AOL On


AOL and the Guardian team for video

AOL and the Guardian have struck a content deal, and the UK newspaper’s news and documentary content will be distributed via the AOL On platform. AOL will add new and archive programming from the Guardian to its video service. The content has previously been hosted on the newspaper’s own website, but the newspaper is seeking […]

Viacom exec replaces Harnevo at AOL Studios

Media company has replaced AOL Studios president Ran Harnevo with a veteran Viacom executive. Dermot McCormack (pictured) will lead online video channels platform AOL On, branded content wing BE On and AOL’s original production and distribution division, AOL Studios, reporting into AOL chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong and AOL Platforms CEO Bob Lord. He joins […]

AOL signs 14 premium content partners

AOL has signed 14 new content partners to its premium AOL On platform. Sky News, British Pathe and former Channel 5 owner Northern & Shell are among the content companies that will make their video content available through AOL. Sky will make its news content available to consumers in North America via the platform and […]

AOL On launches on Apple TV

The entire library from AOL’s premium video syndication platform AOL On has been added to Apple TV. The deal for the library, which comprises around 900,000 videos, is the fifteenth such agreement web content firm AOL has scored with connected device platforms. Apple TV users will be able to access content from AOL partner websites […]

WWE, Mattel grapple with toon

Sports entertainment company WWE and toyco Mattel have tag teamed on a 26-part animated shortform toon featuring popular wrestlers such as John Cena, Kane and Sheamus. The first four two-minute episodes of the stop-motion animated series WWE Slam City launched yesterday on the Cartoonium YouTube channel and a dedicated website WWESlamCity.com. The series, which the WEE […]