KnowHow Movies, the digital entertainment service from Dixons Retail, owner of UK and Ireland retailers Currys and PC World, is now available on a range of new platforms and devices, offering customers more ways to purchase, rent, and enjoy film and TV entertainment from major Hollywood and leading TV studios. Following the mid-August announcement that […]
Logiways, a leading vendor of Secure VoD Content Broadcast Delivery Platforms, announced that it has selected Cognik’s CogniKuest Recommendation Engine to power its next generation VodAccess VoD Delivery Platform for Broadcasters and Non-Linear TV Operators. Says Joel Minot, VP of Marketing at Logiways “Our Broadcast Customers demand a VoD experience that is as advanced as […]
ASA, the UK advertising watchdog, has ordered BSkyB to stop exaggerating the speed of its film download service, after rival BT complained its claim that it was “instant” was misleading. BSkyB ran a press ad promoting its new film rental service, Sky Store, marketing it as a “movie store in your home – available instantly […]
STV’s video on-demand service is now available through YouView, the BBC-backed hybrid Freeview set top box. The Scottish broadcaster’s VoD app is available to access for YouView customers in STV licence areas of Scotland. Viewers can watch STV programmes live and also catch up on shows from the ITV Network, such as Coronation Street and […]
In a move that will help forestall pirating of its big ticket shows, Australian broadcaster ABC is to premiere the first episode of season seven of Doctor Who – Asylum of the Daleks – on its online service iview Sunday September 2 from 5.10am EST immediately after its UK launch on September 1. ABC1 Controller […]
The chief content officer of Netflix has defended it from accusations that it is paying uneconomically high rates as part of a land grab in the UK VoD market. Ted Sarandos told the Guardian that Netflix was prepared to pay a “tremendous amount of money” for the exclusive rights to show popular films and TV […]
NOW TV, powered by Sky, is now available on Xbox. The instant-access movies service – which recently launched across PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, selected Android smartphones and YouView – offers flexible access to Sky Movies with no contract, set-up costs or installation. New customers can also take advantage of a free 30 day trial of […]
Cablenet, the cable operator in Cyprus, has deployed Broadpeak’s BkM100 Mediator content delivery network manager and BkS100 on-demand video servers to power its new digital cable service. Using Broadpeak’s highly scalable and flexible CDN technology, Cablenet is able to deliver new VoD and time-shift TV services — such as catch-up, start-over, and NPVR — to […]
Broadpeak, a leading provider of content delivery networks (CDN) and video-on-demand (VoD) servers for cable, IPTV, OTT and hybrid TV operators worldwide, today announced that Cablenet, the cable operator in Cyprus, has deployed Broadpeak’s BkM100 Mediator content delivery network manager and BkS100 on-demand video servers to power its new digital cable service. Using Broadpeak’s highly […]
Carlos Slim-owned America Movil MSO cable giant is to launch NOW Cube – a new on-demand service – throughout Latin America. The service will commence operations in September. Two types of content packages are offered: One bundle is described as offering “more than two thousand productions, including TV series, movies, children series, documentaries, extreme sports […]