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Tablets Overtake Desktops, Europe Hotspot for Online Video 18 December 2014

JW Trends of Online Video report has revealed video time watched per person is highest in Europe. Consumption patters across 6 continents were taken up for study. JW found that tablet users watched the most video per month (40 minutes), followed by desktop … Continue reading

HBO Go Standalone Service to Be in Time for ‘Game of Thrones’ Premiere 18 December 2014

HBO is working to launch its new standalone streaming service in April, giving cord cutters hope that it will be ready in time for the upcoming Game of Thrones premiere. HBO has announced that his company would be launching a standalone … Continue reading

NBC to Begin Live Streaming 18 December 2014

NBC has announced plans to begin live streaming its network shows, but cord cutters won’t have access to the new service.  The network will start streaming to mobile and desktop devices but viewers will need to provide a login tied to … Continue reading

Netflix Now on Dish’s Hopper in First Big pay-TV Partnership 18 December 2014

Subscribers to Dish’s satellite TV service can now access Netflix right from their set-top box. The partnership is a major strategic coup for the online video service and reflects a new level of integration between online and traditional TV. Netflix will now appear for all … Continue reading

ARRIS Adds Portico TV to OTT Content Bouquet 17 December 2014

ARRIS Group will add Net2TV Corp’s streaming television service, Portico TV, to its over-the-top (OTT) content library beginning early in 2015. ARRIS is a leader in delivering the content that consumers want, whenever and wherever they want it as claimed by … Continue reading

Comcast Customers Can Finally Watch HBO Go on Their Rokus 17 December 2014

Subscribers to Comcast Xfinity cable TV service can now watch their favorite HBO shows via HBO Go on Roku streaming devices. Comcast was pleased to announce that it has been added to the list of participating television providers that support HBO GO and … Continue reading

DramaFever and AMC to Launch Horror Streaming Site Shudder.tv 17 December 2014

Cable network AMC and Korean drama specialist DramaFever are getting closer to the launch of their second niche online subscription service. AMC plans to launch a service dubbed Shudder.tv, targeting horror fans, in the coming months. Shudder will be powered by … Continue reading

Discovery and Hulu Ink Streaming Deal 16 December 2014

Discovery Communications and Hulu have inked a distribution deal, the first long-form content partnership between the two. Hulu will gain access to programming from multiple networks including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science, Destination America and original Spanish-language content … Continue reading

20th Century Fox, Wuaki.tv team up to power VOD films 16 December 2014

Spanish Video streaming platform Wuaki.tv and Twentieth Century Fox have launched a Christmas offer to power up video-on-demand (VOD) consumption. Among the available Fox films in Wuaki.tv’s catalogue are X-Men, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Fault in … Continue reading

HBO Taps Axtel TV for VOD, TV Everywhere Launch 16 December 2014

Axtel TV has become the first Mexican operator to launch HBO On Demand, the network’s VOD service in the country. The service comes at no extra cost to HBO/MAX package subscribers.  Although not all HBO programming is available on-demand, a wide selection of the … Continue reading