UK VOD Strugglers Shake-Out: YouView Chair, SeeSaw CEO Out
The UK’s two main industry VOD ventures to have emerged from public broadcasting are turning over some of their top staff…
A month after…
The YouView Revolution Will Not Be Televised Just Yet
There’s a lot riding on YouView. BBC director general Mark Thompson has described it as nothing less than the “battle for the living room”
Vid Biz: Bones App, Cloud Porn, Superbowl Tweets
Today on the Net: Porn consumers get to enjoy a cloud-based experience that mainstream VOD is still missing, Bones fans can use an new iPad app to get context-relevant content and people send a whole lot of tweets during the Super Bowl.
Confirmed: UK’s YouView IPTV JV Delayed To 2012
Launch of the UK’s public-service connected-TV joint venture YouView is now delayed until at least early 2012, the consortium says.
O&O: Pay-TV Viewers Not Ready To Cut Cord For YouView
The pay-TV market is nearing a subscriptions plateau – but YouView doesn’t yet look like stealing current operators’ customers.
An Oliver &…
With YouView Nearly Built, CTO Rose Exits
It seems YouView’s first-phase technology build is drawing to a close, even if precious few people have seen anything other than mock-ups.…
YouView Calls For Long-Form Professional Video Portals In Test
YouView is now asking video and audio portals and content management companies to apply to work with it on defining how content and services…
The IPTV Revolution Will Be Television, Little More
What ever happened to TV’s internet revolution?
Connected TVs are about to jumpstart the nascent IPTV and VOD sectors, perhaps even with ra…
YouView Escapes Ofcom Inquiry Because It’s Not Breaking Any Rules Yet
Ofcom says it won’t investigate the YouView connected-TV JV under the UK’s Competition Act – essentially on the grounds that it’s not anti-c…
@ AOP: BBCWW Starts Thinking About YouView VOD
Once upon a time, one might have imagined a Kangaroo on a Canvas. But the former, a commercial VOD JV involving BBC Worldwide, was prohibite…