4oD joins Samsung line-up

4oD Windows 8

Samsung Electronics has added Channel 4’s 4oD to its Smart TV store, Samsung Apps.

Amazon’s Lovefilm secures BBC kids content

Teletubbies

Amazon’s Lovefilm has signed a deal with BBC Worldwide that will see a range of children’s content become available for members to stream instantly.

Freesat looks to on demand

Freesat plans to open up its platform to pay as you go players in the future.

3.7m UK viewers watch Viewster

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Viewster Media has said that 3.7 million UK viewers watched more than 50 million films or TV shows using Viewster’s subscription-free network of sites and syndication partners.

Harmonic powers Virgin Media TV Anywhere

Virgin Media has deployed Harmonic’s ProMedia family of integrated software solutions to power Virgin TV Anywhere.

Now TV launches pay-as-you-go Sky Sports

Now TV is offering unlimited 24-hour access to all six Sky Sports channels for £9.99 (€12.35) for a 24-hour window.

BBC Two HD signals demise of the testcard

Testcard F HD

The march of technology has claimed another victim. First it was Pages from Ceefax that disappeared from daytime screens, now it is time to say goodbye to the testcard, again.

Sky claims catch-up lead

4oD Windows 8

Sky customers will be able to access what the satcaster is claiming to be the most complete catch-up TV service in the UK from this coming Monday (March 18) following the addition on 4 on demand (4oD) to the company’s On Demand service.

Sky Movies now on Android

The Sky Movies app is now available to Android smartphones and tablets.

Virgin adds ITV HD channels

Virgin Media

Virgin Media has added ITV2 HD, ITV3 HD and ITV4 HD to its line-up of HD channels.