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Playstation 4 confirms on-demand partners

Sony has confirmed a host of services that will launch alongside the PlayStation 4 in the UK when the console hits the shelves on November 29th. The new-generation console will feature on-demand applications from BBC iPlayer, LoveFilm, Netflix, BBC Sports, BBC News, Demand 5, Music Unlimited, VidZone, Video Unlimited and IGN In total, gamers will […]

November 27, 2013By Nik Roseveare

4oD joins NOW TV, Roku

Sky’s NOW TV box can now access 4oD catch up on the latest Channel 4 shows. 4oD is the latest terrestrial catch-up TV service to launch on the NOW TV Box, which already offers access to BBC iPlayer and Demand 5, adding over 3,000-hours of content to the NOW TV box for customers to enjoy […]

November 27, 2013

Voddler signs OTT deal with Zee

Stockholm-based Voddler, the next-generation video streaming solution, has formed a strategic partnership with India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Voddler will build and operate a global solution for online streaming of Zee’s premium content. This is the first of a number of partnership deals with major media owners for Voddler, all powered by Voddler’s streaming cloud technology […]

November 27, 2013

Intel seeks $500m for OnCue

Intel Corp is trying to sell its un-launched OTT service for $500 million and wants to complete a deal by year-end. Verizon Communications, tipped as candidate, is already speaking with content providers according to Bloomberg. OnCue has faced challenges getting content providers interested since it was launched last February. The chipmaker’s new CEO, Brian Krzanich, […]

November 26, 2013

VuTV targets pay-TV lite market

Prior to its consumer launch later this week, executives behind TV streaming service VuTV have revealed further details of the operation’s positioning and strategy. Speaking exclusively to advanced-television.com, Mike Alexander, Business Development Manager at Strategy & Technology (S&T), confirmed that the service would be available on Channel 238 on UK DTT Platform Freeview and deliver […]

November 25, 2013By Colin Mann

Australia: 1.2m view online instead of broadcast TV

According to Australian company Roy Morgan Research, the proportion of Australians streaming or downloading TV, movie or video content online and not watching live broadcast TV at all has doubled, to 6 per cent of the population — or 1.2 million people. The company says this trend is related to two larger trends: the increase […]

November 25, 2013

PayWizard teams with Racing UK

PayWizard, the subscriber management and billing specialists for multi-screen media, has teamed up with Racing UK to launch Racing UK Anywhere, a service that allows consumers to watch horseracing on the move and on multiple devices. PayWizard worked closely with Racing UK on the launch of Racing UK Anywhere, upgrading the horseracing channel’s Subscriber Management […]

November 25, 2013

LOVEFiLM app for Xbox One

Members of Amazon’s LOVEFiLM can now access thousands of films and TV shows from the LOVEFiLM Instant streaming catalogue on Xbox One, Microsoft’s new generation console. Available now from the Xbox One App Marketplace, the LOVEFiLM Instant app features all of the service’s most popular features including HD streaming, Dolby Digital Plus (5.1) surround sound, […]

November 22, 2013

Intel TV to Verizon?

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has decided that he doesn’t want to disrupt the TV business and will sell its nascent OnCue service, according to Reuters. Intel intended to launch OnCue by the end of this year, and the plan was to offer a TV subscription service that would stream live TV feeds as well as […]

November 21, 2013

Wuaki.tv steps up international growth

Wuaki.tv, the OTT provider based in Spain, is to launch in France, Germany and Italy next year, with a further 10 European launches, including the Nordic region, planned for 2015, Simon Homent, UK content director told the OTTtv World Summit. Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce group that owns Wuaki, already has a presence in four of […]

November 21, 2013