Archive for the 'Internet TV news' Category

Piracy forcing TV shows to be aired more quickly around the world

Due to the massive increase in online piracy, many non US countries are adopting a new policy of Showing episodes more quickly to prevent this.
New Zealand is one such country, its free to air TV networks are showing hit tv shows sooner.
Hit show Heroes is amongst the list of top illegal downloads with copies of […]

Sling Media launching a new Free TV website

Another Free TV website showing catch up tv episodes and movies is being launched.
Sling Media the makers of Slingbox, a device enabling viewers to watch TV on PC’s and cellphones are set to compete with Hulu and Joost by launching an internet tv website service.
The new website Sling.com which is set to launch on […]

Blockbuster toying with its own set top movie streaming box

DVD giant Blockbuster is planning its own set top box so it can stream movies via the internet straight to viewers TV sets. Dont hold your breathe though as a spokesman says:- ‘it’s an experiment that they don’t expect to be commercially viable for some time.’
Following in the footsteps of major rival and market leader […]

Watch internet TV without a PC. Vunow set top box released soon.

Adding to the list of internet tv set top boxes comes the Vunow. This small device lets you ‘view millions of videos’ straight from the internet to your TV negating the need for a computer.
Release date scheduled for January 2009 and as small as a pack of cards, the Vunow will let viewers watch online […]

Sky TV jumping aboard the online tv train

Satellite TV giant BSkyB has jumped aboard the online TV wagon by announcing it is streaming some popular Sky channels onto the Internet.
The new service which will integrate with Sky’s existing online platform will allow customers to view online premium channels without needing a satellite dish or needing to be a subscriber of its satellite […]

YouTube shows full length MGM movies online free

After our news exclusive that Youtube were rumoured to be showing full length movies online, we can now reveal that the worlds biggest online video website will be showing TV shows and movies from the Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) archives.
In a bid to boost its online advertising revenue, the Google owned site is now […]

Internet TV setting Europe alight

As if we didnt already know it, Internet TV will increase in popularity during the next four years according to new research.
Paying subscribers to online tv websites is over 8.5 million in 2009, increasing the market share of Pay TV viewers to 9.5% according to Screen Digest.
In Europe the countries leading the way are in […]

YouTube showing Full Length Movies soon?

YouTube the master of short copyright free user videos is to soon start offering full length movies.
According to the news section of cnet, as early as next month this move will happen. Google is discussing a deal with an unknown major movie studio to enable them to show ad supported movies to the internets biggest […]

IMDB worldwide domination continues with German website

IMDb, one of our favorite movie review websites and a great source of informational site covering TV shows and celebrities has lsunched a German version of its famous site.

IMDb has developed the IMDb.de website to cater for its German speaking movie and TV show fans. It has the same features as the original website IMDb.com, […]

Netflix using new media player for instant tv streaming

Netflix the worlds biggest online movie rental provider has announced that it will begin to use Microsoft’s Silverlight to provide instant viewing of movies and TV shows on PC and Macintosh computers.
Beginning as a trial for a small number of subscribers, the plan is to then roll out of the new platform to all Netflix […]