A new deal between Time Warner’s film studio and Netflix and Blockbuster will mean customers signed up to the services will have to wait 56 days for films after the DVDs first go on sale, instead of 28 days.
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News Corp’s BSkyB has acquired a 10% stake in social TV start-up Zeebox.
Trinity Mirror has acquired digital communications company Communicator Corp for £8 million.
Facebook is one of the most popular apps on Samsung connected TVs worldwide, according to Futuresource Consulting.
November proved to be the most popular month so far in 2011 for VoD viewing – with Channel 4 catch up and archive content attracting 44 million views during the month, across all the platforms on which 4oD is available.
The latest post-Christmas research from YouGov’s Technology and Telecoms analysts shows that while e-readers and tablets were generally a popular choice to give as a present this Christmas, 2011 was definitely the ‘Kindle Christmas’.
Samsung Smart TV is set to introduce ads in an update to the Smart TV SDK, according to Electricpig.
Should we be surprised that TV viewing is reaching saturation levels given that the digital switchover is almost complete, pay TV is almost at saturation point and most of the new technologies that have affected TV viewing are already well-established now…
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Waitrose is winning the social media battle this Christmas, converting the most online visitors into paying customers and brand advocates, according to the latest Supermarket UK study from Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG).
