Beet.TV (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
San Mateo-based BlackArrow, a video-ad management system that can insert ads into broadband, video-on-demand and DVR playout, has announced $20 million in new funding, Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch reports. Andy interviewed BlackArrow Senior Vice President Chris Hock early this summer...
Moco News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) has struck a deal wih UK content provider GoSpoken to launch an audiobook service for the operator's customers, who will be able to download audio versions of books to their mobile from several of the country's biggest publishers, including HarperCollins, Random House and Penguin. Timesonline.co.uk reports that the books will cost between £5 and £15 ($9-$26) and will be billed...
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
-- Demand Five on BT ( NYSE: BT ) Vision: Five is rolling out its new VOD service, Demand Five, on the BT Vision platform. As Brandrepublic.com reports, Five is looking to launch its catch-up service on more platforms, hoping to mimic the BBC's success with the roll out of its iPlayer on Virgin Media ( NSDQ: VMED ) TV, which now accounts for a third of all BBC iPlayer views. Customers of BT's on-demand...
AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vudu has officially announced that it will be rolling out films in a new high-definition format, dubbed HDX which the company claims is the best looking format yet for content delivered via the web, TV or cable VOD. The launch will have 50 films available in the format, which plays back in full HD 1080p resolution . A few of the releases include the new hits The Spiderwick Chronicles, In Bruges, Speed...
Gadgets and latest digital toys (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
[CEATEC 2008] It has been reported that the video-on-demand (VOD) service for Wii will start in December (in Japan) and will feature about 500 shows (all genres). Videos will cost between 100 and 400 Wii points. Fujisoft would like to launch the service outside of Japan as well, but they are only at the ?discussion? stage for the U.S and Europe. With a bit of luck, the license deals should be worked...
TV Snob (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
It's no travel bag. In fact the latest news from Vudu is oh so much better. The IP-based video-on-demand service has come up with a new 1080p/24 video format that they claim eliminates artifacts. Geared at owners of HDTV's larger...
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
VMtv , Virgin Media's ( NSDQ: VMED ) channel production wing, is embarking on a restructure that will see it appoint its first digital head. Media planning head Ivan Ali-Khan is promoted to the role, charged with developing VMtv's brands on broadband, VOD and mobile, NMA says. Channels in the former Flextech/ntl JV's portfolio include Virgin 1, Bravo, Living and Trouble. VMtv last year shut the Trouble...
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Warner Bros will trial releasing its movies in Korea online before they get a DVD release, hoping to counter rampant piracy while taking advantage of the country's high level of broadband...
Movie Marketing Madness (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Blockbuster has made clear its intentions to continue to involve bricks-and-mortar stores in its future strategy. While the chain acknowledges things like DVD-by-mail, VOD (especially online) and other ideas are important it feels its stores give it an advantage over Netflix and other competitors. It does plan to look at adding more download kiosks to [...]
Matt Dentler's Blog (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Every day, there's some new breakdown of VOD viewing options. In today's New York Times, David Pogue puts a spotlight on the wonderful world of set-top boxes, specifically the Vudu box. From Pogue's article: These days, anyone born after 1980 expects instant delivery of entertainment. But the Internet movie scene is still dismal: the movies are overpriced, heavily copy protected...
Crave RSS (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
(Credit: DLNA) Vudu , Amazon's Video on Demand , and Netflix's instant streaming service --what do they all have in common? They're Internet-based video streaming services, and they also charge a fee. But what if you already own an extensive DVD or Blu-ray collection and don't want to "re-buy" them but want the benefits of streaming: accessibility, potentially better picture quality, and physical...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Content Includes CSPAN's Presidential Campaign Coverage, Big Ten Network, Warner Bros. 85th Anniversary Movie Vault, New HD Titles and More NEW YORK, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for the presidential general election campaign, Verizon has added CSPAN's political coverage to its industry-leading FiOS TV video-on-demand (VOD) library. Customers across the country can now enjoy this and even...
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
At CEATEC 2008, Fujisoft for the first time presented their “Ulexit” video player for embedded devices. The company will use its technology for “Minna-no (everybody’s) Theater Wii”, a video-on-demand service for the Nintendo Wii. A Fujisoft representative told me the service goes online in December 2008 in Japan. Asked whether Everybody’s Theater Wii will ever be [...]
Zatz Not Funny! (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Download Squad has the scoop on the public beta of MSN News for Windows Vista Media Center. The new application lets users browse, search and watch videos from MSNBC News on their Microsoft Media Center devices. While some MSNBC content has been accessible in the Internet TV area, this menu provides a user interface that makes [...]
901am (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Dilithium announced the release of live video and Video On Demand (VOD) streaming support for the iPhone utilizing the Dilithium Content Adapter (DCA). The DCA iPhone solution is an infrastructure offering that can be deployed by operators and service providers enabling their customers to access live or on demand video content through the standard iPhone [...]
