US consumer rental of movies in DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats fell by 11 per cent in 2011, versus the prior year, and the landscape of retailers has shifted dramatically, according to market research company The NPD Group. The leader in physical-disc rentals was Redbox, whose unit volume increased by 29 per cent year over […]
Multi-region digital movie retailer Acetrax is to launch a TVoD (Transactional VoD) movies service across the UK, France, Italy and Germany via the Inview Technology connected TV service this spring. The Acetrax movies App will offer viewers using the Inview platform access to an unrivalled range of blockbuster movies, without being tied in to a […]
Ofcom has backed VoD regulator ATVOD’s ruling that three Viacom companies – Nickelodeon , Paramount and MTV Networks – are responsible for the VoD content of Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV respectively on the Virgin Media platform. The broadcasters had notified ATVOD last year that they considered Virgin Media to have “editorial responsibility” for the […]
Telefónica has signed a deal with Sony Pictures to show all new film releases on its VoD service in Latin America, in addition to a wide selection of catalogue content and TV series. This content (in addition to trailers and advertising material) will be distributed in the Latin American countries where the Telefónica group operates […]
Broadpeak, provider of content delivery networks (CDN) and video-on-demand (VoD) servers for cable, IPTV, and hybrid TV operators worldwide, has topped the European video-on-demand server software rankings in the latest Multimedia Research Group (MRG) IPTV Market Leaders Report. This report, covering the Autumn/Winter 2011 time period, gives Broadpeak its second successive number-one ranking among IPTV […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery networks (CDN) and video-on-demand (VoD) servers for cable, IPTV, and hybrid TV operators worldwide, has topped the European video-on-demand server software rankings in the latest Multimedia Research Group (MRG) IPTV Market Leaders Report. This report, covering the Autumn/Winter 2011 time period, gives Broadpeak its second successive number-one ranking among […]
Lions Gate has become the first movie studio to include Facebook rentals in a home entertainment launch of a national feature film in the US this week with its release of ‘Abduction’. Dean Alms, vice-president of marketing at Milyoni, the California-based company that makes social entertainment software for studios said the release of a new […]
A shareholder in Netflix is taking legal action against the video streaming and rental site, claiming it made “materially false and misleading statements” about its business practices and its contracts with content providers. They allege the statements meant investors were caught out by a major share price declines last year. The suit lodged in Northern […]
The BBC’s iPlayer received 1.94 billion requests for TV programmes last year. Two thirds of requests are from PCs but the number from connected devices is growing, in December, seven million programmes were requested on connected devices, a 1000 per cent year-on-year increase. Smartphones accounted for 13 million requests, up 163 per cent year-on-year, and […]
LOVEFiLM has partnered with Disney UK in a deal that will give LOVEFiLM members access to full seasons of popular American television from ABC. The branded subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, ABC TV On Demand, will offer LOVEFiLM members on-demand streaming access to ABC Studios’ library of hit network and cable series. Shows will […]