ITV has unveiled its new ITV Player offering viewers the chance to rent content from ITV’s vast archive of programming, free from advertisements. Traditional catch-up content remains available at no charge, and will sit alongside the archive content. Effective immediately, every visitor to the ITV Player portal will be offered the chance to use and […]
HBO has delayed the launch of video and online distribution of its programming in four Scandinavian countries, giving a head start in the region to rival Netflix. HBO Nordic, the joint venture that runs the service, said that it had “slightly” pushed back the start date in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. It did not […]
In advance of the important fourth ‘holiday’ quarter, where entertainment spending traditionally experiences an up-tick, US home entertainment trade body DEG: the Digital Entertainment Group has released Q3 figures that show overall consumer spending was up 1 per cent for the year, the industry strengthened by a 13 per cent growth in Blu-ray disc sales. […]
Amazon’s Lovefilm has launched on Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD in the UK and Germany. Kindle owners can access Lovefilm content via a one-month free trial. The service on the allows users to create playlists of TV and movie content – and there is also a pause and resume function that allows users […]
Samsung has revealed that the popular Amazon Instant Video app is available for immediate, free download to all 2012 Samsung Smart TVs. The Amazon Instant catalogue includes more than 140,000 movies and commercial-free TV shows available to rent or purchase. The app also allows access to the more than 30,000 titles available for free to […]
The number of adults in Britain watching TV on demand via TV sets and mobile devices is growing, whilst on demand viewing via a desktop or laptop computer has peaked, according to a study from Kantar Media. The study provides insight into consumers’ take-up and usage of digital devices and media. It found that, whilst […]
Sky Deutschland is launching a kid’s channel on its on demand service. Programmes such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Ben 10 will come to Sky Go through partnerships with four children’s channels: Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Nickelodeon and net Junior. Peter Schulz, VP of on-demand programming at Sky Deutschland, said the service would provide a “secure environment […]
The iconic advertising campaign featuring Olympic gold medallists Mo Farah and Usain Bolt helped Virgin Media boost the number of new cable customers. Virgin said it added 39,500 customers in the three months to end-September, compared with 6,300 for the same quarter last year. Revenue was up 2.8 per cent to £1.03 billion (€1.27bn) for […]
UK mobile operator EE has unveiled the pricing and plans for its new superfast Fibre Broadband and 4G services, designed for 21st century consumers and businesses alike, and confirmed the availability of movie download and streaming service EE Film. The UK’s first 4G mobile service will launch on October 30th, offering consumers and businesses a […]
The BBC iPlayer recorded a record-breaking 199 million requests in September – driven by an increase in radio requests, which grew 8 per cent compared with the previous month. This is the highest ever number of requests per month. Requests-per-week remained high throughout September (43 million average) and increased across the month, boosted by the […]