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Fox Broadcasting Company has reached a deal with BSkyB, resulting in FX being added to Sky Go’s out of home service.

Global online TV and video revenues will reach $28.72 billion in 2017, a massive increase from the $3.79 billion recorded in 2010 and the $11.14 billion expected in 2012, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.

Domino’s Pizza has teamed up with Lionsgate UK, the independent filmed entertainment studio, to become the first UK company to deliver movies alongside pizza with its brand new Domino’s Pizza Box Office service.

Economist Intelligence Unit, the research and analysis off-shot of the Economist Group, has stated that superfast broadband is unlikely to deliver the rapid returns for the UK economy that have been predicted.

After numerous talks and legal wranglings, the BBC iPlayer has today launched on the Sky+ box. The addition of the BBC’s video on demand service to Sky’s set top box was originally announced in January of this year.Since then, the ITV Player, Demand 5 and Sky’s own On Demand service have launched on the platform.… Continue reading BBC iPlayer launches on Sky+

Microsoft and Google both launched competitors to Apple’s iPhone yesterday – ahead of the crucial Christmas shopping period.

Parks Associates reports the number of consumers in Western Europe who regularly watch online video will reach 145 million this year and the number of pay-TV operators offering multiscreen TV services will increase from approximately 50 in 2012 to 90 by 2016.

The latest release of the zeebox TV companion app deepens its links with TV by adding a unique two-way remote control feature, responding to popular demand from zeebox users. Millions of Sky and Virgin TiVo subscribers can now use the zeebox TV guide on their Android smartphones as a seamless remote control, and benefit from zeebox’s automatic recognition of which channel they’re watching.

ITV have finally unveiled the latest version on their VOD player, after originally slating it to appear in January this year. The new version on the popular catch up service aims to take the reliance off advertising revenue and offer viewers the chance to rent content from their vast archive.Traditional catch-up content remains available at… Continue reading New ITV Player revealed

Research conducted by eDigitalResearch and IMRG reveals that 81% of tablet owners use their device while watching television, while 80% of smartphone owners do the same.