Chellomedia’s Digital Media Centre (DMC) in Amsterdam is marking its 10th anniversary of operations by revealing that it is to be renamed Chello DMC, reflecting the greater role it is set to play within Chellomedia. Built and launched 10 years ago to encode and distribute content digitally across Europe, the DMC has been at the […]
Marc Dorcel, a player in the European adult entertainment market, has confirmed the launch of its 3D subscription VOD service in Europe. The new service offers users a privileged access to more than 60 exclusive videos especially designed for 3D and produced with the latest recording technologies (3D cameras, side by side, full HD). The […]
Sling Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EchoStar, has announced the availability of the SlingPlayer Mobile player for the Apple iPad. Available for purchase on the iTunes App Store, SlingPlayer Mobile software for iPad lets Slingbox owners extend their living room TV experience to their iPad and takes advantage of the iPad’s high-resolution, 9.7-inch LED-backlit display […]
Sony has brought its Qriocity online content rental service to Europe after a soft launch in Bravias and Blu-ray in the US. Sony says music and games will soon be added to the current movie menu as the service goes live in France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the UK. The eccentrically named Qriocity has European […]
Prisa has continued its strategy of making premium channel Canal Plus available on a wide range of platforms by signing a deal with Ono, Spain’s largest cable operator. Canal Plus will be added to Ono’s offering from December 1st. As well as the linear channel, subscribers will be able to access on-demand content. Canal Plus […]
Kantar Media has published highlights from its futurePROOF study on the ownership and use of digital media in Britain. The research suggests that connected TV will have a big impact on British digital behaviour in 2011, with the launch of YouView. Awareness of IP television has not yet reached the mainstream with only 42 per […]
Netflix said it will immediately offer its first unlimited streaming-only subscription plan in the US for $7.99 a month, and raise prices of its popular unlimited streaming and unlimited DVD plan by a dollar to $9.99 a month. “We are now primarily a streaming video company delivering a wide selection of TV shows and films […]
Time Warner Cable has confirmed the launch of Time Warner Cable TV Essentials, a new video-only package designed to address the video needs of customers facing difficult choices during tough economic times. The Time Warner Cable TV Essentials Package will begin commercial trials in the coming weeks in Time Warner Cable’s New York City and […]
Adam Crozier has said that the broadcaster must invest in content and technology to capitalise on the “second digital switchover” of web and TV convergence. Speaking at a Morgan Stanley conference the ITV CEO said that the emergence of services such as Google TV and Apple TV was already causing problems for traditional digital TV […]
Orb TV joins the fight for web-to-TV viewers in the US. The super thin Orb plugs directly into a television and streams content to the TV via a computer running free Orb software, called Orb Caster. The software acts like a personal content control tower. Joe Costello, chief executive and founder of Orb Networks, recognises […]