Hulu is reported to be moving from its current free model to one that binds in viewers to a pay-TV subscription.
France Televisions launches VOD
May 1, 2012 11.12 Europe/London By
French public broadcaster France Televisions is to expand its catch-up service Pluzz with the introduction of a VOD service.
ISPs told to block Pirate Bay’s way to customer ports
May 1, 2012 08.29 Europe/London By
UK ISPs have been ordered to block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, the High Court has ruled. Sky Broadband, Virgin Media, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk and O2 are now required to prevent their subscribers from gaining access to the site.
ORF TVthek launches on Samsung Smart TV
April 26, 2012 20.00 Europe/London By
TVthek, the catch-up TV service from the Austrian public broadcaster ORF, is now launching on Samsung Smart TVs.
ARD and ZDF establish Germany’s Gold
April 25, 2012 21.37 Europe/London By
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have now officially established a limited company to launch the VOD service, Germany’s Gold GmbH.
Canal Digital box says Follow Me
April 25, 2012 16.28 Europe/London By
Nordic DTH operator Canal Digital is to allow subscribers to stop watching a recording in one room and pick it up in another.
Sky Go stops on Fetch TV
April 25, 2012 16.00 Europe/London By
Sky is withdrawing its multiscreen service Sky Go from the Fetch TV set-top boxes as of May 13.
HBO Go launches on Vectra
April 24, 2012 22.30 Europe/London By
The Polish cable operator Vectra has added the internet on demand service HBO Go to its offer.
Netflix to open ‘another Euro market’
April 24, 2012 12.03 Europe/London By
Netflix’s success in the UK and the expected return to global profitability has led to the decision “to open an additional attractive European market in Q4 of this year.”
Voyo expands Romanian offer
April 23, 2012 07.56 Europe/London By
The Romanian on demand service Voyo.ro has added an online movie channel named Voyo Cinema to its offer today (Monday, April 23).
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