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.
PS Network becomes Sony Entertainment Network
16.05 Europe/London, February 7, 2012 By
Sony is changing the name of its PlayStation Network to Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) starting February 8.
VideoWeb brings Zattoo to the big screen
08.54 Europe/London, February 3, 2012 By
German based connected TV firm VideoWeb has announced a new application which brings the Zattoo live videostreams to a regular TV set.
IGN launches gamer channel on YouTube
10.13 Europe/London, February 2, 2012 By
Start, the YouTube video games channel from IGN Entertainment and Shine Group, has launched with a mix of live and long-form programming.
Reuters TV channel launches on YouTube
08.16 Europe/London, January 19, 2012 By
Reuters has announced the launch of Reuters TV, a new YouTube channel featuring ten news, commentary and analysis programmes covering hard news, finance, politics, technology and special Reuters investigations.
YouTube continues to dominate US online video
14.08 Europe/London, January 18, 2012 By
182 million US internet users watched online video content in December for an average of 23.2 hours per viewer, according to comScore. The total US internet audience viewed 43.5 billion videos.
Arte launches live streaming
10.19 Europe/London, January 17, 2012 By
The Franco-German cultural channel Arte has launched a live streaming service for internet users in France and Germany.
Hulu Plus reports 1.5 million paying subs
09.44 Europe/London, January 13, 2012 By
Hulu Plus, the online video subscription service owned by ABC, Fox and NBC, had 1.5 million paying subscribers at the end of 2011.
Report: Microsoft gives up on subscription TV
07.18 Europe/London, January 13, 2012 By
Microsoft Corp has put its talks with media companies about an online subscription service for TV shows and movies on hold, according to a report from Reuters.
Record numbers for Dutch catch-up TV
11.08 Europe/London, January 8, 2012 By
A record number of 206.8 million streams were requested for Uitzending Gemist, the catch-up service of the Dutch public broadcasters, in 2011.
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