Category: Online TV
YouTube trialling skippable ads on premium content
YouTube are to bring skippable advertisements to their premium videos in a new trial format called TrueView. The Google-owned VOD site currently features compulsory adverts at the beginning of videos, usually around 30 seconds in length before the main content…
Sony Qriocity movie streaming service hits Bravia TVs
Sony's range of web-connected Bravia TVs, blu-ray players and home cinema kits have just been updated with the Qriocity video on demand app. "Video on Demand powered by Qriocity" (to give the service its full, clumsy moniker) will offer streamed…
SeeSaw users soon able to choose their own adverts
Video on demand service SeeSaw are to introduce a novel new feature into their TV streaming set-up: users will soon be able to choose which advertisements play between episodes of their favourite shows. Viewers will be offered a list of…
BBC iPlayer goes global in 2011
The BBC will be taking their catch-up TV streaming service iPlayer on a world tour in 2011, as the UK exclusive service is set to go global. With a US version planned first and an international launch to follow, the…
Demand 5 VOD service now available to Virgin subscribers
Virgin Media have just snagged Channel 5's video on demand service, Demand 5. Now offering a full house of terrestrial VOD services, Demand 5 offers top US dramas such as CSI: Miami along with guilty pleasures such as Home and…
LOVEFiLM launches on the PS3
It's been a long time coming, but PS3 owners can now enjoy the delights of LOVEFiLM's massive movie catalogue as the streaming service hits Sony's console today. Over 2,000 films are already available with the service, including blockbusters such as…
Sky Player getting Kinect-ed on Xbox 360
Both Microsoft and Sky have confirmed that the Xbox 360's Sky Player will be fully compatible with the forthcoming Kinect Motion controller. Though little is known on how exactly this will work, it's likely that the motion-sensing unit, which works…
YouTube begin testing live streaming service
YouTube are preparing to go head-to-head with the likes of Ustream and Livestream as they today begin trialling their own live streaming service. Still very much in the alpha stages of testing, the next 48 hours will see YouTube partners…
New deal adds NBC Universal shows to SeeSaw
Online video-on-demand service SeeSaw have just signed a new deal with NBC Universal that will see shows from the US network's stable available for UK viewers as premium downloads. Shows such as House, Battlestar Galactica and The Office will be…
Gamescom 2010: Sony bring ITV Player to the PS3
Sony have confirmed at their Gamescom 2010 press conference that the ITV Player TV catchup service will be hitting PS3 consoles later this year. The ITV Player will sit alongside the popular BBC iPlayer streaming app, which is already available…
