Video on Demand

Amazon Launches Video On Demand

DRM Watch (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

The giant retailer raises the bar on options for consumers while keeping it simple.

European Operators Consider Video On Demand As a Competitive Differentiator

TVover.net (Free subscription) | yesterday

With competition heating up for video services in Europe, operators will employ VOD as a key differentiator in acquiring new subscribers, with evidence suggesting that the move from near-VOD to true VOD dramatically increases buy rates. VOD is fast becoming a must-have feature; and for those operators with the technology already in place, the next step is to differentiate even further via HD VOD,...

• European Operators Consider Video On Demand As a Competitive Differentiator, According to ABI Research - Business Wire
• European Operators Consider Video On Demand As a Competitive Differentiator, According to ABI Research - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

SingTel Starts On-Demand TV, Challenging StarHub's Dominance

Singapore News Alternative (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Bloomberg.com 23 Jul 2008 uly 23 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., the city's second pay-TV operator, is rolling out the country's first video-on-demand service that will offer ``Gossip Girl,'' ``24'' and other shows a day after they're aired in the U.S. The company will acquire the content from Disney-ABC International, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros International Television...

Video on Demand

Time (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Instant video service Qik.com lets you broadcast your cell phone videos online -- from anywhere, in real time

PEBL, a new Motorola Phone for the Korean Market

Akihabara (Free subscription) | yesterday

Here you are a cute and “girlish” phone from Motorola, the PEBL, which does not stand-out for its feature (VOD, MOD, MP3, HSDPA) but for its look... ... Reader Comments

Watching the Olympics On-Demand with FiOS TV

Zatz Not Funny! (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

A short while ago I speculated that Verizon would be offering VOD content around the Olympics. A day later the news came out that NBC U and Verizon had indeed done a deal, with on-demand clips and event replays coming to both FiOS TV and V-CAST. Right now on FiOS you can already get several [...]

Nexage Powers Mobile Rich Media Service for Versaly

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Nexage, a provider of rich media solutions, has powered a new mobile destination for Vmbc.tv, a mobile video-on-demand distribution network from Versaly Entertainment.

Private Equity Looking At Buying Huawei Handset Stake

Moco News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

In May, rumors spread that Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) and AT&T ( NYSE: T ) may be interested in buying a stake in Huawei Technologies' handset division for up to $2 billion. The logic was that the move by AT&T and Vodafone was defensive—handset makers like Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) were starting to get into the services business, so why not let the carriers get into the handset business? However, that doesn't...

Duncan Clark: Beijing forces creation of WeTube

Thomas Crampton (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Beijing’s control and censorship instincts risk making China’s video sharing platforms into a WeTube model of highly controlled video on demand instead of YouTube model of User Generated Content, Duncan Clark of BDA writes in the Wall Street Journal. Beyond the key issue of censorship and government control of information, there’s more than a few western [...]

Telenor Selects Thomson's IPTV Systems

TVover.net (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Scandinavian telecoms operator Telenor has selected IPTV solutions from Thomson for deployment of IPTV services in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The Thomson end to end solution includes the SmartVision service management platform, video on demand servers and a choice of set-top boxes including one incorporating PVR functionality with local hard disk recording. Thomson is providing Telenor with its SmartVision...

• THOMSON: THOMSON: Leading Scandinavian Telecoms Operator Telenor Selects Thomson's IPTV Systems - Market Wire

Verizon Wireless Says It Added 1.5 Million Subs In Q2

Moco News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Verizon Wireless ( NYSE: VZ ) announced some of its second-quarter results today in conjunction with Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ), which owns part of the company, and released its own quarterly results this morning . Verizon Wireless said it added 1.5 million net customers to end the second quarter with 68.7 million customers. The company will announce its complete results on July 28. Verizon still lags...

• Verizon Wireless Reports Solid 2Q 2008 Growth Of 1.5 Million New Customers - PR News Wire

Amazon and TiVo Team on TV Ad Links

Digital Trends - Most Recent News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Folks were wondering what Amazon's forthcoming Internet-based video-on-demand service might mean for the deal the company had struck with TiVo and its existing Unbox service. Well, wonder no more: Amazon and TiVo have announced a new partnership called Product Purchase that will enable consumers to buy products from Amazon using their TiVo remote by way of onscreen links that will appear in selected...

Pre-Market Active

OptionPundit (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

There is lot going on the in the pre-market. Here are some noteworthy names for some intra-day trading. Gapping Up: WGOV, STLD, BJS, BHI, CAT, QLGC; BP, TOT. Gapping Down: TXN, AXP, V, MICC, AAPL, MRK, SNDK, AIB, VOD, EXP, PWRD My personal bias is to play bearish ones as it appears this is going to be [...]

French website to offer free VOD movies

MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

The French Internet Cdiscount website is to offer a VOS service with brand new French movies at no charge to viewers, according to the magazine Le Point. “Some will even be shown before Canal+.” ...

Earnings: Vodafone Meets Expectations; Warns Slowing Economy Will Hit Sales

Moco News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) posted an interim management statement for the first quarter ending 30 June 2008 today. Revenues were in line with analyst expectations at 9.8 billion pounds ($19.57 billion). Overall, data revenue was up 50.6 percent to £664 million ($1.33 billion) compared to £441 million ($884 million) year on year. Stripping out acquisitions and disposals, data revenue grew 29.4 percent....