The FCC lambasted Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) for blocking traffic from some P2P users and evading its official position on the matter in a long awaited and 3-2 split ruling today. Prompted by a complaint filed by Free Press and Public Knowledge and complaints from Comcast subscribers who noticed problems...
T-Mobile is planning to launch a video-on-demand service for films and TV shows that can be watched on either a mobile or PC. NMA.co.uk reports that the operator is in negotiations to "extend existing deals" with a number of its short-form content partners including Ministry of Sound, EMI, ITV,...
At industry events, TV network execs often stress that streamed versions of their broadcast programs are additive and not cannibalistic. But a report from audience tracker Integrated Media Measurement Inc. says that at least half of viewers are using the web not just as fill-in or catch-up, but as...
NEW YORK -- Although video-on-demand VOD has enjoyed only limited consumer success since its introduction around the turn of this century, improving techniques for the insertion of targeted advertising, combined with a viewer population more accustomed to acquiring media content online, suggest that VOD's time may be approaching.
ReelTime Rentals, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: RLTR) has entered into an agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television (NYSE: DIS) to provide popular video on demand rentals as they become available from The Walt Disney Studios, including new and classic titles from Walt Disney Pictures, Disney-Pixar, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Miramax Films.
By Tim Kridel Video On Demand Has Become A Powerful Tool for Programmers As Page Thompson, senior vice president and general manager of video services at Comcast, puts it: 'Kids are growing up in an on-demand...
AUSTIN, Texas -- In a digital age characterized by anywhere, anytime access, Video on Demand VOD services are allowing consumers to enjoy their favorite programming at their own convenience. Whether looking for classic college football games or favorite cartoons for your children, VOD gives consumers the ability to view content...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- IPTV operators are in a strong position to drive the evolution of VoD business models, according to a newly released study by Pyramid Research. As the latest entrants to the pay-TV market, IPTV operators are pursuing the VoD opportunity aggressively and are increasingly banking on VoD to...
By Todd Spangler Turnkey Service To Give Small Ops On-Demand Play Want to offer video on demand but can't afford to hire another guy to run it? You may be in...
NEW YORK -- Traditional video-on-demand services may not be growing at a particularly rapid pace, but the introduction of time shifting, network PVR, and mobile video will propel the demand for VOD technology as the number of concurrent, time-shifted streams of video grows rapidly. In fact concurrent VOD streams worldwide...
Amid news of technology heavyweights such as Apple Computer Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. lining up their resources to address the Video-on-Demand VOD market, iSuppli Corp. is predicting that the global VOD market will grow to nearly $13 billion by th Amid news of technology...
By Wayne Friedman VOD looks for big ideas and more hits The video-on-demand VOD business could use a good ring of pirates these days. Not a high-tech band of cable thieves, but a bona fide blockbuster...
By Todd Spangler Comcast is ditching the generic "On Demand" label for a new moniker: ch1. The operator last week began promoting the ch1 brand -- pronounced "channel one"-- on its video-on-demand barker channel and h...
By George Winslow Operators Roll Out More Local Fare, Interactive Services To Bolster Business In the dogfight between cable, satellite and the telephone companies, a stray cat called Jake may provide an unlikely illustration of...
By George Winslow How Major Operators' Offerings Stack Up In session after session at last month's National Show in Atlanta, cable touted the importance of video-on-demand in their competitive strategies. But what are the five largest...
By Anne Becker and Glen Dickson Bewkes touts ad-supported video-on-demand Video-on-demand VOD should be much more than better pay-per-view. That was Time Warner President/COO Jeff Bewkes' rallying cry at the NCTA's National Show in Atl ...
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Aug 21, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- WOW!, Internet, Cable & Phone, the Midwestern provider of triple-play bundled services, has selected Nortel(1) (TSX:NT)(NYSE:NT) to build its next-generation network for enhanced triple-p TORONTO, ONTARIO, Aug 21, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- WOW!, Internet, Cable...
By K.C. Neel Comcast Takes the Lead in the VOD Advertising Arena After predicting for the past three years that advertising-supported video on demand would be a hit business, Comcast Corp. is finally beginning to reap...
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