Broadband TV News» On Demand/VOD

First cable deal for Pathé Thuis

Robert Briel — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:19:26 +0000

The Dutch VOD service Pathé Thuis has signed its fist deal with a cable operator, CAIWay. Read the story »

Ximon VOD comes to Sony Bravia smart TVs

Robert Briel — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:39:16 +0000

Dutch VOD service Ximon is the first movie partner to become available on the Sony Entertainment Network in the Netherlands. Read the story »

YouView closes in on 400,000 homes

Julian Clover — Thu, 30 May 2013 10:27:36 +0000

YouView has announced its first consolidated installation figures, putting the PSB/telco broadband project in almost 400,000 homes as of the end of March. Read the story »

EU Parliament inches forward connected TV initiative

Renagh Christopher, EU Affairs Correspondent, Brussels — Wed, 29 May 2013 07:53:51 +0000

The European Parliament’s Committee, which is pushing for new regulation of the Connected TV environment, has agreed a draft Initiative to put to the vote in a plenary session in July. Read the story »

CME set to expand on demand service

Chris Dziadul is at the Zagreb Business Breakfast — Tue, 28 May 2013 09:26:27 +0000

CME is planning its own proprietary OTT box in the Czech Republic to consider the viability of offering its on demand service Voyo via an internet set top box or proprietary OTT box over the internet. Read the story »

BBC iPlayer viewing dips

Julian Clover — Tue, 28 May 2013 09:22:34 +0000

The number of requests to the BBC iPlayer fell in April, a fact the BBC is attributing to the Easter holidays and lighter evenings at the start of British Summer Time. Read the story »

iPlayer: the first five years

Chris Dziadul is at the Connected TV World Summit in London — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:07:23 +0000

BBC iPlayer has failed to translate brand awareness into an awareness of the benefits of using of the service. Read the story »

RTL assesses on demand progress

Chris Dziadul is at the Connected TV World Summit in London — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:34:45 +0000

Smart TVs accounted for less than 1% of on demand viewing on RTL Group’s services last year, according to Rhys Noelke, VP, business development. Read the story »

BBC Trust proposes Online and Red Button merger

Julian Clover — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:03:11 +0000

The BBC Trust is to launch a consultation that could lead to the merger of BBC Online and BBC Red Button into a single service. Read the story »

On demand takes off in Europe

Chris Dziadul — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:47:34 +0000

There are currently over 3,000 on demand audiovisual services established in European countries or received in at least one country, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory. Read the story »