Tag: video on demand
Samsung's full range of Smart TVs now with all catch up TV services
Samsung has become the first TV manufacturer to offer all of the UK's terrestrial TV catch up services in one place with the full complement of players now available across its range of 2011, 2012 and 2013 range of Smart…
Sky planning US push with new Roku investment?
Roku, the leading streaming set-top box provider in the US, have received a major investment push of $45 million from News Corporation and BSkyB among others. BSkyB's investment has sparked suggestion that the company are looking to expand Sky's offering…
NOW TV: Sky's on-demand video portal goes live
NOW TV, the Sky-powered on-demand video service, goes live today in the race for VOD dominance against the likes of Netflix and LOVEFiLM. Accessible to preview applicants, the service will be available for all to try as of tomorrow. Plenty…
YouView catch-up TV service to finally land in July
After an almost never-ending series of delays that have seen the service slip from an original 2010 release date, the IPTV catch up service YouView will now finally launch in July. The set-top box will cost £299 from John Lewis,…
BBC iPlayer and ITV Player hitting Sky Anytime+ service, rolls out beyond Sky broadband customers
Sky are updating their Anytime+ service, announcing that they've signed a deal that will see the BBC's iPlayer and the ITV Player VOD platforms be added to their own video-on-demand portal. Sky have also announced that, for the first time,…
Desperate Housewives, Lost hit LOVEFiLM through new Disney/ABC deal
LOVEFiLM have inked a new deal with Disney that will see shows from ABC, including Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives, Castle, all six seasons of Lost, Ghost Whisperer and Happy Endings, hit the video-streaming platform. Kicking off later this month,…
Netflix launches in the UK with 1-month free trial
Netflix, the film and TV service that has taken the US by storm, is now available to UK viewers. Brining a massive library of on-demand streamed video content to challenge LOVEFiLM's UK streaming dominance, UK movie fans can access the…
Netflix launching in the UK and Ireland in early 2012
Netflix, the popular movie streaming/borrowing service, is setting sail across the pond, ready for a UK and Ireland launch early in 2012. Hitting the UK and Ireland in a "streaming-only" form, with no physical movie rentals (at least initially), the…
APP OF THE DAY: LOVEFiLM Player (iPad)
LOVEFiLM movie streaming is now available on the iPad courtesy of the LOVEFiLM Player app. The app lets you browse and stream a sizeable catalogue of flicks on the go, with all the usual pause/fast-forward/rewind playback controls you'd expect. Fans…
BBC iPlayer for connected TVs, PS3 gets revamp
Versions of the BBC iPlayer video on demand service for web connected TVs and the PlayStation 3 games console get a refresh today to make its user interface even more intuitive. Designed to make arm-chair navigation of the catalogue of…