Representatives of Hulu and Netflix are understood to have held preliminary talks about the possibility of entering the Russian market.
Amazon announces Viacom streaming deal
11.50 Europe/London, February 9, 2012 By
Amazon has announced a licensing agreement with Viacom that will allow Amazon Prime members to instantly stream TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo.
Pathe to add more connected TVs
16.18 Europe/London, February 7, 2012 By
Pathe Thuis (Pathe at Home), the new Dutch video on demand service from Pathe cinemas, is set to launch on Philips and other smart TVs during the next few months.
Russia gears up for OTT services
09.24 Europe/London, January 31, 2012 By
Interest in content delivery networks (CDNs) is growing amongst leading telcos in Russia.
Upgrade to Sky Anytime+ adds BBC iPlayer and ITV Player
10.34 Europe/London, January 30, 2012 By
Catch-up content from the BBC and ITV will be made available in Sky homes during 2012. All five million homes with the Sky+ HD box will be able to connect their boxes to Sky Anytime+ through the internet, regardless of whether they have chosen one of Sky’s own broadband packages.
Danish record for digital movie rentals
11.28 Europe/London, January 23, 2012 By
More Danes rented movies over the internet and cable TV during 2011 than ever before.
Czech VOD market grows
08.16 Europe/London, January 23, 2012 By
Competition in the online VOD market is set to intensify in the Czech Republic, with MTG-backed Prima TV, one of the country’s top two commercial broadcasters, preparing to launch a new service.
Acetrax launches VOD across Europe
09.03 Europe/London, January 20, 2012 By
Acetrax, the multi-region digital movie retailer, will be launching its T-VOD movies service across the UK, France, Italy and Germany via the Inview Technology connected TV service this spring.
Czech Netflix in the making?
11.26 Europe/London, January 19, 2012 By
The Czech company Topfun Media plans to effectively become what some have already described as the country’s equivalent of Netflix.
Broadpeak named leading VOD software supplier
11.22 Europe/London, January 19, 2012 By
Broadpeak has come out top in the latest survey of European video-on-demand server software by the Multimedia Research Group.
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