British TV and film viewers are hungry for change to the traditional TV status quo, frustrated by a lack of accessibility to content, according to a UK-wide survey exploring changing consumer attitudes and behaviours to TV and video. The survey was conducted by media management specialist Red Bee Media, and is a part of the […]
ONO, the largest cable operator in Spain, and TiVo have announced their next generation hybrid television offering is now available to ONO subscribers in major Spanish cities, Madrid and Barcelona. ONO plans to also extend TiVo to its entire fibre optic network within the coming months. ONO will deploy a set top box offering their […]
Netflix has unveiled a new interface for Android-powered tablets that makes browsing and instantly watching unlimited TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix ‘better than ever.’ It says the redesigned Netflix experience is much more immersive and provides more focus on the growing Netflix catalogue by displaying twice as many titles than the previous interface. […]
SugarDVD has opened up its Unlimited TV Streaming service to all Playstation 3 and Google TV users in the US. Anyone with a Roku, Boxee, Playstation 3 or a Google TV device can instantly stream hundreds of movies to their TV using SugarDVD’s service. The apps require no downloading or discs, giving new users instant […]
According to findings from entertainment, media and technology market research firm Interpret, despite the “monumental” growth of online TV viewership, the effects on cord-cutting have so far been minimal. Interpret’s report – Online TV: Competitor or Complement to Traditional TV? – analyses the quarterly evolution of online television and what drives consumers to access this […]
According to findings from market research firm The NPD Group, ‘throttling down’ is a bigger threat to television service providers than ‘cord cutting’. The firm’s report – Entertainment Trends in America – suggests that many consumers are supplementing their pay television offerings from cable TV, satellite TV and IPTV operators. Looking beyond traditional basic and […]
The BBC Trust has softened the corporation’s approach to BBC content being available on other VoD platforms outside the iPlayer. The broadcaster had earlier stipulated its content should only be syndicated on-demand via the iPlayer being integrated into the third party platform and preserving the iPlayer ‘look and feel.’ The BBC Trust has now said […]
ITV is reported to be in advanced discussions with Netflix about an output deal for video streaming service’s UK and Ireland launch. The deal would give Netflix access to ITV’s archive of shows as it boosts its content for the subscription service. Last week it announced a movie output deal with MGM. Netflix is also […]
TumTiki an online video site, has launched what it claims is the largest video library of any web destination site. TumTiki was created and is operated by US telco Frontier Communications. TumTiki is available to anyone with Internet access and features a library of premium TV episodes, movies, web original clips, and local content, of […]
Media and entertainment company Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is moving towards a subscription model of its video on demand service in all of its regions. Following the roll out of the VOD brand Voyo in six central and eastern European countries during 2011, the next step, says the company, is to monetise the service […]