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Time Warner TV Everywhere

Time Warner is developing an initiative dubbed TV Everywhere that will allow viewers to watch networks such as CNN, Cartoon Network and TNT online – as long as they can prove they subscribe to cable, satellite or a telecom TV service. “If you want to watch your favourite TV network or shows through broadband on […]

March 3, 2009

Reuters online video service

Reuters is preparing to launch a multi-million-dollar online video platform, in an attempt to differentiate its multimedia offering to professional traders and investors by integrating it with the group's existing editorial output and financial data. The service will both showcase an expanded video offering from Reuters News and provide a platform for partners such as […]

March 3, 2009

Canvas to compensate for Kangaroo?

The BBC's plans to create a "next-generation Freeview" – along with ITV and BT – the so-called Project Canvas – will face regulators' scrutiny as they will seek to establish it isn't the recently banned Project Kangaroo by another name. As well as high-definition Freeview broadcasts, Canvas will bring on-demand viewing to the television, via […]

February 25, 2009

FilmOn.tv: goes live

This week, FilmOn.com, a leading video-on-demand provider Launches www.filmon.tv, a new online video portal. FilmOn.tv. Television channels from across the world will be available live with just a basic Internet broadband connection (1 Megabyte per second) using simple players such as Windows Media Player. Content currently available through the site includes Sky News, the BBC […]

February 25, 2009

TV, Internet and mobile usage keeps increasing

The Nielsen Company has reported that viewing of video on television, Internet and mobile devices continues to increase and has reached new heights. In its fourth quarter "Three Screen Report", Nielsen said that the average American watches more than 151 hours of TV per month, an all-time high. Meanwhile, Americans who watch video over the […]

February 25, 2009

Half of web users have illegally downloaded

Almost half of web users have used illegal file sharing sites, with Limewire (34 per cent) and BitTorrent (25 per cent) the most popular, according to research from Tiscali. In a survey of over 1,000 consumers, 46 per cent have used a peer-to-peer site (P2P), but 53 per cent have never knowingly downloaded music illegally, […]

February 25, 2009

OpenTV profits

OpenTV has announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31st, 2008. OpenTV moved from a $5.2 million net loss in 2007 to a $9.6 million profit in 2008 on revenues of $116.5m against $110m in 2007. "2008 marked the first profitable year in OpenTV's history. We exceeded both our revenue […]

February 25, 2009

Anevia and Vianeos bring IPTV to French Stadium

Anevia, a video service infrastructure provider, and Vianeos an IPTV middleware provider, have confirmed the deployment of their IPTV solution at French Grenoble "Stade des Alpes" stadium. Vincent Meddour, Anevia Sales Manager comments: "Grenoble stadium is one of the first sport players to innovate with a new technology. IPTV perfectly suits professional sport values: strong […]

February 24, 2009

Hulu blanks Boxee

Hulu is bowing to the demands of its content masters and has asked to be removed from Boxee's media centre platform. Boxee had no formal relationship with Hulu and was just gaining some traction with users. Up to this point, Boxee had provided access to Hulu, Netflix, ABC, CBS, MTV and more for free. Hulu […]

February 24, 2009

CCTV plans Chinese nationwide Internet TV station

According to China’s State Administration of Radio Film and Television, the official website of China Central Television CCTV.com will soon open a nationwide Internet TV station.

February 24, 2009