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Swisscom expands catch-up TV

Swisscom its expanding its Replay catch-up TV offering. From the beginning of March, it will also be available with 20 HD channels including six SRG channels as well as ARD, ZDF and Arte. It will also no longer be available exclusively to Swisscom TV plus customers as it is now being extended to all users […]

March 1, 2013

Movie Network GO launches in Canada

thePlatform, the white-label video publishing company, been selected to provide the back-end video management for Astral Television Networks’ newly launched The Movie Network GO, HBO GO Canada and TMN Encore GO streaming service in Eastern Canada. TMN GO will use thePlatform’s “TV Everywhere” (TVE) solution to enable subscribers to catch-up and watch more of their […]

February 28, 2013

TV Everywhere audiences on the rise

A new era of television consumption is being ushered in across Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) according to a report by Discovery Networks, which also suggests that supercharged by the digital age, audiences led by the young and early adopters are showing an increasing appetite for new TV services that complement existing […]

February 27, 2013

HBO GO for Asia’s now TV

HBO Asia has confirmed the Asia launch of HBO GO to now TV’s HBO subscribers. HBO GO, a broadband streaming service, enables subscribers to access over 1,000 hours of popular and critically-acclaimed HBO Original content on multiple devices including PCs, MACs, tablets and mobile devices (iOS, Android and Windows 7) anywhere, anytime. The service includes […]

February 25, 2013

Motive Mocast solution for 4G LTE

Motive Television, a specialist in solutions for the managed and cost effective delivery of mass-audience content over any network, will unveil its Mocast solution to network operators at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Mocast enables networks to reduce peak demand congestion and most efficiently manage delivery of on-demand video content, thereby cutting investment in […]

February 21, 2013

Netflix exclusive inspires loyalty

Netflix may not be releasing viewer numbers on its flagship show “House of Cards,” but a new survey by investment firm Cowen and Company offers some insight into how many people are watching the Kevin Spacey political drama. A 10th of consumers with access to Netflix have watched “House of Cards,” reported Deadline. Yet 85 […]

February 20, 2013

Rentrak measures DVR and VoD viewing

Rentrak, a company that precisely measures movies and TV everywhere, announced the release of Total Audience Viewing which combines DVR and VoD viewership information with that of the live TV audience. Previously, no report has shown the total audience viewing lift of programme audiences over a month period of time (28 days). With the new […]

February 20, 2013

KIT digital delivers VoD on Windows 8

4oD, the video on demand service of Channel 4, is now available on a variety of devices running Windows 8, with a new app developed by KIT digital. Channel 4 commissioned KIT digital for its experience and knowledge of the 4oD architecture to develop the new app, which was the first UK VoD app to […]

February 20, 2013

ITV premieres US drama on ITV Player

ITV Online and On Demand have revealed that 666 Park Avenue was the first programme to be premiered on the ITV Player before it was broadcast on TV. The first episode of the supernatural drama was available to view on the ITV Player from February 18th, with the episode broadcasting on ITV2 on February 19th […]

February 19, 2013

Nielsen: Over 80% watch online video at home

Innovations in technology, a multitude of connected devices, and evolutions in the media distribution landscape have provided more ways than ever to consume media across different screens, whether at home, at work, or on-the-go. To understand how consumers around the world are responding to this fragmented media environment, Nielsen surveyed online consumers across the globe […]

February 18, 2013