Sony is changing the name of its PlayStation Network to Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) starting February 8.
VideoWeb brings Zattoo to the big screen
February 3, 2012 08.54 Europe/London 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
February 2, 2012 10.13 Europe/London 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
January 19, 2012 08.16 Europe/London 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
January 18, 2012 14.08 Europe/London 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
January 17, 2012 10.19 Europe/London 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
January 13, 2012 09.44 Europe/London 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
January 13, 2012 07.18 Europe/London 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
January 8, 2012 11.08 Europe/London 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.
Netflix streams more than 2 billion hours
January 4, 2012 20.55 Europe/London By
Netflix has said that its members instantly watched more than two billion hours of TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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