Youku, China’s leading Internet television company, has signed a deal with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment under which Youku will license 250 titles of new release and library films. The titles will appear on Youku Premium – Youku’s on-demand platform which has processed more than one million orders since launching in beta a year ago. […]
In what they cheekily describe as the “adult TV event of the year”, Television X will this week commence broadcasting adult material to UK viewers in 3D. ‘The Society’ has been made by UK production house Kaizen XXX, and will be shown on Television X and sister channel Red Hot TV to Sky customers with […]
LG Electronics and Verizon have formed an alliance that will see LG introduces the Verizon FiOS TV app to current LG Smart TVs and Blu-ray players in 2012. The new app will allow Verizon FiOS TV subscribers in the US to access 26 live HD channels directly through their connected LG Smart TV or Blu-ray […]
MBC-backed Al-Arabiya will launch a second all-news channel this week branded ‘Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath’. The channel will cover events from across the Arab world and beyond, including politics, breaking news, sports, business and finance, local news, and other types of news and information. Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath may also air some content that originally appeared on Al-Arabiya News […]
At CES Amazon has confirmed it will be offering movies using the UltraViolet rights system. Bill Carr, executive VP of digital media, at Amazon says that the online retailer will be offering UltraViolet rights from an as yet unnamed Hollywood studio. UltraViolet allows consumers to access multiple copies of movies and TV programmes they own […]
Following the launch of an initial 19 UltraViolet-enabled titles, more than 750,000 households have registered with UltraViolet to create and start using personal digital libraries, the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) – a cross-industry consortium dedicated to creating a consumer-friendly open market for digital content distribution – has revealed at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics […]
Hot on the heels of Netflix’s January 9 arrival in the UK and Ireland, streaming platform Roku has revealed its launch in Europe, with the first of its streaming players now available for purchase in the UK and Ireland. Consumers living in those two countries can choose from two of Roku’s best-selling models in the […]
Samsung has confirmed plans for a “Disc to Digital” feature on Samsung Smart Blu-ray players, developed by Flixster and Rovi. Available later this year, Disc to Digital will allow consumers to add their existing Blu-ray Disc and DVD libraries from participating studios to their UltraViolet digital library – making them viewable on a wide range […]
Al Gore’s Current TV channel in the UK is being axed by BSkyB’s from its pay-TV line-up. Current TV is also available on Virgin Media and online, and would be able to continue on the Sky platform as a free-to-air channel – but low audience figures mean it is unlikely to generate much in advertising. […]
France’s TF1 Group has reached agreements with the principal xDSL, satellite and cable operators (Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom, CanalSat and Numericable) on the distribution of its thematic channels (Eurosport, Eurosport 2, LCI, TV Breizh, Histoire, and Ushuaïa TV), which were previously distributed on an exclusive basis. TF1 says these new, non-exclusive distribution arrangements, effective for […]