Netflix shares jumped on Tuesday as Bloomberg reported rumours that Verizon is sizing up a bid for Netflix. Analysts apparently believe Verizon is targeting a streaming media property and Netflix is top of the list. If a bid emerges it is likely other players will also enter the field with a price tag of $4.6bn […]
iPlayer is now on iPad and iPod and ‘is working hard’ on Android according to its tech blog. “We have also been working on the BBC iPlayer Android app. We have got a bit more work to do to improve the video playback experience and add 3G streaming and we will be releasing an update […]
Following the November news that UK retailer HMV had joined the growing band of business offering an online film rental service, PayWizard has confirmed that it has been selected as an online payment mechanism for hmvon-demand. Movie fans can navigate to the hmvon-demand website, register for PayWizard and create a PayWizard account online. Then they […]
Global consumer spend on online video has exploded in 2011, according to the latest research – Global OTT Video Forecast: Q4 2011 – from Strategy Analytics. Global online video spend will soar to $3.5 billion in 2011. While transactional revenue growth is slowing in maturing territories, subscription revenues driven by specialists – such as Netflix […]
Netflix has released a new member experience for Xbox 360 users. Netflix states the new Xbox interface makes it more intuitive and easier to explore the expanding Netflix catalogue. “For the first time, the Netflix interface on Xbox has been created entirely by Netflix, offering a unique member experience,” said Neil Hunt, chief product officer […]
SeaChange International subsidiary On Demand Group (ODG), the European VoD aggregator, has launched a premium TV subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) to subscribers to Cablevision, Mexico’s leading cable provider. The new service will enable Cablevision subscribers to view a wide selection of premium TV series and children’s programmes, blockbuster studio and independent movies and the latest music […]
BskyB finance director Andrew Griffith told the UBS conference the Competition Commission’s judgment that Sky Movies is anti-competitive in on-demand movies “was perplexing… The movies market has never been more competitive.” “Sky has never traded on exclusivity. Every movie that’s ever been on Sky Movies has had a theatrical release and has been in Asda […]
“They’re becoming more Netflix-like,” Reed Hastings, Netflix’s chief executive, said of HBO Go, which he called “quite impressive.” And “we’re becoming more HBO-like,” he said, citing Netflix’s successful bid to make and distribute “House of Cards,” a new drama series. “I think the two of us will compete for a very long time; hopefully we’ll […]
Jana Bennett, president of BBC Worldwide Networks and Global BBC iPlayer, has confirmed that the Global iPlayer app, currently in trial phase on the iPad, is to extend to further Apple devices She told delegates at the Digital TV World Summit in London that from December 8th, the app will be available on the iPhone […]
Rogers Communications has confirmed that the Rogers On Demand app on Xbox 360s in Canada will be coming to the Xbox LIVE dashboard this Christmas. The app is the first time Rogers On Demand will be available on a gaming console. The app, free for Rogers customers, will include over 1,000 hours of video content […]