Digital TV News: Movies On Demand

BSkyB adds another 429,000 HD customers in 2Q10
Jul 29, 2010 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced results for the twelve months ended 30 June 2010. BSkyB added 429,000 net HD customers in the quarter, bringing twelve month cumulative growth to 1.6 million.
News categories: BSkyB, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Virgin Media launches online movies service
Apr 26, 2010 – Virgin Media (NASDAQ:VMED)(LSE:VMED) has announced the launch of its first online movies service: Virgin Media Online Movies. UK film fans will be able to stream their choice of film, ready to watch when they want, directly to laptops, PCs and onto TVs.
News categories: Virgin Media, Streaming, UK

Hollywood Studios and Cable Companies Launch Campaign to Promote Movies on Demand
Mar 17, 2010 – The U.S.'s major Hollywood studios and cable companies have joined forces for a push to expand consumer awareness of the value offered by Movies On Demand®, a service that provides a way to rent box office hits on cable.
News categories: Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, Movies On Demand, Cable TV, Streaming, USA

OpenTV Powers FOXTEL Next Generation
Nov 16, 2009 – OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced that FOXTEL has launched its next generation platform powered by OpenTV middleware and using OpenTV's latest interactive TV technology.
News categories: OpenTV, FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

FOXTEL Next Generation To Launch November 15
Sep 29, 2009 – FOXTEL has unveiled details of its next generation services. FOXTEL will launch 30 additional channels this year. Along with the new channels will come an online television service. FOXTEL Next Generation launches on November 15, 2009.
News categories: FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Satellite, Streaming

Espial IPTV Middleware Powers Interactive TV Services For Com Hem
Sep 8, 2009 – Espial® (TSX:ESP) has announced that Com Hem has chosen Espial IPTV middleware for its digital TV and VOD services, named Com Hem On Demand. The Evo TV Service Platform powers the Swedish operator's recently launched on-demand TV services.
News categories: Espial, Cable TV, Digital TV, IBC2023, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden

Tata Sky Achieves Four Million Connections in India
Aug 6, 2009 – NDS has recognised India's Tata Sky as having achieved a remarkable milestone in reaching four million connections in under three years since launch. The latest one million subscribers were gained in just over seven months.
News categories: Tata Sky, NDS Group, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

Half a billion views for Virgin Media's on demand TV
Feb 12, 2009 – TV viewing habits on brink of major change Record-breaking year with 516 million on demand views in 2008 BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media approaching 100 million views 2008 was the year on demand television came of age with Virgin Media’s TV viewers watching over half a billion on demand programmes. With a record-breaking 56 million […]
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, Streaming, Subscribers, UK

Actiontec Selects Intellon's HomePlug AV-based ICs for Powerline Networking Option in new ADSL Gateway
Nov 17, 2008 – Intellon (Nasdaq:ITLN) has announced that Actiontec Electronics has selected Intellon's powerline technology for a new ADSL+ home gateway that adds very fast powerline networking to standard Ethernet and wireless options for in-home distribution.
News categories: Intellon, Actiontec, Broadband, Gateway, Semiconductor, Smart Home