Samsung Electronics has revealed that its Smart TVs will soon offer immediate access to more than 1,400 titles of HBO programming through an upcoming HBO GO app to be offered via Samsung Apps later this year. The app, which can be installed onto a Samsung Smart TV or Smart Blu-ray player, will be available at […]
LOVEFiLM has launched its WatchNow video service on Oregan Networks’ Onyx media browser, which will further increase LOVEFiLM’s platform capability to address a broader cross section of Internet-connected televisions and set-top boxes. The new partnership with Oregan Networkswill broaden LOVEFiLM’s current service distribution to a host of new connected devices including Cello iViewer televisions and […]
Warner Bros has confirmed it will begin testing an offer of selected movies for purchase or rental through Warner Bros Entertainment’s Facebook movie Pages. Consumers will be able to use Facebook Credits to buy or rent a title, all while staying connected to Facebook. Starting immediately, millions of fans who “Liked” Christopher Nolan’s film “The […]
NBC Universal has launched PictureBox online – its subscription movies on-demand service available through Samsung Internet-connected TVs and the iPad. The PictureBox Player, developed by video provider SyncTV, will offer the same content currently available via the existing service – distributed via Talk Talk, Virgin Media, Top Up TV and BT Vision. It features around […]
Spain’s digital DTH platform, Digital Plus, is opening up the VOD service, Videoclub, to all Internet users in an attempt to give a boost to its subscriptions. For the first time the platform is launching a TV service for all Internet users. Digital Plus Videoclub, currently under trial, will allow Internet users to rent films […]
KidsCo has confirmed the addition of VOD to its existing package on Imagenio. The contract renewal ensures KidsCo will continue to be available to subscribers across Spain on both linear and VOD platforms. Paul Robinson, CEO at KidsCo, said: “This is an example of our continued focus and investment in the Spanish market. As we […]
Time Warner’s HBO is making nearly all of its titles available for its HBO Go service. The company says it is putting more than 1,400 of its shows on its service that lets subscribers to the premium pay channel instantly watch its programming through devices with broadband connections. Previously, HBO GO offered about 600 titles. […]
On-demand services from pay-TV operators are becoming more robust each year with more free content and integration of over-the-top (OTT) services. IMS Research projects that in 2011, 72 per cent of VOD requests via pay-TV platforms will be free transactions. OTT content delivered via set-tops will account for a fair share of free transactions, as […]
Adult studio Digital Playground and Marc Dorcel, the European specialist in adult entertainment, have sealed a VOD distribution partnership allowing Digital Playground to deliver its content to more than 18 European countries and 50 TV networks and platforms. With this alliance, Digital Playground and Marc Dorcel will provide, for the first time in Europe, instant […]
The Virgin Media Entertainment Index reveals 2010 was a record breaking year for On Demand viewing, with just under 900 million programmes watched in total – a 10 per cent increase on the previous record, set in 2009. Virgin Media’s On Demand service is the third most watched ‘channel’ on the platform with customers, on […]