Americans will pay to consume more movies online in 2012 than they will on physical video formats, marking the first year that legal, Internet-delivered movies will outstrip those of DVDs and Blu-ray discs combined. The legal, paid consumption of movies online in the US will reach 3.4 billion views or transactions in 2012, approximately 1.0 […]
Broadcast specialist Vision247 has revealed how broadcasters can now secure global commercial distribution of TV channels and VoD programming to major international hotel chains. Using the company’s unique content distribution network (CDN), broadcasters have access to a platform agnostic delivery mechanism to present live content to guests in more than 7,000 hotels worldwide. Vision247 seamlessly […]
The UK’s largest independent producer is set to shake up the video-on-demand market by allowing viewers to bypass services such as LoveFilm and Netflix and catch hit shows via its TV app. All3Media, producer shows such as Skins, Shameless. The Only Way is Essex and Peep Show, has struck a deal to launch a VoD […]
Orange has launched ‘la nouvelle TV d’Orange’, a next-generation subscription TV service which allows Orange to upgrade its IPTV service with a state-of-the-art user-experience and prepare the infrastructure for OTT video, multiple screens and unlimited content. ‘la nouvelle TV d’Orange’ boasts a new user interface, which includes VoD, Catch-Up TV, content discovery and recommendations, EPG, […]
Roly Keating, the BBC’s Director of Archive Content, has suggested that the corporation’s ‘Project Barcelona’, which would see a significant expansion of the range of BBC content available in the UK on a download-to-own (DTO) basis, could result in a situation where it became the norm, not the exception, for BBC shows to be available […]
Hulu has announced a new update to its video streaming interface, including a 55 per cent increase in the size of the video player. Additionally, the update will bring some design changes. The name of the show, episode title, runtime and other details will be moved under the video player and the area behind the […]
Eros International, the Indian film distributor, has confirmed the beta-launch of its dedicated online entertainment service, “Eros Now”. Eros Now will provide access to Eros’ Bollywood film library as well as music videos, audio tracks and original programming. With immediate effect, Eros Now represents the Group’s overall digital brand with all digital content branded as […]
BBC Director-General Mark Thompson has confirmed that the corporation intends to offer a download service of archive content over and above the seven-day catch-up service available via iPlayer. Addressing the Royal Television Society in London, Thompson noted that after the seven day public service window, a large proportion of what the BBC makes and broadcast […]
BSkyB’s position as a dominant provider of premium movie content in the UK, which had been criticised in provisional findings from the Competition Commission (CC), is to be reassessed following recognition by the watchdog that market dynamics had changed since its August 2011 announcement. These include, in particular, that Netflix has launched a stand-alone ‘over […]
Driven by strong increases in emerging markets, global consumer spending on movies is expected to rise for six consecutive years, expanding from $61.4 billion in 2010 to $68.9 billion in 2015, according to the IHS Screen Digest. As a group, consumers in the five key global economic regions are steadily increasing their movie spending, an […]