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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Viewster, a rapidly-growing ‘free on demand’ service for movies and TV shows, has bolstered its management team with the appointments of Helen Biggart as CFO, Tzvetan Horozov as SVP of Product Management and Philipp Rotermund as SVP Business Development. High demand for video advertising has also spurred new office openings in New York, London, Singapore […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]