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TalkTalk buys Blinkbox from Tesco for £5m

Tesco has announced this morning that it has finally sold Blinkbox to TalkTalk - for a surprisingly low £5m. According to Business Insider, integration between Blinkbox and TalkTalk's existing TV business will be kicking off immediately - with "revenue synergies" (ie: job cuts) expected. Interestingly, it isn't just a video on demand business TalkTalk has…

8 January 2015 James O'Malley Online TV

Is TalkTalk planning to buy Blinkbox?

There have been rumours for a while that Tesco is looking to offload its struggling on-demand service Blinkbox - and today we're hearing reports that it looks like TalkTalk could be a buyer. According to The Guardian TalkTalk has been TalkTalking to Tesco about a possible sale of the service - which is apparently lost…

30 December 2014 James O'Malley Apps

Blinkbox adds offline viewing support

Exciting news for Blinkbox customers (yep, all six of you): The movie and TV on demand service has added offline viewing capabilities to its iPad and Android apps. Apparently the offline functionality will allow you to download purchased content on up to five devices - though rented movies will only be available on one. To…

26 November 2014 James O'Malley Online TV

Which UK streaming services have the Marvel movies?

Last night was a big night for film fans and comicbook geeks: Marvel announced its plans for "Phase 3" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe - and revealing who will be joining Iron Man, Captain America and company for Avengers: Infinite War in 2018. And this made us think: Before next year's Avengers: Age of Ultron,…

29 October 201423 June 2017 James O'Malley Amazon, Apple, Online TV, TV, TVs

Tesco evasive on the future of Blinkbox streaming service

Speaking at the Tesco Hudl 2 launch this morning there was one topic that Tesco's Group Digital Officer Michael Comish clearly didn't want to talk about: the fate of Blinkbox, the on-demand video and music streaming service that the retailer owns. When asked directly by a Bloomberg journalist amongst the assembled hacks whether the service…

3 October 2014 James O'Malley TV, Web 2.0, Websites

Is Tesco about to give up on Blinkbox?

Tesco could be planning to sell-off its video and music streaming service Blinkbox, if reports are to be believed. The news was reported in The Times (by way of the IB Times) and curiously comes just days before the retailer is expected to announce the Hudl 2 - a successor to its surprisingly zippy budget…

1 October 2014 James O'Malley Apps, Web 2.0, Websites

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TalkTalk buys Blinkbox from Tesco for £5m

Is TalkTalk planning to buy Blinkbox?

Blinkbox adds offline viewing support

Which UK streaming services have the Marvel movies?

Tesco evasive on the future of Blinkbox streaming service

Is Tesco about to give up on Blinkbox?

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