Advanced Television

VOD

Cable and IPTV operators investing in VOD servers

Infonetics Research has released the fourth quarter editions of two video-related market share and forecast reports: Video Infrastructure and Subscribers and Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers. “In the ongoing battle between cable and telco IPTV operators, both continue to spend furiously to add video-on-demand and streaming content server capacity to support the rollout of on-demand HD […]

April 12, 2010

Warner VOD for QOOK

Warner Bros is launching its on-demand WarnerTV branded service for the first time ever in Korea via an agreement with KT’s IPTV provider QOOK TV. WarnerTV will launch as a VOD service within QOOK TV at no extra charge for consumers who purchase QOOK TV’s subscription video-on-demand programming package. Each week, WarnerTV will deliver new […]

April 8, 2010

Turku launching VOD

Finland’s first Cable Video-on-Demand service will be launched in the spring of 2010. Turku Cable TV is starting VOD service test distribution in its cable TV network in the Turku area in April. The VOD service runs on the Teleste-developed MyCast application platform.

April 7, 2010

HITS and Arris announce VOD In a Box affiliates

HITS, a business unit of the Comcast Media Centre that provides content management and distribution solutions for MSOs, and Arris have announced that Cass Cable TV, Mediastream, MTC (Margaretville Telephone Company) and Plantation Cable have selected VOD In a Box to deliver VOD to their subscribers. Jointly offered by HITS and Arris, VOD In a […]

April 2, 2010

VOD providers must fund regulation

UK video-on-demand providers must pay a combined £375,000 (E415,000) to two bodies that will regulate their industry. The Association for Television On Demand (ATVOD) which has been confirmed by Ofcom to co-regulate, along with it, the VOD sector, says running costs for December 2009 to March 2011 are £426,388, and that the VOD providers themselves […]

March 30, 2010

Fox Mobile Group streaming service

Fox Mobile Group has unveiled its long-delayed mobile video streaming service. Fox Mobile announced that the service will be called Bitbop and that it will be an on-demand video subscription service for $9.99 a month. Subscribers will be able to watch full-length content on a smartphone over WiFi and 3G. Fox Mobile Group's CMO Chris […]

March 26, 2010

Virgin 3D will be VOD

Virgin Media plans to offer 3D content to customers through its on-demand platform, rather than a linear 3D channel. Virgin is currently demonstrating 3D TV at the Ideal Home Show in London. For the demo expensive ‘active’ glasses have been used which allow customers to purchase cheaper 3D-ready TVs. However, the operator claimed that its […]

March 25, 2010

NSN promises TV on any screen, on demand

From Colin Mann at IPTV World Forum in London Nokia Siemens Networks has launched a new software platform designed to allow people the freedom to watch TV on multiple devices. The platform lets operators provide live, recorded or video-on-demand TV to mobile phone, Internet-connected computer, satellite or digital terrestrial television screens. In addition, it offers […]

March 25, 2010

Inlet partners with Twofour

Inlet Technologies, an expert in solutions for digital media preparation, has partnered with international multimedia specialist Twofour Digital, to provide the first fully-automated end-to-end HD Smooth Streaming encoding and digital rights management (DRM) deployment for VOD content in the Pan-European marketplace. Inlet's automated VOD workflow management system Armada, along with Twofour Digital's delivery and publishing […]

March 25, 2010

Sky Player on connected TV and more STBs

Sky Player, Sky's online TV service, is to launch on a connected TV and a set-top box following agreements with Cello, a manufacturer of LCD TVs, and 3View maker of a hybrid DTT/IPTV set-top box. Sky Player will be available as a pay TV option on both platforms and follows an earlier deal with Fetch […]

March 25, 2010