http://www.screendigest.com/rss/ en-gb Copyright: (C) Screen Digest 240 Consumer revenue from online movies in the US grew rapidly in the first half of 2010. However, the outlook for the five-year forecast period remains conservative, reflecting continued fragmentation in the marketplace. (subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201086a/10_08_us_online_movies_revenue_rising/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201086a/10_08_us_online_movies_revenue_rising/view.html 2010-09-06 Sony has announced deals with several broadcasters to make their online TV services available via its PlayStation 3 (PS3) games console, including ITV, which becomes Sony's second broadcaster partner on the...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/more-online-tv-services-announced-for-ps3/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/more-online-tv-services-announced-for-ps3/view.html 2010-08-23 Verizon has joined Cablevision and Dish Network in announcing an iPad app to offer some form of TV service to their customers. Verizon and Cablevision's apps will, initially at least, be limited to live...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/us-pay-tv-operators-swarm-around-the-ipad/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/us-pay-tv-operators-swarm-around-the-ipad/view.html 2010-08-20 The British mobile reseller Carphone Warehouse has launched a subscription music service - 'Music Anywhere', powered by Catch Media and Spare Backup. The service matches user-owned tracks to its own 6m track...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/carphone-warehouse-to-host-and-stream-users-music-for-a-fee/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/carphone-warehouse-to-host-and-stream-users-music-for-a-fee/view.html 2010-08-20 German commercial broadcasters RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 have revealed they are planning to launch an online TV portal in Germany and Austria, offering a single point of access for catch-up TV content. The...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/rtl-and-prosiebensat1-to-launch-catch-up-portal/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/rtl-and-prosiebensat1-to-launch-catch-up-portal/view.html 2010-08-16 The recent Comcast-CBS retransmission agreement adds a major content partner to the Comcast-Time Warner TV Everywhere initiative, the operator-centric multiplatform distribution model. Early analysis that presented this deal as a marriage of convenience misses its strategic importance. This deal represents a potentially game-changing compromise between industry leaders seeking to recast online distribution in the image of the subscription TV business.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2010713b/10_08_cbs_comcast_deal_business_as_usual_or_tv_everywhere/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/2010713b/10_08_cbs_comcast_deal_business_as_usual_or_tv_everywhere/view.html 2010-08-13 Online video delivery platform Brightcove has formed an alliance with Akamai, the world's largest CDN. Brightcove will bundle Akamai HD Network, a CDN product tailored for high-definition live and on-demand...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/brightcove-switches-to-akamai/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/brightcove-switches-to-akamai/view.html 2010-08-12 Netflix is to offer movies from multiplatform pay TV channel Epix in its online streaming service Watch Instantly from 1 September 2010. The multi-year deal gives Netflix access to select new releases and...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/epix-licenses-movies-to-netflix-watch-instantly/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/epix-licenses-movies-to-netflix-watch-instantly/view.html 2010-08-11