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Hybrid models best for online video

Hybrid models are best suited to making online video pay, according to panellists at MIPCOM’s ‘Online Video: To Pay Or Not To Pay’ session. According to Spirit Digital Media CEO Peter Cowley, “the hybrid model is fundamental” to the future of online video. Michael Comish CEO of Blinkbox Entertainment, noted that “colossal skill” was needed […]

October 7, 2010From Colin Mann in Cannes

Vodafone joins Spanish hybrid scramble

Vodafone has confirmed the November launch of its IPTV service, first reported here on September 1. Vodafone Internet TV will use a hybrid DTT solution with wi-fi provided by Wyplay. Vodafone joins the other Spanish telcos in shaking up its proposition. Jazztel, pulled out of the IPTV market closing down its pay-TV platform Jazztelia TV, […]

October 6, 2010From David del Valle in Madrid

Research: OTT will need ‘trial and error’

Identifying the successful “new services,” licensing models, and associated “business models” will require continual trial and error, with no certainty of success says In-Stat. “The decline of retail video disc sales, coupled with on-demand viewing of TV content and the threat of video cord cutting, points to enormous changes ahead for the video entertainment industry,” […]

October 6, 2010

TV Genius for Astra

TV Genius has revealed that Astra, Europe’s leading provider of satellite services, has selected the TV Genius Content Discovery Platform as it re-launches its website for consumers of DTH satellite in the UK, France and Germany. The TV Genius platform will enable consumers to search channel listings on the web for specific programmes or more […]

October 6, 2010

Google TV lines up more content

Google has announced more partnerships and a new website — for its platform for its Internet TV platform. Google TV will launch with several content partners that will have smartphone-like “apps” and optimised websites that will bring added features to the TV. Confirmed partners so far include Netflix, Pandora, Amazon, YouTube, Turner Broadcasting, CNBC, NBA, […]

October 5, 2010

Meo adds karaoke and interactive channels

Portugal Telecom has added an interactive and a karaoke channel to its pay-TV service ‘Meo’. The interactive channel, called ‘TVI Secret Story’, enables viewers to watch everything that happens in the house 24/7 via four cameras placed in different rooms.  Using the green button, users can select which camera feed they want to see, and […]

October 4, 2010

Research: iPlayer tops usability chart

A report from user experience consultancy Webcredible says that the BBC iPlayer is leading major UK broadcasters in the VoD usability stakes with a score of 88 per cent, followed by Scottish broadcaster STV with its STV Player coming in second with 76 per cent Sky Player scored just 55 per cent, with admittedly a […]

October 1, 2010

Adam Internet inks deal with Fetch TV

South Australia-based Internet service provider Adam Internet has become the third ISP to announce a deal with Internet-delivered TV service FetchTV.  The company is about to commence trialling the service with selected customers ahead of plans to offer the service more widely from the beginning of next year.  The agreement will enlarge FetchTV’s potential customer […]

October 1, 2010

TeliaSonera powers YLE

TeliaSonera International Carrier has revealed that its Media Distribution Service (MDS) has been chosen by Finnish broadcaster YLE to power its new live streaming and catch up services, YLE Areena.  Finnish public broadcaster, YLE broadcasts an array of content across its four channels, including international sports events. Through TeliaSonera International Carrier’s Award Winning MDS, viewers […]

September 30, 2010

BBC: YouView likely to drive broadband prices up

The BBC’s director-general Mark Thompson has admitted that widespread uptake of internet TV will probably result in a hike in broadband prices in the UK. He told the RTS that when services such as YouView and Apple TV arrive on the scene, it won’t be long before there is considerable consumer demand for Internet TV. […]

September 29, 2010