Anthony Rose, CTO of YouView on demand service, is to leave six months after his move over from project leader the BBC. Rose, who had been controller of online media for the BBC for three years before going to YouView in May, will continue as an advisor on product development. In a reshuffle at YouView, […]
Curzon Artificial Eye (CAE), owner of the UK’s Curzon art house cinema chain, is preparing to launch its new on-demand service which it hopes will boost audiences and help tackle digital piracy. The service goes live on December 10th with the debut on Iraq war film “In Our Name” The film will be streamed in […]
Argentine incumbent teleco Telefonica de Argentina (TdA) has launched a VOD service over its ‘Speedy’ ADSL broadband network. Subscribers of the ‘On Video’, service, will have unlimited access to a library of content, including a variety of television programmes and films. The service is priced at ARS39.9 ($10.2) per month, with no activation fee; subscribers […]
Avail-TVN, a digital media services company in North America, has published the results of a survey measuring consumer behaviours and attitudes toward VOD. In the survey, conducted by Frank N. Magid Associates, nearly two-thirds of consumers – 63 per cent – say that availability of television programme episodes on-demand makes them more likely to watch […]
Dailymotion has launched a new section on its website offering catch-up TV content from several French broadcasters. The video sharing website has so far made agreements with BFM TV, M6, W9, NRJ 12, France4, France 24 and Arte to stream their programming. Programmes will be available for seven days after live broadcast. The service is […]
GetGlue, a social network that lets users “check in” to television programmes, films and sporting events, has attracted investment from Time Warner as it leads a $6 million round of financing. GetGlue allows users to signal what type of media they are consuming at any given moment. GetGlue has partnerships with 24 companies including television […]
KPMG’s Media Barometer surveyed a total 4,312 UK consumers from YouGov’s panel in September, for its Media and Entertainment Barometer. Among the main findings: —27 per cent own a smartphone. “This rose to 44 per cent and 43 per cent amongst the 18-24s and 25-34s respectively.” —35 per cent have downloaded paid apps in the […]
Warner Brothers is the first advertiser to launch a video-on-demand campaign on ITV’s catch-up player that uses a new interactive VOD format. The broadcaster has launched an ad format called Video Player-Ad API Definition (VPAID), developed by the IAB. The format has been designed to keep viewers within the ITV Player when they interact with […]
TV viewing figures reveal that people in the UK watched an average of 27 hours, 34 minutes of live, linear TV each a week during July to September 2010 (3 hours, 56 minutes a day), with growth across every age group. This represents an increase of 1 hour, 50 minutes on the same period last […]
Humax will soon launch its UK TV Portal featuring BBC iPlayer, Sky Player, YouTube, and Flickr. The Portal will be available on the HD range with and without a PVR. The Portal runs on the ANT Galio Platform which Humax also uses for a similar service in Germany.