Totalmovie, Mexico’s leading entertainment-on-demand service, hasdemonstrated an extension of the Totalmovie consumer service to Internet connected Blu-ray players and Sony’s PS3 game consoles. The service is built on Related Content Database’s WatchWith Service Delivery Platform. Totalmovie consumers can now stream full-length movies to their TVs simply by inserting a Totalmovie disc in an Internet connected […]
SeaChange International’s fiscal second-quarter earnings have fallen as results faced a difficult comparison to a prior-year period boosted by a $3.3 million income tax benefit. For the quarter ended July 31, SeaChange reported a profit of $787,000, down from a prior-year profit of $3.53 million. Revenue slipped 3 per cent to $50.1 million. Revenue from […]
White-label video publishing company and independent subsidiary of Comcast, thePlatform, has been selected by international cable operator Liberty Global to provide the back-end video management system across its online video properties. Liberty Global – which has operations in 14 countries – will use thePlatform’s ‘TV Everywhere’ solution to enable subscribers to catch-up and watch more […]
Australian broadband company Internode has become the first company to deliver the fetchtv IP TV service over Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), showing it in action at a house in the western Sydney suburb of Bunya. Although the multicast service designed to provide IPTV is not scheduled for release on the NBN until mid-2012, Internode […]
KIT digital, a provider of end-to-end video management software and related services, has confirmed the first major multiplatform deployment using technology from ioko, acquired by KIT digital in April 2011. BSkyB, the multichannel, multi-platform television service in the UK and Ireland, has selected ioko, now rebranded and part of KIT digital – to support and […]
Netflix has launched its movie and TV streaming service in Brazil, the first deployment in an intended series of roll-outs across Latin America. The company plans to expand into 43 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. “What Netflix seeks to do is connect the world to provide the world’s content to the world’s citizens,” […]
Sundance Channel Global has launched a new HD VoD on UPC Poland. UPC Poland’s on demand service allows Sundance Channel On Demand to have a dedicated user interface where subscribers can search across title, actor, descriptions and genre categories. Sundance Channel will also create banners for the branded user interface promoting specific films and programmes […]
US satellite broadcaster Dish Network is to launch its ‘Blockbuster’ movie streaming service next month as a direct challenge to rival Netflix. Reports suggest the new Blockbuster service’s launch is timed to coincide with Netflix upping its prices. Netflix is proposing to charge separately for mail-delivered DVDs as well as streamed movies. If users want […]
The race to buy the US online TV site Hulu has narrowed to three bidders according to reports: Amazon, Yahoo and Dish Network. Satellite TV operator DirecTV was ruled out of the auction for submitting too low a bid, the FT reported. Bids range from $1.5 billion to $2 billion. Hulu is being sold by […]
Syabas Technology, a global distributor of digital entertainment solutions, and Viewster have partnered to bring premium film content to over 250,000 current devices connected to the Syabas Apps Market. Viewster offers classic and current Hollywood movies and award-winning independent films and TV series. Action, comedy, thriller and other popular genre new release movies are added […]