Broadband TV News» On Demand/VOD

Hulu and Netflix eye Russia

Chris Dziadul — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:34:33 +0000

Representatives of Hulu and Netflix are understood to have held preliminary talks about the possibility of entering the Russian market. Read the story »

Amazon announces Viacom streaming deal

Robert Briel — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:35 +0000

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. Read the story »

Pathe to add more connected TVs

Robert Briel — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:18:03 +0000

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. Read the story »

Russia gears up for OTT services

Chris Dziadul — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:24:04 +0000

Interest in content delivery networks (CDNs) is growing amongst leading telcos in Russia. Read the story »

Upgrade to Sky Anytime+ adds BBC iPlayer and ITV Player

Julian Clover — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:34:39 +0000

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.

Read the story »

Danish record for digital movie rentals

Julian Clover — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:28:20 +0000

More Danes rented movies over the internet and cable TV during 2011 than ever before. Read the story »

Czech VOD market grows

Chris Dziadul — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:16:20 +0000

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. Read the story »

Acetrax launches VOD across Europe

Robert Briel — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:03:49 +0000

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. Read the story »

Czech Netflix in the making?

Chris Dziadul — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:26:58 +0000

The Czech company Topfun Media plans to effectively become what some have already described as the country’s equivalent of Netflix. Read the story »

Broadpeak named leading VOD software supplier

Julian Clover — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:22:39 +0000

Broadpeak has come out top in the latest survey of European video-on-demand server software by the Multimedia Research Group. Read the story »