A federal judge in the US has ruled that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbour provisions protected Veoh, the video-sharing site – from liability for hosting pirated clips uploaded by users. “The DMCA does not place the burden of ferreting out infringement on the service provider,” the judge said. Universal Music had sued Veoh […]
Digiturk will launch a push and subscription VOD service on its digital-satellite platform, following a collaboration with four of the leading TV technology suppliers – Irdeto, OpenTV, Pace and TeleIDEA. Using the "highly complex broadcasting solution", subscribers will be able to select, download and store feature films and television shows directly on to their set-top […]
On Demand Group announced another video-on-demand customer in southern Europe, PrimeTel PLC in Cyprus. PrimeTel is the third telco to partner with On Demand Group to develop its IPTV on-demand service since it launched its regional expansion strategy. ODG is providing thousands of encoded video-on-demand titles from the major Hollywood studios and a full range […]
Two of the partners in Hulu — News Corp. and NBC Universal hinted at an investor conference that they are investigating the possibility of further monetizing the online video venture, including charging a subscription for the service. “Are we looking at it with a view toward adding subscription services and pay per view? Yes we […]
Nearly a year after the BBC first offered its iPlayer to rival UK broadcasters, none of which have joined, now, at IBC, Erik Huggers has declared open door for international TV companies. Huggers told the conference: "It is not a concept of aggregation, but federation. It's about making sure each of the broadcasters around the […]
Supermarket giant Tesco and Microsoft have signed a collaboration agreement to launch an online video service. Starting in the autumn, Tesco will allow customers in the UK who purchase certain home video titles from Tesco to download ‘digital’ versions of movies to their PCs in a ‘virtual DVD’ experience. In addition, the digital versions will […]
YouTube is reportedly in negotiations with major Hollywood studios for a deal that would see full-length movies on the service. It would put YouTube, owned by Google, in direct competition with services from Netflix, Amazon and Apple, which allow users to buy or rent movies online. YouTube, which already offers some older movies on its […]
MoMedia International, a digital distributor of VOD services backed by Endemol and Shemaroo Entertainment, an entertainment company from India, have concluded an exclusive five year deal with BT Vision to create and manage Bolly & Beyond, a new South Asian VOD service for the UK.
AT&T has publicly launched the beta version of a video portal — which serves up free TV shows and movies to any Internet user, and promises even more to U-verse TV customers — with content from more than a dozen programming partners. The site, http://entertainment.att.net/tv, promises U-verse TV customers “bonus content” if they log in […]
Arqiva has confirmed the appointment of former UKTV Controller and COO John Keeling to the role of Platform Controller for its new VOD service. Keeling will be responsible for overseeing all programming and marketing functions including brand development and content supply. He will also be responsible for appointing key programming and marketing staff for the […]