Hybrid TV & OTT

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German online TV grows

Germany currently has 1,418 online TV services attracting 166 million hits daily, according to Bavarian…

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Allociné looks to DTT and international expansion for growth

French movie website provider Allociné has emerged as one of the candidates to apply to…

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Universal launches international Facebook movie app

Hollywood studio Universal Pictures is extending its Facebook movie application internationally following a successful launch…

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SFR brings YouTube to the TV

Subscribers to French telco SFR’s Neufbox TV service can now access YouTube on the TV….

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ESPN Goals app reaches one million downloads

Sports broadcaster ESPN’s Goals App has been downloaded one million times in the UK. The…

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Sky Deutschland takes Sky Go to Xbox 360

German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has signed a deal with Microsoft to bring its…

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iPlayer usage continues to grow

iPlayer, the BBC’s online TV platform, received 113 million video requests in September. That figure…

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Eurosport using Elemental to deliver multiscreen services

Sports broadcaster Eurosport is using multiscreen technology specialist Elemental Technologies’ platform to deliver its services….

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Hulu owners call off sale

The owners of Hulu have called off the planned sale of the online video service….

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Canal Plus to launch SVOD offering

Canal Plus is to launch a new subscription video-on-demand service, Canalplay Infinity, on SFR’s Neufbox…

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B.net launches multiscreen service

Croatian cable operator B.net has launched a multiscreen service enabling users to watch 13 TV…

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Freeview boxing clever with connected TV bout

Freeview set-top company TVonics will use the internet port in some of its devices to…

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iPlayer rolls out in Scandinavia

iPlayer, the BBC’s online TV platform, has launched in Finland, Sweden and Denmark. BBC Worldwide,…

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TV advertising growth will pass pay TV growth, says IDATE

Growth in over-the-top TV advertising will begin to accelerate faster than pay TV growth from…

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Motive Television moves forward with CME

Motive Television, the hybrid TV technology company backed by former Central European Media Enterprises (CME)…

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OTT revenues will top US$21 billion by 2016

Revenues from over-the-top (OTT) services will reach US$21.5 billion (€15.8 billion) by 2016, according to…

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Yahoo pulls out of Hulu bidding

Online giant Yahoo has withdrawn from the bidding for Hulu. The online video company is…

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Troubled Netflix scraps Qwikster plans

Netflix has backed down from plans to separate its video streaming and DVD rental businesses….

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Lovefilm Germany launches iPhone app

Lovefilm Germany has launched an app for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The app,…

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Ireland’s Magnet launches online player



Irish operator Magnet Networks has launched an online television service that will air a raft…

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TiVo chief: cable should embrace OTT

Cable operators should consider bundling over-the-top services from the likes of Netflix as part of…

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ZDF to expand HbbTV, online offering

German public broadcaster ZDF plans to expand its zdf-de Telemedia, heute.de and sport.zdf.de portals and…

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YouTube launches UK movie rental service

YouTube has launched a movies-for-rent service in the UK following last month’s launch of a…

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Microsoft names European content partners for XBox Live TV

  The BBC, Lovefilm, Telefónica and Mediaset will be amongst the European content providers offering…

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Online movie service Voddler launches premium subscription

Scandinavian online movie service Voddler has launched a premium subscription option that gives access to…

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BBC updates Android news app

UK public broadcaster the BBC has updated its news app for Android devices. The update…

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MyTF1VOD offering US shows via Facebook

French broadcaster TF1’s video-on-demand service MyTF1VOD is making US series available via Facebook for the…

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Turner offers Adult Swim episodes via Facebook

Turner Broadcasting UK has begun offering shows from its Adult Swim animation channel on Facebook…

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Red Bee metadata on the Horizon

Broadcast services provider Red Bee Media has been selected by UPC Broadband, Liberty Global’s European…

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Microsoft reportedly in talks with Lovefilm for XBox Live service

Microsoft is in talks to offer online pay TV services via the Xbox 360 games…