Amazon has announced the launch of a new streaming video service offering over 5,000 commercial-free movies and TV shows. Called Amazon Prime, the new service costs $79 (€57.9) a year […]
Sky Deutschland joins fibre association
Sky Deutschland has joined the association of fibre companies (Buglas) as an associate member.
Samsung claims 2 million 3DTVs sold
Samsung said it is leading the 3D movement with the launch of the world’s first full HD 3D LED TV in 2010 and selling more than 2 million 3DTVs and […]
Medienmotor launches online ‘screening room’
Berlin based Medienmotor has developed ScreeningServer, an internet based ‘screening room’ for the movie and TV industries in order to reduce handling efforts while distributing film screeners on beta-tapes and […]
Hustler TV goes HD and even 3D
Distributor Sapphire Media International has announced the launch of a new Hustler branded HD adult channel which will also bring 3D content. The company in addition confirmed its commitment to […]
Al Jazeera blames Libya for jamming
Al Jazeera has said its broadcasts are again suffering interference on its Arabsat satellite frequency. The network, on the basis of specialist investigations, has blamed Libya’s intelligence services for jamming […]
ODG launches VOD for connected TVs
SeaChange’s On Demand Group (ODG) and Inview Technology have announced an agreement to launch both transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) and subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services on “millions of connected TV sets in […]
Telenet’s Gunk TV closes shop
The Belgian male skewed youth channel Gunk TV will stop broadcasting on March 31. The channel, which is operated by T.Vgas, a wholly owned subsidiary of cabler Telenet, was not […]
171 million US internet users watch video
The comScore Video Metrix service shows that 171 million US internet users watched online video content in January for an average of 14.5 hours per viewer. The total US internet […]
ProSiebenSat.1 Group increases HbbTV offer
The German private broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Group has announced that it has increased its HbbTV offer on a new Video Center, providing over 2,300 short highlight videos, available on-demand.