Archive for February, 2009


Cannot watch catch up tv? You have been Geo targeted

You have heard about the great concept of watching TV shows and movies on your TV set, so you settle down in front of Hulu and start streaming the show. Then… You get the dreaded message ‘ Why? Because you are in the UK or France or Canada. The TV site is US based and [...]

BluRay bringing the internet to your TV set

There are a few devices that currently can hook up to the internet and allow internet interaction and viewing of streaming TV, but predicted to be most popular of the lot are Blu-Ray HD players according to recent research. The research carried out by In-Stat research service (article source)showed that 64% of US users surveyed [...]

December sees a massive surge in online TV viewing

The US is experiencing a massive spurt in the number of online TV and video streaming viewers. Comscore have released details of the December 2008 ‘comScore Video Metrix’ showing a massive rise in internet tv viewing amongst US viewers. A mammoth 14.3 billiobn streams were watched from websites such as Youtube (49% of viewers) Fox, [...]

Project Kangaroo killed before it can walk

The much vaunted internet tv on demand collaboration Project Kangaroo, proposed by UK TV networks BBC, Channel 4 and ITV has been stopped in its tracks today in a ruling by the Competition Commission. The 2 year old project was dealt a blow back in December 2008 when it was decided that the service would [...]

Is it time to dump cable and satellite – watch TV online?

With the many and varied sources of free internet TV available online. From websites ranging from Hulu to Youtube and the many network websites, not forgetting catch up tv. Is now the time to kick out the cable TV and say sorry to satellite tv? Not forgetting the new range of internet equipped TV’s about [...]

Netflix to start streaming the latest movies?

After the massive success of its online streaming service, it has come to our attention that Netflix could well be adding a premium service to its ‘Watch Instantly’ online movie and TV show streaming website. Netflix supply free to its subscribers around 12000 online streaming TV episodes and movies. The problem is that these movies [...]