NBC Universal has launched PictureBox online – its subscription movies on-demand service available through Samsung Internet-connected TVs and the iPad. The PictureBox Player, developed by video provider SyncTV, will offer the same content currently available via the existing service – distributed via Talk Talk, Virgin Media, Top Up TV and BT Vision. It features around […]
The CEO of SeeSaw, the catch-up TV service run by transmission infrastructure company Arqiva, is leaving. Pierre-Jean Sebert’s exit comes as Arqiva recently merged its three divisions into two. SeeSaw was created when Arqiva bought Kangaroo, the commercial VOD project of BBC, ITV and C4, which was forced to shut down by the UK’s Competition […]
According to a US consumer research study from PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) consumers are spending about 20 hours per week accessing digital content – including video games and print content – on a mobile phone, computer, or mobile device, with the majority of that TV shows, movies and other videos. That is The study found that across […]
Spain’s digital DTH platform, Digital Plus, is opening up the VOD service, Videoclub, to all Internet users in an attempt to give a boost to its subscriptions. For the first time the platform is launching a TV service for all Internet users. Digital Plus Videoclub, currently under trial, will allow Internet users to rent films […]
Tudou, the China’s online video website, has made an agreement with Disney Media Distribution to bring popular US TV series including “Desperate Housewives”, “Cougar Town” and “Lost” to its online video audience. Complete episodes and all seasons of Disney TV series will be available on Tudou.com in HD format and with Chinese subtitles. Audiences will […]
KidsCo has confirmed the addition of VOD to its existing package on Imagenio. The contract renewal ensures KidsCo will continue to be available to subscribers across Spain on both linear and VOD platforms. Paul Robinson, CEO at KidsCo, said: “This is an example of our continued focus and investment in the Spanish market. As we […]
US reports say DirecTV is in advanced talks to be Hollywood’s first partner for early video-on-demand. The satellite TV company may be the first distributor to launch so-called premium VOD, through which consumers would pay about $30 to rent a movie via the Internet or cable 60 days after it opened in theatres and at […]
Time Warner’s HBO is making nearly all of its titles available for its HBO Go service. The company says it is putting more than 1,400 of its shows on its service that lets subscribers to the premium pay channel instantly watch its programming through devices with broadband connections. Previously, HBO GO offered about 600 titles. […]
On-demand services from pay-TV operators are becoming more robust each year with more free content and integration of over-the-top (OTT) services. IMS Research projects that in 2011, 72 per cent of VOD requests via pay-TV platforms will be free transactions. OTT content delivered via set-tops will account for a fair share of free transactions, as […]
Adult studio Digital Playground and Marc Dorcel, the European specialist in adult entertainment, have sealed a VOD distribution partnership allowing Digital Playground to deliver its content to more than 18 European countries and 50 TV networks and platforms. With this alliance, Digital Playground and Marc Dorcel will provide, for the first time in Europe, instant […]