Channel - VOD | paidContent:UK

Broadband Content Bits: Blinkx Search, IPTV EU, Babelgum - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 16 Jul 2008 05:34 AM PST

-- Blinkx: Of the many press releases put out by video search site Blinkx (four so far today), one of the most significant is the announcement it is now making…

Swedish Video Ad Overlayer VideoPlaza Gets £335,300 Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 11 Jul 2008 03:39 AM PST

Online video advertising startup VideoPlaza has received a €420,000 seed investment from Creandum plus angels Henrik Torstensson and Magnus Hultman to launch outside of its native Sweden. Sweden is seeing…

BBCWW Starts Three Ad-Funded Channels On Babelgum - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 10 Jul 2008 01:46 AM PST

Swooping in to give the VOD platform the attractive content it needs, BBC Worldwide has done a deal to provide three new branded channels on the Babelgum platform from next…

Filmklik Sells Stake To Form Euro VOD Platform - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 03 Jul 2008 09:51 AM PST

A new eastern European VOD movie venture is in the offering. One of the region’s movie distributors, A Company, has acquired 25.1 in Hungarian VOD platform Filmklik.hu, with the intention…

Broadband Content Bits: German Flirts, ITN Ads, Bounty.tv Launch - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:20 AM PST

-- Flirtomatic: UK web and mobile “flirting service” Flirtomatic is partnering with broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 (FRA: PSM) to launch in Germany. The site has started a German version in readiness for…

BBC Launches Revamped iPlayer; YouTube Still Dominates - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 26 Jun 2008 03:36 AM PST

The BBC has today launched a revamped version of its popular online catch-up service, the iPlayer. The improved iPlayer will see the new version running along the existing one, which…

PVRs May Be Liable For EU Levy On Recording Devices - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 23 Jun 2008 02:29 AM PST

This has the potential to de-rail the rise of VOD TV as typified by personal video recorders. FT.com reports the European Commission is reclassifying pay-TV hard drive- or Ethernet-enabled set-top…

UK Bits: Style.com UK, Virgin Radio, BBC/Zattoo - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 05 Jun 2008 06:07 AM PST

-- Style.com UK: CondeNet International will launch its US pure-play brands Style.com and Men’ Style.com for the UK after a test in Italy, NMA says. The publisher already operates mags…

Broadband Content Bits: MySpace ‘Radio’; WiiWare; BBC Vlog/iPlayer - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 20 May 2008 06:14 AM PST

-- MySpace: MySpace UK is doing it first branded “radio show” - the weekly, hour-long Mars Planets Radio (the clue’s in the name), hosted by Alex Zane. Not just Zane…

Sky Player Over Broadband; iPlayer Growth Slowing? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 19 May 2008 12:36 AM PST

BSkyB’s (NYSE: BSY) dilemma is this - how does it transition to a VoD world when its satellite infrastructure is unable to cope with the demands of on-demand? It started…

BSkyB VoD Rebadged ‘Sky Player’ - Rhymes With ‘iPlayer’ - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 15 May 2008 01:44 PM PST

BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is unveiling its second major update to its Sky Anytime VoD platform inside the last six months - an enhanced version of Sky Anytime that includes live…

Will Kangaroo Jump To SeeSaw? Highfield’s Switch Imminent - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 13 May 2008 05:57 AM PST

The ITV/C4/BBC Worldwide VoD JV codenamed Project Kangaroo is inching closer to fruition. MediaWeek reckons the consortium will name the service SeeSaw - a title that would aptly reflect both…

Bebo Serves ‘Over Billion Videos’ Each Month - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 May 2008 03:00 PM PST

Bebo business development VP Ziv Navoth told Beet.tv’s Andy Plesser the social network is getting “over a billion” video views every month. If you haven’t read our ongoing coverage here…

Blinkx Rises And Falls On Mystical Google/News Corp Market Chatter - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 May 2008 06:41 AM PST

Market speculation from an Investec analyst (via Bloomberg) that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may buy voice recognition-based video search index Blinkx did wonders for the company…

Updated: BBC Commits iPlayer To Kontiki - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 May 2008 05:24 AM PST

The BBC has refuted a report it is to abandon the Kontiki content delivery product that powers its iPlayer desktop application. C21 yesterday claimed: “The BBC iPlayer will cease using…

BBC’s iPlayer Now On Virgin Media Platform - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 30 Apr 2008 05:36 AM PST

The BBC has struck a deal with Virgin Media to put its iPlayer service on the internet and phone provider’s cable network. Virgin Media Customers will now be able to…

Babelgum Partners With PBS For Public Service TV Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 12:51 PM PST

Babelgum has done a deal with PBS to get 100 hours of programming from the American public broadcaster. It’s particularly championing Scientific American Frontiers, an 18-episode science series. A PBS…

Broadband Content Bits: Five Relaunches VOD Service; Velocix Launches Free Content Delivery Platform - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 29 Apr 2008 08:33 AM PST

— Five Relaunches VOD Service: Five is relaunching its video-on-demand service Five Download as Demand Five in late May, and plans a “significant” on-air marketing campaign to promote it, reports…

Murdoch vs BBC Round Two: iPlayer ‘Is Anti-Competitive’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 25 Apr 2008 01:10 AM PST

James Murdoch may no longer be BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) CEO but, as CEO of his daddy’s wider News Corp (NYSE: NWS). he’s still disgruntled with the BBC’s catch-up TV service.…

Sony/BSkyB Name PSP VOD ‘Go!View’; Where’s The Wireless? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 24 Apr 2008 03:48 AM PST

BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) and Sony (NYSE: SNE) have unveiled the name and launch date for their forthcoming PSP TV collaboration. Adding to the Go! brand that already includes the Go!Cam…

ITV Sells Old Shows Via iTunes; Why Now? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 22 Apr 2008 04:45 AM PST

Despite the imminent arrival of Kangaroo, ITV (LSE: ITV) has just got around to striking a digital distribution deal with iTunes Store. In true long-tail fashion, some of its popular…

French Supermarket Giant Carrefour Plans Movie Download Store - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 21 Apr 2008 12:41 AM PST

Latest to launch a movie download store - and the latest amongst the supermarkets to try their hand - is France’s Carrefour. The world’s second largest retail group after Wal-Mart…

BT Vision Adds Universal Pictures VoD Service PictureBox - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 18 Apr 2008 01:17 AM PST

BT’s (NYSE: BT) living room IPTV platform is adding PictureBox, Universal Pictures’ premium on-demand movie subscription service, to its box. For £5 per month, customers get to pick from a…

Broadband Content Bits: FHM.com/MoMedia; Five VOD; ITV/BT - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Apr 2008 03:39 AM PST

-- FHM.com/MoMedia: Mobile and web video production house MoMedia, in which Endemol owns a stake, has signed a deal with Bauer (formerly Emap) men’s mag site FHM.com to supply Kamikaze…

Kangaroo: August Launch Rumoured; 4oD Reorgs In Preparation - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Apr 2008 02:34 AM PST

As predicted yesterday on news of Ashley Highfield’s appointment as CEO, it looks like ITV/C4/BBC Worldwide online TV JV Project Kangaroo won’t make the earlier-rumoured June launch date. “Observers” tell…