Netflix said it plans to invest “a couple of billion” dollars in new content deals as it challenges Amazon’s Lovefilm and Sky in the UK, as its chief Reed Hastings told the Daily Telegraph the service would easily outcompete LoveFilm: “We offer a much better user experience than Lovefilm with HD video streams available. We […]
YouView, the UK VoD service, spent almost £20 million (€24.2m) in its first nine months of operation. The troubled joint venture backed by the BBC, ITV, TalkTalk, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BT, received £20.2 million from shareholders in the period from 8 July 2010 to 31 March 2011. The first Companies House filing for […]
Dish Network and HBO have confirmed an agreement that will give Dish customers expanded access to HBO’s programming. The agreement enables Dish customers with or without Internet, who subscribe to HBO and Cinemax, to watch expanded selections of HBO content. Dish customers with Internet access and select Dish HD DVRs who subscribe to HBO or […]
LoveFilm the Amazon subscription video on-demand (SVOD) service has made wide ranging content deals with ITV and BBV Worldwide. LoveFilm Instant is currently available on internet-connected devices including the PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Apple iPad, web-enabled TV sets and Blu-ray players and Microsoft Xbox 360. BBC Worldwide and ITV will join broadcasters and studios including […]
Customers’ adoption of new viewing formats, including VoD and viewing on media tablets and smartphones, will cause up to $22 billion (30 per cent) of the US pay-TV advertising market to shift to new formats by 2016. Western Europe will see similar shifts, while the rest of world will lag in its transition of advertising […]
The BBC’s popular iPlayer app was downloaded 220,000 times on Christmas Day – almost a five-fold increase on the previous day. On Boxing Day the BBC’s catch-up service was downloaded a further 130,500 times, triple the average day’s total. This frenzy of app downloading also proved to be a boon for live TV. The iPad […]
SyncTV, a specialist in delivering television services to connected TVs, mobile platforms, and other media-enabled devices, has announced that M6 (RTL Group), one of France’s largest broadcasting and media organisations, has selected SyncTV to develop its first OTT service for the Xbox 360 gaming console. Christian Bombrun, Deputy Managing Director of M6 Web, commented: “Our […]
Comcast Corporation and The Walt Disney Company have reached a long-term, comprehensive distribution agreement that will deliver Disney’s sports, news and entertainment content to Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers into the next decade on television, online, on tablets and handheld devices. The new agreement enhances the multichannel business model and supports the companies’ mutual goal to […]
The proliferation of devices is increasing access to content, which recent data suggest is driving more consumption, according to consultancy firm Deloitte’s sixth edition State of the Media Democracy survey, which reveals that the introduction of new platforms has led to increases in the consumption of movies and books. The survey assesses media consumption preferences […]
Sensio Technologies has announced the launch of a 3D Video-on-Demand store: 3DGO! a unique product to boost consumer 3D adoption. With 3DGO! consumers across the US will benefit from a complete 3D solution to access and view high-quality 3D titles in the Sensio Hi-Fi 3D format. Available in Spring 2012, 3DGO! will offer a wide […]