YouTube is dramatically expanding its movie rental service with the addition of 3,000 titles from major Hollywood studios, positioning the online video service to capitalise on the growing number of Internet-connected televisions and portable devices. YouTube head Salar Kamangar revealed the initiative in a blog post, telling users that they would be able to watch […]
Turkish ISP TTNet has selected video equipment developer SeaChange International as systems integrator and a primary technology provider for its IPTV service Tivibu Ev. SeaChange assembled a multinational team of engineers, project managers and technology partners to build advanced television services. SeaChange’s professional services have developed the operational processes and procedure designs to support the […]
Australian telco Optus is partnering with FetchTV jointly to develop an IPTV service with integrated mobile functionality for smartphones and tablet devices. The service is scheduled for launch in the second half of 2011 and is part of Optus’s broader TV strategy to develop a suite of converged video services, delivering choice and control for […]
Beem, an online video service, announced the public launch of its Web site, Beem.TV in Australia. Users can now record their choice of television programming to watch back at a more convenient time. On Beem.TV, consumers can enjoy selecting from TV Shows and Movies from Australia’s Digital Free To Air Television channels, which can be […]
AT&T added 218,000 subscribers to its U-verse TV IPTV service in the first quarter of 2011 to reach a total of 3.2 million, with more than three-quarters of those taking a triple or quad-play package. AT&T reported that its U-verse deployment now reaches 28 million living units, with a 26.1 per cent year-on-year growth in […]
Dutch telco KPN added 58,000 subscribers for its IPTV service Interactieve TV in the first quarter of 2011, reaching a total of 360,000. KPN lost 13,000 subscribers for its DTT TV service Digitenne in the first three months of this year to bring the total to 882,000, meaning the telco had an overall TV subscriber […]
IPTV company GoConnect and ISP Netbay Internet have formed a 50-50 joint venture devoted to distributing Asian language IPTV programming in Australia. The arrangement will see the creation of an equally-owned company, Asia IPTV, which will initially serve up Cantonese and Mandarin language programming. GoConnect, will be responsible for distribution across its various IPTV properties, […]
Viacom International Media Networks has formed a partnership with Bulgarian entertainment broadcaster, TV7, to launch the first localised Nickelodeon branded block for TV viewers in Bulgaria. Starting from 25 April, Bulgarian viewers will be able to enjoy four hours of Nickelodeon’s content every day with two hours of preschool animation in the morning and two […]
US phone giant AT&T has an impressive 95.5 million wireless subscribers, and is offering them a $45 a month discount for 6 months if they switch to AT&T’s U-Verse IPTV service from cable or satellite. The offer is open to those taking at least AT&T’s Mobility Nation 450 cellular pricing plan and clients need to […]
International news channel Al Jazeera English has struck a carriage deal with Spain’s leading cable operator, ONO, widening its current availability in the country to another one million subscribers. The deal will see Al Jazeera English (AJE) made available on channel 146 in ONO’s TV Esencial package. The channel is already available in Spain on […]