VOD


Watchever buys Zodiak Kids package

Vivendi’s new European OTT platform Watchever is among a number of VOD services in Europe to have acquired shows from distributor Zodiak Kids. Watchever has scored a package deal for German, Austrian and Swiss rights to series such as Famous 5, Gormiti, Street Football and Team Galaxy. Watchever launched in January, offering TV and movies from the […]

Pay TV customers flock to online video

Just over one million US pay TV customers cut the cord in favour of online video last year, according to a report by Convergence Consulting. About 1.1 million US customers cancelled their pay TV services in favour of online video options and free-to-air TV last year, according to the Toronto-based group. Convergence Consulting said that […]

Merger savings narrow Youku Tudou losses

Chinese online video site Youku Tudou narrowed its consolidated fourth quarter net losses by 43% to RMB113.6 million (US$18.2 million) as the cost saving effects of last year’s merger kicked in. Unaudited figures for the three months to December 31, 2012, released today – the company’s first full quarter results since VOD platforms Youku and […]

Microsoft’s Halo show launching internationally

Content Television is launching Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, a live-action drama based on the computer games franchise, internationally. The show is produced by Microsoft Studios and 343 Industries and was unveiled at Comic-Con last year. Content Television has now secured worldwide distribution rights across broadcast, online, VOD and home entertainment platforms, with the exception […]

UK’s 4GEE to offer film service from FilmFlex

UK mobile telecom provider Everything Everywhere (EE) is launching a film streaming and download service from video-on-demand specialist FilmFlex as part of its 4G mobile and fibre-based broadband launch next week. EE’s Film Store will allow users to stream or download one film a week free of charge, with no additional data charge, until February. […]

Canal+’s Belmer speaks against change to SVOD window

Canal+ chief Rodolphe Belmer has spoken out against any significant changes to the ordering of rules governing the window in which films are made available on-demand in France. Speaking at the Rencontres Cinématographiques event in Dijon on Friday, Belmer, who named last week as director-general of Canal+ Group, said that there was no need to […]