Tag: video on demand
Samsung Smart TVs and the future of TV apps
Thanks to the popularity of Apple's App Store and the now-ubiquitous nature of apps on smartphones and tablet PCs, apps are weaving their way into every aspect of modern life. From doing your grocery shopping to finding a parking…
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…
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…
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…
Preview: Sky Anytime +, Sky's revamped VOD service
Sky's Anytime video on demand service is to get a massive overhaul later this year. Called Sky Anytime+, we got a sneak peak at at a preview event today which will allow Sky viewers almost instant access to over 500…
Video Preview: A look at of BBC iPlayer's new features
The BBC today launched a pretty substantial re-vamp of their iPlayer video-on demand service. Adding customisable modules and integrating social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, the BBC look to have really paid attention to what the public have asked…
Video Interview: BBC iPlayer's Eric Huggers on web TV and social media
Eric Huggers, Controller of BBC Future Media, was in town today to talk about the latest re-vamped version of BBC iPlayer, Auntie's video on demand service that has taken the nation by storm. Shiny Shiny's Anna was on hand…
BBC iPlayer gets social networking and customisation features in new update
The BBC's Anthony Rose and Erik Huggers have today been showing off the fruits of a brand new revamp for the BBC's video on demand service, iPlayer. Customisation options and the introduction of social networking features sit at the top…
BBC iPlayer hits the Blackberry App World store
So we might all be a little glum about the proposed 6 Music-killing BBC budget cuts, but at least the BBC still have one the world's best VOD services in the shape of the iPlayer. Now Blackberry owners can get…
SeeSaw video-on-demand service begins beta trial tomorrow
Does anyone remember the ill-fated Project Kangaroo? Well out of it's ashes rises SeeSaw, a new video-on-demand service which include shows such as "Doctor Who", "That Mitchell and Webb Look" and "Cranford". The service, which aims to combine the best…