In what it describes as a milestone for Canadian television, communication and media company Shaw Direct has become the first DTH provider in Canada to use adaptive streaming technology to deliver On Demand content directly to set-top boxes. With the launch of Online Video On Demand last April, Shaw Direct customers are already able to […]
South Africa’s premier TV distribution company CLICKBOOGIE MEDIA has launched BOOGIENIGHTS.TV the first online streaming tv service in Africa to a worldwide audience. The service consists of 7500 titles across a multitude of genres, Action, Cartoons, Christmas, Classics, Comedy, Docs, Drama, Family, Foreign,Thriller, Horror, Shorts etc….And now music too. “New titles are being updated every month, […]
iROKOtv, the “Netflix of Africa” and the continent’s first legal online source of Nollywood films, has revealed that it has over 500,000 registered users in less than six months since its launch. The news comes just months after the company announced that it had secured $8 million in funding from US-based hedge Tiger Global, early […]
comScore has released insights on the US tablet market from comScore TabLens, its forthcoming monthly syndicated service providing insights into tablet ownership and usage. The report found that tablets have quickly reached a critical mass in the US with 1 in every 4 smartphone owners using tablets during the three-month average period ending April 2012. […]
iROKOtv, the world’s largest online distributor of Nollywood films, will launch its new subscription service on 1st July. Under the new service, iROKOtv viewers will retain free access to over 4,800 Nollywood films, and will also be able to watch exclusive Nollywood releases, uploaded weekly, for $5 per month. Jason Njoku, founder and Chief Executive […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has confirmed the launch of HD streaming. The HD functionality will allow members of LOVEFiLM – Europe’s largest subscription service instantly streaming films and TV series over the internet and sending DVDs and games by post – to stream films and TV series on demand and for no extra charge in HDTV resolutions […]
Quickflix has confirmed that its WatchNow streaming service is now available in New Zealand on all Panasonic Viera Connect TVs. The new service allows users to stream movies and TV shows over the Internet directly to their Panasonic TV. Viera Connect users are now able to access Quickflix streaming and watch unlimited movies and television […]
LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, has announced a multi-year digital licence agreement with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution, providing LOVEFiLM members in the UK with exclusive streaming access to titles from Universal Pictures during the second pay window. Recent and new release Universal Pictures titles can be accessed through the LOVEFiLM Instant service, available from £4.99 a […]
British Eurosport has joined Sky Go to complete the sports line-up across all Sky Go supported mobile devices. This summer, British Eurosport will carry live coverage of major sporting events including the French Open, the Tour De France and Le Mans, all available on the move to Sky customers through Sky Go. British Eurosport, the […]
Chellomedia’s premium Dutch movie channel Film1 and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios have signed an exclusive agreement on Pay TV and SVOD. The multiyear partnership allows Film1 Pay TV viewers access to MGM’s latest movie releases and the famous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library. As the sole provider in the Netherlands, Film1, Netherlands’ leading film channel bouquet, will offer titles such […]