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Singularity VoD Store launches with Domino’s

A new specialist VoD store is now available from the Digital Innovation Group (DIG), a full-service digital group with a focus on video delivery to TVs, tablets and other connected devices in the UK. The VoD store platform, called Singularity, is specially optimised for studios wishing to make movie provision more accessible to those brands […]

November 28, 2012

iPlayer 213m requests in October

The BBC iPlayer has reported a record number of requests in October 2012, with 213 million request for TV and radio programmes – breaking 200 million in a month for the first time The record number of requests was driven by increases in all types of device – mobile, tablet, TV and computer: –  Mobiles […]

November 27, 2012

BT adds British Museum On Demand

BT has launched a brand new VoD channel on BT Vision dedicated exclusively to the British Museum, the UK’s leading visitor attraction. The on demand channel will be available to all BT TV customers at no extra charge regardless of which package they are on. The channel will show films produced by the British Museum […]

November 27, 2012

TVNZ partners Brightcove for catch-up

Brightcove, a global provider of cloud content services, has announced that TVNZ, New Zealand’s national broadcaster, will launch a new TVNZ onDemand catch-up TV app for Apple iOS and Google Android devices using the Brightcove App Cloud mobile app platform. With App Cloud, TVNZ will be able to deliver long-form advertising-supported content experiences to viewers […]

November 27, 2012

Global online video market worth $37bn in 2017

According to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media, the global online-video market will be worth $37 billion in 2017, driven by the popularity of services like Netflix and YouTube.  This figure is made up of the three key video-revenue streams of advertising, subscriptions and transactions. Despite the market maturing, advertising will continue to […]

November 22, 2012

Accedo, maxdome deliver VoD for PS3

Accedo, an enabler of TV application solutions, and maxdome, the German leading VoD provider, have confirmed the launch of a Playstation 3 video-on-demand app. The app, which was developed by Accedo is part of a partnership announced between Accedo and maxdome earlier this year to develop next generation Smart TV apps for multiple platforms. The […]

November 22, 2012

Pay-TV dominates US home entertainment market

Pay-TV continues to dominate the US home entertainment industry, with 86 per cent of homes paying a regular fee to receive linear TV channel broadcasts, and revenues rising 4.3 per cent in 2011 to reach $94 billion according to a new industry report from research and knowledge-based consulting company Futuresource Consulting. “This figure does include […]

November 20, 2012

Netflix: “Amazon losing $1bn a year on streaming”

Netflix boss Reed Hastings claims that on-line giant Amazon is losing between $500 million and $1 billion acquiring and streaming video content. Hastings told Dow Jones he has calculated the numbers based on the established cost of content deals fought over when Netflix directly competes with Amazon for content rights. Netflix is on record as […]

November 20, 2012By Chris Forrester

HBO abandons Quickflix

HBO, who invested over A$10 million into Australian movie hire Company Quickflix, has reportedly walked away from the struggling company days after its shares were suspended on the ASX. Last week Quickflix was placed into voluntary suspension with the company indicating they were set to announce new investors. To date this has not happened. HBO […]

November 19, 2012

Telia offers HBO

Telia, TeliaSonera’s subsidiary in Sweden, now includes HBO in its TV offering. Telia’s near 500,000 TV customers can watch new episodes of the channel’s popular series subtitled in Swedish within one day after the original broadcast. The price for HBO is 79 SEK per month and users can watch it on TV as well as […]

November 15, 2012