Subscriber numbers to the BBC iPlayer in Australia are now larger than those of the second and third countries combined.
Cyfrowy Polsat extends VOD
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February 20, 2012 23.53 Europe/London
February 20, 2012 23.53 Europe/London
The leading Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has launched a new on demand service.
Maxdome adds 250 Fox titles
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February 17, 2012 19.42 Europe/London
February 17, 2012 19.42 Europe/London
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group has entered into a movie deal for its video-on-demand portal, maxdome. The deal adds 250 movies from Twentieth Century Fox to the online video store’s selection of movies.
Pessimism rules over French pay-DTT
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February 17, 2012 09.21 Europe/London
February 17, 2012 09.21 Europe/London
TV Numeric, the sole company marketing the French basic pay-DTT package, is contemplating pulling the plug on its business.
CME teams up with Samsung
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February 16, 2012 09.52 Europe/London
February 16, 2012 09.52 Europe/London
Samsung has entered into a partnership with Central European Media Enterprises (CME). Under it, the latter’s transactional and subscription VOD service Voyo will become available on Samsung Smart TVs.
Polish VOD market takes shape
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February 13, 2012 10.21 Europe/London
February 13, 2012 10.21 Europe/London
The Polish online VOD market remains dominated by ipla and Onet, though both services are losing users.
TF1 and M6 looking at joint web portal
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February 13, 2012 09.19 Europe/London
February 13, 2012 09.19 Europe/London
French private broadcasters TF1 and M6 are looking to create a common S-VOD portal offering US series. So far, the efforts have failed.
Hulu and Netflix eye Russia
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February 10, 2012 09.34 Europe/London
February 10, 2012 09.34 Europe/London
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
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February 9, 2012 11.50 Europe/London
February 9, 2012 11.50 Europe/London
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
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February 7, 2012 16.18 Europe/London
February 7, 2012 16.18 Europe/London
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.
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