Quickflix Make Plans For Xbox Integration
Updated: 2012-04-30 16:44:27
ITV Innovate Chatmercial Format For Late-Night Viewers Quickflix Make Plans For Xbox Integration Online streaming service Quickflix have announced their plans to launch on the Xbox 360 in Australia and New Zealand , with the Oceania-specific video platform looking to extend their reach with a move onto the Microsoft games . console On its better-known desktop platform , Quickflix are a popular subscription-based disc rental Australia only and online streaming Australia New Zealand service that provide movies and TV shows alongside pay-per-view offerings under a business model not dissimilar to that of American giant . Netflix Set to become accessible to Xbox LIVE Gold members in the two countries later this year , the service will provide an additional viewing platform for Quickflix
Arrested Development Coming Just For Netflix US Viewers ITV Innovate Chatmercial Format For Late-Night Viewers Apple Build Secret-Keeping Restaurant Apple have revealed their intentions of both keeping their future product plans more secretive and encouraging creative discussion during break times by announcing the creation of their own restaurant close by their official headquarters in Cupertino USA as a means of keeping out anyone not directly associated with the . company The company will tap into their vast funds to develop the proposed two-story building , which will include meeting rooms , lounge areas , a courtyard , and underground parking garage , as well as a signature restaurant , built with the sole intention that entry to the complex will only be permitted for Apple employees 
Hulu Doubles In Value As Providence Look To Sell Stake Apple Build Secret-Keeping Restaurant Arrested Development Coming Just For Netflix US Viewers Non US Fans of the revived TV show , Arrested Development may not be happy to hear that Netflix have revealed that the show is for the US streaming viewers only . The season of ten new episodes are due in 2013 after the show was brought back from the dead by Netflix after being cancelled in 2007. Arrested Development for US streaming only The news comes from the Canadian National Post who say that vice-president of Corporate Communications for Netflix , has said that , the return of Arrested Development exclusively on Netflix will be in the US only He also confirmed that the whole season of ten new episodes will be available on Netflix launch
Apple In Connected TV Movie Streaming Negotiations With EPIX Arrested Development Coming Just For Netflix US Viewers Hulu Doubles In Value As Providence Look To Sell Stake Part owner of Hulu , Providence are looking to sell their 10 stake in the streaming company . And they want around 200 million , effectively doubling the 100 million they invested back in 2007. Hulu owners may be getting fewer The news reported by Bloomberg cites sources with knowledge of the matter saying that part-owners Walt Disney and News Corp . want to buy out the private equity group and achieve a bigger share on the online catch-up TV . site If the price is right negotiations are said to be continuing then that puts the value of Hulu at around 2 billion , for a company that has around 2 million subscribers . The
JCB Launch New Toughphones Hulu Doubles In Value As Providence Look To Sell Stake Apple In Connected TV Movie Streaming Negotiations With EPIX Apple have long been rumoured to be making an Apple Branded Internet TV set and they are now said to be in negotiations with movie studios to secure content for the much anticipated device , that could be with us this . year EPIX movies coming to new Apple connected TV A report by Reuters says that Apple are in talks to stream movies from the EPIX stable EPIX are jointly owned by MGM , Lions Gate Entertainment Corp and Viacom’s Paramount Pictures to stream on the Apple TV box and also the upcoming Apple smart . TV Discussions on streaming rights are said to have begun earlier this year , and if a deal is made there will be plenty of top movies on
Nickelodeon Fear For Ratings With Netflix Dominance Apple In Connected TV Movie Streaming Negotiations With EPIX JCB Launch New Toughphones Rocester England based J . C . Bamford or as they are better known , JCB are renowned construction and demolition equipment specialists , so creation of a mobile phone would probably not usually be considered high on their priority lists for developing new . products However , while most companies developing new phones nowadays will opt for the connected touchscreen-style smartphone’ format and packing as many digital features as possible into their fairly fragile devices , JCB have built a range with the sole purpose of survival , in particular for manual labour-based environments such as building . sites Teaming up with Data Select , JCB have
The Short Way Round Confirmed By Sky JCB Launch New Toughphones Nickelodeon Fear For Ratings With Netflix Dominance A study performed by Bernstein Research has suggested that ratings for children-specific cable networks are on the decline , with the primary cause being the success of online services , and in particular . Netflix Measuring TiVo-based viewing patterns across America for Q1 of 2012 via the 35,000-strong opt-in TiVo ’Power Watch’ measurement service research found that while Nickelodeon’s ratings’ has improved by 2 on Q1 2011 figures in non-Netflix’ homes but has dropped 6 in households that do feature the popular online streaming service , thought to be key considering that Nickelodeon licence shows to the company best known for movie streaming and DVD . rental Meanwhile ,
