Sony Pictures and Warner Bros have signed on as content suppliers for Silicon Valley startup Flickme.com, a socially-focused movie streaming service that launched in the US this week. Flickme is set up in a similar fashion to other content streaming services that rent or sell films with the addition of deep integration with social networking […]
TV content on demand is more popular than ever, according to Swiss telco Swisscom. It reports that in the first half year of this year alone, Swisscom TV customers downloaded more than three million films and live sporting events – up almost two-fold on the same period the previous year. Swisscom is continually expanding its […]
The French push-VoD service SelecTV will launch in November on both satellite and DTT using Logiways’ Push-VoD product, VoDAccess. SelecTV will have two complimentary offers, Selection, a subscription on-demand service offering a choice of series, documentaries, family, music and youth programming from a number of sources including the French Disney Channel, Game One and Eurosport; […]
Ooyala has revealed its online video platform now integrates with Adobe Flash Access software. The new offering combines the leading video publishing, management, analytics and monetization solution with Adobe’s robust cross-platform content protection offering to provide seamless accessibility and scalability for high-quality video delivered online and on device via Adobe Flash technology. The integration enables […]
Pay TV providers are preparing to offer viewers premium VOD offerings new releases expected to cost $25-$30 and showing about two months after a movie’s theater premiere and two months before release to DVD, premium channels (such as HBO), and video services (such as Netflix). Premium VOD is one of a handful of new […]
Spanish pay-TV platform Digital Plus has put an end to its pay-per-view live sports offer and has increased instead the number of football matches broadcast on its premium channel Canal Plus to 22 matches per season from 16. The platform has also launched a new channel, Canal Plus Liga 2, with four football matches each […]
Reversing previous declines in market share, iTunes in the first half of 2010 managed to extend its leadership position in the US online movie market, according to the new IHS Screen Digest Media Research analysis provider IHS iTunes’ share of US consumer spending for movie electronic sell-through (EST) and Internet video on demand (iVOD) rose […]
Miramax is set to become the latest film studio to sell movies on Facebook, with a movie rental app on the social network. Users will also be able to watch the movies on an iPad through a browser-based player, with Miramax suggesting that a stand alone iPad app could come later. Miramax eXperience will open […]
The platform for online video selling Movielocker has revised its old service plans. Instead of three previous plans, Movielocker now introduces four plans, each having benefits for a certain range of users. Each plan allows users to place free or donation videos. In the Free plan the amount of paid video has been […]
Netflix has made it easier for kids and families to instantly watch a huge range of kid-friendly TV shows and movies with its new “Just for Kids” experience. Members can now click on the “Just for Kids” tab at the top of the Netflix home page and find a newly-designed section featuring content aimed at […]