BT has had to turn to Humax to acquire additional set-top boxes for the delayed launch of its YouView Internet TV service after rejecting those provided by Pace, its chosen supplier. The Financial Times is reporting this morning that the boxes being supplied by Pace did not meet BT’s requirements. BT’s decision will be a […]
Responding to the increased competition in the online movies sector, UK quad-play operator Virgin Media is rebranding and relaunching its on demand movie pay-per-view service as Virgin Movies – having previously operated under the FilmFlex Movies On Demand banner – suggesting it already has the widest range of blockbusters available online to pay-per-view or download […]
Sky and Channel 4 have agreed a deal to bring 4oD to Sky Go early next year. Sky is currently rebranding its Anytime video on-demand platform to become On-Demand, featuring a new Catch Up TV section offering ITV Player, Demand 5 and, later in the year, BBC iPlayer. Sky and Channel 4 have now reached […]
A report from GfK shows that the average Netflix user (ages 13 to 54) watches 5.1 TV shows and 3.4 movies per week via the service. Using conservative length estimates for TV shows and movies, (30 minutes and 1.5 hours, respectively), this means that an average Netflix subscriber spends about 8 hours a week watching […]
Stofa, the Danish Pay TV operator and Neotion have teamed-up for the development of a solution for the reception of broadcast linear Premium HD TV programmes and on demand services without set-top-boxes or smart cards. The project of an Advanced CI PLUS VOD CAM was launched in 2011 as an important key device of the […]
In a bid to revive consumers’ interest in the purchase of movies, Fox is to give earlier access to films for about $15 each, down from a purchase price that is currently about $20. The initiative will begin later in September with Ridley Scott’s science fiction thriller Prometheus, and Fox plans to offer high-definition versions […]
HBO Home Entertainment UK has revealed that True Blood Season 5 episodes will be released to download and own from September 18th. In their first multi-platform EST (Electronic Sell Through) release in the UK, each episode will be made available on blinkbox and iTunes UK, just a day after broadcast on FX:UK. FX:UK will be […]
UKTV is ‘soft launching’ ad-funded VoD players for Dave, Really and Yesterday on their respective websites next month. Users will be asked to provide feedback ahead of a full launch later in the year. The players have been developed in-house and with Capablue and will feature a range of UKTV commissions and shows from the […]
Ziggo has claimed to be the first major European service provider to deliver an advanced VoD user interface entirely from the network cloud after selecting ActiveVideo Networks’ CloudTV virtual set-top box platform from for deployment. Under the agreement, Ziggo, the largest cable system operator in the Netherlands, will leverage the ActiveVideo CloudTV H5 platform to […]
Advanced video services provider Avail-TVN is to provide content for the Google Fiber broadband TV service. Launched in July 2012 in Kansas City, Google Fiber offers connection speeds 100 times faster than traditional broadband and delivers both Internet and TV into the home. Avail-TVN will provide a range of content including studio, broadcast and cable […]