The BBC has added a new feature giving its iPlayer users the ability to sign up once to record their favorite series and catch up on that programming for up to a month after episodes air. Previously, iPlayer users had to log in and choose to record individual episodes every time they wanted to catch […]
HBO Central Europe together with leading cable and broadband Internet providers SBB – Serbia Broadband (Serbia), Telemach _irokopasovne komunikacije (Slovenia), and Telemach d.o.o. (Bosnia and Herzegovina), has launched HBO GO, the internet streaming service available to HBO subscribers with a broadband internet connection in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. HBO GO offers the latest […]
Mediaset-controlled TV channel Tele 5 has launched a VOD Internet service, called Telecinco Cinema. Viewers will be able to hire films and TV movies with payments made through SMS messages or telephone calls. The service will cost €1.42 per each film enabling users to watch it as many times as they want during 24 hours. […]
Appeals by Playboy TV that two of its websites don’t fall within the scope of ATVOD regulation, have been rejected by Ofcom. This means the two video-on-demand websites must comply with new ATVOD enforced rules designed to protect children from video material which might cause them serious harm. The new rules do not apply if […]
Netflix and Miramax have confirmed a multi-year agreement under which Netflix members in the US will be able to instantly watch motion pictures from the Miramax film library. It is the first time Miramax titles have become available through a digital subscription service. Beginning in June, Netflix members will be able to instantly watch several […]
Technicolor, one of the main suppliers named as a provider of STBs for YouView has pulled out of the supply deal. The French manufacturer, the world’s number three by units sold, was slated as a supplier of budget STBs. Technicolor hasn’t said why it is dropping the deal, though producing at the cost required to […]
A newly-released SNL Kagan study reveals that 2010 was similar to 2009 in that the domestic box office hit a record high, once again, while the domestic video retail market was continuing its steady decline. Consumers are now opting to sign up for streaming and/or rental services, like Netflix. They are using VoD services more […]
Dish Network, the second- largest US satellite-television provider, is considering a video-on-demand service to offer Hollywood movies about eight weeks after they’re released, said an executive. The service would likely have terms “similar” to those of DirecTV, including a price tag of about $30, according to Tom Cullen, a Dish executive vice president. DirecTV, the […]
Samsung has partnered with the UK’s Five to put the broadcaster’s catch-up TV app Five On Demand in its app store on Samsung Smart TVs. According to Samsung, Five is the first in a new range of partners including broadcasters, retailers and holiday companies that will be imminently announced for the Smart TV platform. The […]
In a filing with the FCC, Ron Wheeler, SVP of Content Protection for Fox Group stated that “in the course of renegotiating a contract with one of Fox’s multichannel video programming distribution (“MVPD”) partners, the MVPD has told Fox that it intends in the near future to make its subscription and on-demand video services available […]