Internet TV streaming service FilmOn X has submitted a motion to the US Supreme Court requesting that its legal representatives be allowed to file briefs and address the justices in oral arguments in the forthcoming court proceedings brought by a group of broadcasters against rival service Aereo, amid fears that Aereo will use the copyright […]
Internet TV streaming service Aereo plans to launch its technology in Greater San Antonio region on February 19th. Greater San Antonio includes a 22-county area across Texas. In January 2013, Aereo said that it intended to expand to 22 new US cities beyond its New York initial launch during the course of the year, but […]
As the 2014 RBS Six Nations Rugby tournament kicked off on February 1st, multi-platform live streaming and catch-up TV service Simplestream confirmed that it has been selected by Discovery’s DMAX Italia to stream games in Italy. Discovery Networks recently announced that it had signed a four-year deal exclusively acquiring sports rights to broadcast across TV, […]
IDATE has published the latest edition of its TV and new video services market report and database, delivering key data on this ever-changing market. At a time when video has become pervasive across all screens, most national TV markets are losing steam: shrinking viewership and pressure on advertising markets, especially in Europe. Although pay-TV seems […]
Pokemon and Hulu have struck a deal to bring animated titles based on the popular video game franchise to the free Hulu service and the subscription Hulu Plus. All visitors to Hulu.com in the US can now watch the Pokemon Origins animated special, which tells the story in the first videogames, as well as five […]
blinkbox, the movie and TV streaming service from Tesco, is building on the success of last year’s Try TV on Us offer by signing a major multi-studio content deal for its return. The service, which offers the latest release movies and TV without the need for a subscription, has reached agreement with several major studios […]
CBS and Amazon have signed an expansion and extension of their content licensing agreement to continue to bring classic series and hit TV shows from CBS Television Distribution and Showtime Networks to Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service. As a result of the extension, a vast catalogue of CBS content will be made available for Prime […]
The BBC’s iPlayer catch-up service saw a record three billion programme requests in 2013 – up 33 per cent on 2012, with 2.2 billion requests for BBC TV shows and 800 million BBC radio requests across all platforms. Rapid growth in mobile and tablet viewing continued throughout 2013. By the end of year, the BBC […]
UKTV’s entertainment channels Watch, Gold, Dave and Alibi have joined Sky’s On Demand service. The news follows the launch of catch-up services for Watch, Gold, Dave and Alibi on Sky Go last year, meaning Sky TV customers can access UKTV’s entertainment shows on their TV or on a multitude of devices, whenever and wherever they […]
Sky, for the first time, is giving everyone a chance to sample entire episodes of Sky shows online for free. To watch the first episodes from some of Sky’s exclusive shows, viewers can visit a new YouTube channel, Sky First Episodes, which launches on February 1st. Through the channel, viewers can access full episodes of […]