Sweden’s largest cable television operator, Com Hem, has selected the SeaChange AdrenalinT video platform for its new TiVo service. Due for rollout later this year, Com Hem’s new offering will include broadcast TV channels, VoD catch-up TV and start-over for DVB-based TiVo set-tops, LAN set-tops, smartphones and tablets. Com Hem is the latest European operator […]
Viewster Media, a subscription-free service offering ‘on demand’ movies and TV series for free or a small fee, has been named as a Top 20 Online Video Property in the UK for the first time, according to comScore, a specialist in measuring the digital world. The comScore Video Metrix for February 2013 places Viewster Media […]
From March 18th Sky customers will see 4oD, Channel 4’s VoD service, added to Sky’s On Demand service. The upgrade comes at no charge for Sky customers who have connected their Sky+HD box to broadband and can download catch-up content at a push of a button. With the launch of 4oD, catch-up content from Channel […]
Andy Forssell, the current SVP of Content at online video provider Hulu, is to step up to the CEO role on an acting basis when the current incumbent, Jason Kilar leaves at the end of March. Kilar, who announced his intention to step down at the beginning of the year, confirmed the appointment in an […]
UK 18-24 year olds are moving their TV watching online fast according to YouGov the pollsters. Their survey notes 67 per cent of 18-24 year-olds watch all forms of linear or on-demand TV via a TV set on a daily basis, compared with 79 per cent of 25-34 year-olds, 83 per cent of 35-44 year-olds […]
Andorra Telecom has deployed Broadpeak’s CDN manager and the Viaccess-Orca service delivery platform, along with Sofrecom’s know-how, to power a new VoD service. Since 2009, the smooth operation of Andorra’s IPTV platform has been guaranteed by Sofrecom – the system integrator for Broadpeak’s CDN technologies and Viaccess-Orca’s RiGHTv service delivery platform, to enable Andorra Telecom […]
Numericable has added public broadcaster France Télévisions Pluzzvad VoD service to its LaBox offering. The addition of Pluzzvad will make a catalogue of over 4,000 programmes available to Numericable LaBox subscribers from eight days after their linear broadcast. The service will be available via the LaBox Vidéoclub menu and will offer programmes and films under […]
Time Warner’s CEO Jeff Bewkes told analysts at Deutsche Bank’s media conference in New York that his company was focusing on four key areas for future growth. “The first is [that] we’ve made huge investments in content and we’re going to increase our affiliate fees dramatically as a result of that,” said Bewkes. He explained […]
Big increases in mobile and tablet use helped drive BBC iPlayer to a record-breaking January, according to the latest statistics released by the BBC. There were 272 million iPlayer requests in January, up 26 per cent on the previous month. TV requests passed the 200 million mark for the first time. There were 37 million […]
Things were already bad at YouView, the UK’s struggling on-demand TV service, but there was complete meltdown on February 28th when the operation’s Chairman, Lord Alan Sugar (who fronts the UK’s version of The Apprentice reality TV show) and the owner of Channel 5, Richard Desmond reportedly came to near fisticuffs during a regular board […]