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- CBS and Disney to join iTunes TV venture - Rumour
- CBS and Disney are reportedly considering joining a new subscription service from Apple that will allow viewers to watch TV through iTunes. Rumours surfaced in November that Apple was aiming to enter the video-on-demand VoD market, where it would rival firms such as Hulu. The company is believed to...
- Articles 2009-12-21
- Vodafone UK Aims For Best Quality - Report
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Quality of network service is key to the revival of Vodafone UK VOD as new technology increases pressure on infrastructure, the mobile phone operator's head of UK business, Guy Laurence, said in an FT interview.A proposed joint venture between France Telecom's FTE Orange UK and Deutsche...
- News items 2009-12-21
- Babelgum To Do Over-The-Air Mobile VOD; Vodafone Partners For iPhone, Nokia
- Still-in-beta web video platform Babelgum will later today reveal a partnership with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) that will bring its service to both iPhone and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) handsets. The well-funded European outfit has convinced the carrier to zero-rate data transfer for its VOD content in its native Italy and...
- External links 2008-12-10
- ZillionTV to launch ad-supported VoD
- Personalised TV startup ZillionTV has secured deals with Walt Disney, NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers and Sony to offer on-demand internet TV. All participating studios are stakeholders in ZillionTV. Skipping or fast forwarding ads on ZillionTV is not...
- Articles 2009-03-05
- Orange to buy Project Kangaroo technology – Rumour
- Orange is reportedly in talks to buy technology developed by BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV as part of their aborted video-on-demand VoD venture, Kangaroo. The broadcasters invested approximately GBP20m (USD29m) into Project Kangaroo before the Competition Commission blocked the...
- Articles 2009-04-05
- Hulu rival TV.com in talks with UK broadcasters
- CBS Interactive is in talks with UK broadcasters over a plan to launch a UK version of its online video site TV.com. The VoD platform, which was acquired from CNET for USD1.8bn last year, now hosts 20,000 TV shows and is Hulu’s main rival in the US....
- Articles 2009-04-14
- Time Warner Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question is from Spencer Wang. Spencer Wang - Credit Suisse Thanks, good morning. Two questions, I guess the first is for Jeff. Jeff, you alluded to the maturation of the DVD business. Yet digital has been a little bit slow to develop to....
- Earnings calls 2009-04-29
- Comcast Corporation Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jessica Reif-Cohen - BAS-ML. Jessica Reif-Cohen - BAS-ML I was wondering - actually, two questions - if you could quantify the impact of over-the-air both on basic subs and any pull through on voice and data? And secondly,...
- Earnings calls 2009-04-30
- YouTube in talks over full-length UK shows – Rumour
- YouTube is reportedly holding talks with ITV, Channel 4 and Sony Pictures about hosting full-length content in the UK. The move is the latest effort by the Google-owned site to beef up its premium content. It also signals heightening competition in the UK video on-demand VoD market, with rival...
- Articles 2009-05-20
- LoveFilm considers takeover offers
- LoveFilm, the online DVD rental firm that is part-owned by Amazon, is reportedly considering takeover offers from a number of private equity firms including KKR and Silver Lake Partners. The company is reportedly being valued at GBP200m (USD325m) and is considering options that include selling a majority share of...
- Articles 2009-06-14
- Virgin Media signs VoD film deal with Universal
- Virgin Media has signed a deal with Universal Pictures to launch an on-demand film service in the UK called PictureBox. The service will be available for GBP5 (USD8.27) and will allow Virgin's 3.6m subscribers to access a catalogue of 28 films. The 28 film selection will be refreshed each...
- Articles 2009-06-28
- Time Warner CEO backs paid-VoD
- Time Warner CEO, Jeff Bewkes, is backing subscription-based online video on demand VoD services, revealing details of an industry-wide initiative called 'TV Everywhere'. The trial version of the service is expected to go live later this year. Bewkes says the...
- Articles 2009-03-03
- Roku offers Amazon Film and TV
- Roku is offering access to Amazon’s video-on-demand library of more than 40,000 titles through its set-top box. Amazon’s service includes 24-hour film rentals at USD3.99 for new releases and USD2.99 for older films. It also offers TV shows for purchase at USD1.99 each. ...
- Articles 2009-03-03
- Concurrent Computer Corporation F2Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Andrew Hillman. Please proceed. Andrew Hillman Great quarter. Glad to see the numbers. I was wondering if you guys could discuss a little bit more on what’s going on with the Everstream business as far...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-09
- Indian Video Site Tinselvision Closes Down, After $6 Million Funding
- Tinselvision, an online video-on-demand service targeting South Asian communities in the US, UK and Canada which closed about $6 million in funding last year, has closed down, we have learned and confirmed. The company, based in Washington DC, has one investor: Innovative Entertainment Limited, a Geneva based subsidiary...
- External links 2008-12-10
- Channel 4 could merge with BBC Worldwide
- UK ministers and execs from broadcast regulator Ofcom are discussing a plan to merge the BBC’s profitable Worldwide wing with Channel 4 in a bid to save the beleaguered channel from bankruptcy. Though Channel 4 makes its money from advertising, it is publicly owned and, in the eyes of...
- Articles 2008-12-11
- BBC Wins Support For Open VOD Standard, Will Share iPlayer With Rivals
- UK commercial TV leader ITV (LSE: ITV) and telco BT (NYSE: BT) are signing up to a BBC project to create an open standard for delivering on-demand video over broadband to living room TVs. They are joining Project Canvas, under which the BBC wants to mobilise content makers, ISPs...
- External links 2008-12-11
- Mobile Content Bits: Vodafone Artist Discovery; Handango; Virgin Mobile Apps; iPhone Copy & Paste
- -- Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) Partners With MTV On Artist Discovery: Vodafone has launched a new four-week promotion called Fast-Track that asks unsigned bands and artists to compete for an opportunity to record a single and music video that will be aired on MTV. Interested musicians from 26 eligible countries...
- External links 2008-12-11
- BBC to share iPlayer with rivals
- The BBC is proposing sharing its iPlayer technology with its UK TV rivals. The plan forms part of a wider set of public service proposals, which the BBC says could benefit public service broadcasters by more than GBP120m per year by 2014. ...
- Articles 2008-12-12
- Top Headlines Of The Week From paidContent.org And paidContent:UK
- Another busy week for us: our own Staci D. Kramer and David Kaplan covered UBS Media Week and there was another slew of layoffs. We also had our second LA Year-End Review and Mixer, so be sure to check out our west coast correspondent Tameka Kee's coverage. Thanks to...
- External links 2008-12-12
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