Cloud-based TV platform Magine is partnering with German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1. This is the first time a third-party deal has been made to distribute ProSiebenSat.1 channels via OTT services. Magine is set to launch the service in Germany in March 2014. This agreement includes: SAT.1, ProSieben, kabel eins, sixx, SAT.1 Gold and ProSieben MAXX, with […]
Hoping to take advantage of tablets, games consoles and Internet-connected TVs received as Christmas gifts, movie search website FindAnyFilm FindAnyFilm has added Clubcard TV’s free online movies onto the service, giving owners of these new devices another legal choice when it comes to watching film online. FindAnyFilm.com aggregates film availability across all formats, allowing film […]
Video intelligence and big data processing specialist Conviva has revealed that it processed over 45 billion streams in 2013, increasing the size of its global intelligence base by more than four times over the last two years, and suggested that this growth is a strong factor in enabling its customers better to serve the Internet […]
Amazon is approaching US media companies to acquire rights for an online pay-TV service, reports the WSJ. The service would expand on the Web retailer’s Prime Instant Video subscription service by offering live programming. Amazon would join Sony and Verizon, which will take its newly acquired OnCue service national, in taking on Netflix. “We continue […]
The multi-screen approach by viewers is intensifying in Spain with the availability of different connected devices and platforms. This is the main conclusion of Telefonica´s annual report about the Information Society which highlights that viewers have more and more access to TV content through mobile devices, with 67 per cent of smart users (26 million […]
After months of speculation, Verizon Communications and Intel Corporation have announced an agreement for Verizon to purchase from Intel the assets of Intel Media, a business division dedicated to the development of Cloud TV products and services. The transaction is designed to accelerate the availability of next-generation video services, both integrated with Verizon FiOS fibre-optic […]
With questions about the new viewer behaviour trend in premium TV: video ‘cord cutting’ and ‘cord shaving’ abounding, a new report from global information company The NPD Group reveals that subscriptions to HBO, Showtime, and other premium TV channels have declined over the past two years, as Netflix and other subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services have […]
Tvigle has launched its app for Sony PlayStation 3, bringing its free-to-view licensed video content to more than 1.2 million PS3 consoles in Russia. PS3 owners can watch the whole Tvigle library of more than 20,000 films and TV shows, including global hits such as “The Walking Dead”, “Skins” and “Luther”. “It is important for […]
A group of major broadcasters has asked a US appellate court to defer its decision on whether to lift an injunction against Internet TV streaming service FilmOn X until after the Supreme Court rules on the legality of market counterpart Aereo. The Emergency Motion asks the Court, on an emergency basis, to hold in abeyance […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel’s OTT movie streaming service Presto, announced in September and originally scheduled for launch by the end of 2013, has been further delayed by technical issues, and instead of launching in the coming week, is now only likely to go live in the next couple of months. “This is a complicated platform […]