available on LOVEFiLM Instant streaming service. Effective immediately, LOVEFiLM’s UK and German members will be able to stream popular US TV series from CBS and the premium television network Showtme. The shows available […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has announced an exclusive deal with FOX International Channels that will bring one of the most-watched drama series in US cable history, The Walking Dead, to LOVEFiLM Instant. Series one of the award-winning zombie drama is available to LOVEFiLM Instant members in the UK immediately, with additional series scheduled to appear on the […]