The Business of Television : VOD

Univision to Air 2010 FIFA World Cup in HD

News — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:39:18 GMT

Univision will broadcast all the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa games in HD. The HD broadcasts will be featured across Univision Network, TeleFutura, the Univision and TeleFutura Station Group and on video-on-demand. The 2006 FIFA World Cup, which was...(read more)

Cox Communications Rolls Out My Primetime

News — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:30:00 GMT

Cable operator Cox Communications has begun a yearlong campaign to roll out its primetime video-on-demand programming to the rest of its 18 markets. Also, the cabler now is offering shows on VOD from cable networks such as TNT and TBS and primetime programs...(read more)

Online Video Seen as Biggest Threat to On-Demand Business, Report Says

News — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:27:00 GMT

The video-on-demand business is one of the entertainment mediums most vulnerable to being replaced by online video over the long haul. That’s the finding of a recent report from research firm One Touch Intelligence, which contends that the DVD and paid...(read more)

‘Southland’ Pilot Makes Early Online, VOD Debut

News — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:48:54 GMT

NBC is making the pilot for "ER" replacement "Southland" available on numerous on-demand and digital platforms a week before the show's April 9 premiere. Hulu and NBC.com have already started streaming the Warner Bros. TV-produced...(read more)

‘Twilight’ Goes VOD on Comcast

News — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:58:11 GMT

Comcast On Demand will offer “Twilight” at 12:01 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, the same day the DVD lands in stores, the cable company announced today. "Attention Twilighters: at 12:01 a.m. you can watch Twilight in HD the moment it's available...(read more)

CBS Eyes On-Demand NCAA Year Round

News — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:40:40 GMT

CBS, which signed up 20 affiliates for the NCAA’s March Madness video-on-demand service, is hoping to create a year-round VOD product featuring college sports video. NCAA VOD: The Best of March Madness, created by CBS Sports and CBS College Sports Network...(read more)

Comcast, Discovery Reach Carriage Deal

News — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:14:00 GMT

Comcast Corp. and Discovery Communications have quietly agreed to a new long-term carriage agreement—proving that not all negotiations between cable operators and programmers have to result in the kind of fireworks that Time Warner Cable and Viacom produced...(read more)

Rounding Up HD News: Blu-ray Player Sales Triple; Blu-ray Pricing Stabilizing

News — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Blu-ray Player Sales Triple During Black Friday Week Sales of stand-alone Blu-ray players tripled during the week of Black Friday from the previous week, Video Business reports. Machines dropped below $200 during that week to spur post-Thanksgiving sales...(read more)

‘Yule Log’ Returns to iN Demand Networks, WPIX

News — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:20:08 GMT

iN Demand Networks is bringing back “The Yule Log” on Dec. 8 due to popular demand. The high-definition “Yule Log,” featuring a crackling fireplace and holiday music, is available free to Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House...(read more)

Christmas Ski Trip

News — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:36:10 GMT

The Ski Channel plans to get off the lift and onto the slopes starting Dec. 25. Its launch date set, the video-on-demand service also has signed distribution deals with DirecTV and Verizon’s FiOS that bring its subscriber base to about 15 million, Ski...(read more)

Cablevision, Lustgarten Foundation Plan curePC VOD Channel

News — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:23:59 GMT

Cablevision Systems and the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research will launch an interactive VOD channel as part of their curePC campaign . The Lustgarten channel will offer information about pancreatic cancer and the fight against the...(read more)

Deal Puts ABC Shows on Verizon’s FiOS

News — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:25:54 GMT

Disney-ABC Television Group has made a deal with Verizon to make ABC shows available on video-on-demand to FiOS TV subscribers. Terms of the deal call for Verizon to disable the fast-forward button so that viewers cannot skip through the commercials contained...(read more)

NBC Unveils TAMi Audience Figures Across All Platforms

News — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:52:16 GMT

NBC Universal on Wednesday released new figures showing how its programming is being consumed on multiple platforms. NBC called its new metric the TAMi, or Total Audience Measurement Index. The network first sent out TAMis to show how the Olympics were...(read more)

MTVN Preps Mobile Video Ads for VOD

News — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:00:01 GMT

MTV Networks will launch mobile video ads on carrier-operated premium VOD services for the first time. The first advertiser will be the U.S. Air Force, which will have pre-roll ads running across MTV’s mobile video-on-demand programming, as well as campaigns...(read more)

NBC Measures Cross-Platform Viewership, Cites Olympic Gains

News — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:32:09 GMT

Based on a new system for measuring viewership on multiple platforms, NBC said more than 113 million people watched Olympic programming on Sunday. NBC is introducing what it calls a Total Audience Measurement Index, which combines into one number the...(read more)