YouTube have always shown movies, some that are exclusive to Youtube, and a library of free older movies in their movie section. But now they are looking to directly compete with Netflix and Apple by launching a new major movies rental service in an effort to boost profits and cash in on being one of [...]

Move over Wal-Mart, the UK’s biggest foodchain, Tesco is moving into the online TV arena. Their home entertainment sector has acquired a majority stake in the Blinkbox VOD service that the company says will help position them for “the next stage in the internet-driven revolution in home entertainment”. Blinkbox streams video to over 2 million [...]

Although Apple products are great for watching TV and movie streaming, it generally comes at a cost. So good news for all freeloaders out there as Sony have released a Crackle app for iOS 4.0 and above that is free to view. The app comes loaded with literally hundreds of TV shows and movies from [...]

DirecTV have announced the launch of their new premium video-on-demand service for new movies (from producers Fox, Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros.) for subscribers. The service was rumored back in April, but many thought it may have been an April Fool’s prank. But it begins with the relase of Just Go With It on Tuesday, allowing DirectTV subscribers [...]

LoveFilm has cut a deal with Disney to allow them to stream Disney film content in the UK, in an agreement that takes in both paid-for and subscription based VOD services. This deal will add around 50 Disney titles for LoveFilm’s UK subscribers, who are going to be able to stream content via their PC’s, [...]

It is the end of a video hosting era. If you have any videos stored at Google’s “Google Video” service, then maybe you should head over there and grab them. Google have decided to inform via email to users that it is closing down the video hosting service. Most users probably realise by now as Google has stopped taking video uploads for 2 [...]