Greenpeace Target Apple With Environmental Complaints Nickelodeon Fear For Ratings With Netflix Dominance The Short Way Round Confirmed By Sky Sky1 have announced the confirmation that the long-rumoured spin-off special of hit travel show An Idiot Abroad will happen , with revised format The Short Way Round set to air for two special episodes near the end of this . year Officially titled An Idiot Abroad : The Short Way Round the third series’ will see reluctant traveler Karl Pilkington joined by actor Warwick Davis , with the latter’s height caused by SED’ , a form of dwarphism expected to be a key feature of the two hour-long episodes . The destinations are expected to be on the route from Italy to China , as a means of recreating the journey of historic 13th-century Italian explorer
Xbox Live To Add Advertisments The Short Way Round Confirmed By Sky Greenpeace Target Apple With Environmental Complaints Apple have been hit this week with a number of protests outside their stores worldwide organised by environmentalist group Greenpeace , as they take a stand’ against the American technology company’s data centre’s heavy dependence on coal . power With official Apple Stores in San Francisco , New York both USA Toronto Canada and London England against the most notable hit by the activists with their bizarre methods of protesting , Apple have taken the time to insist that they are not causing as many problems as they are made out . to Greenpeace’s argument is that coal is used as a main fuel for Apple’s data centres at a rate of 55 of all consumption by them , with the
AOL Launch On Service For Video Boost Greenpeace Target Apple With Environmental Complaints Xbox Live To Add Advertisments Video apps appearing on Xbox Live are set to be joined by mandatory advert breaks , according to a recent announcement from console . makers Microsoft Viewers on the Xbox 360 accessing the online content which in some cases but generally not the affected ones requires a premium to Xbox Live Gold’ will now have to sit through 15-30 second advert clips at various intervals during their viewing activity on select Xbox Live video . apps The TV-style’ advertising services are currently applicable on a number of apps including Crackle , TMZ , and UFC , while further planned updates will see the commercials feature on providers including ESPN , GameSpot , Last.fm , and .
Internet service provider AOL is set to enhance its video offerings, as they reveal plans to implement TV and online video content into a new platform called AOL ON, described as a ‘curated video hub’ for their own archive. Planned for an initial reach of 57m customers in the USA, AOL On will heavily feature ‘programmed content’, [...]
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Sky Claim FA Cup Final 3D Bonus For Second Year In A Row Netflix Joins Sony Entertainment Network Nimble Launch Subscription Cloud Streaming Service New cloud-based television platform’ Nimble TV officially launched yesterday , claiming that their service will providing a key extra means of access to content provided by satellite and cable TV subscription services , by offering the video through online streaming on a connected device without the use of a set-top box or . DVR Using TV Everywhere’ software , Nimble TV serves as an additional go-between for users , giving them the ability to sign up for package deals exclusively or with the addition of a high-speed connection . Potential customers will have to make payments to their providers with an option of NimbleTV at additional charge
Billmonitor Claim Mobile Data Waste Nimble Launch Subscription Cloud Streaming Service Sky Claim FA Cup Final 3D Bonus For Second Year In A Row As previously expected , Sky have announced a deal with ESPN to serve as an additional broadcaster of this season’s The FA Cup Final , with the hotly anticipated annual event in football in England which this season 2011-12 will be contested by Chelsea and Liverpool to be shown live on the Sky 3D channel on 5 May , along with regular domestic networks ITV1 . and ESPN Both regular FA Cup rights holders in England ITV and ESPN have announced that they will be showing the match which for the first time will kick off at a more TV-friendly 5:15pm as opposed to the traditional 3:00pm in both standard and high definition , while Sky’s coverage will be
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Popular ITV1 singing contest The X Factor have announced the introduction of a number of features taken from last year’s debut of the American version of the franchise on Fox, as they prepare rule changes and new ‘mobile auditions’ for the ninth series in 2012. The implementation of the extra auditions will be seen as a much more [...]
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Netflix have posted results for the the first quarter of 2012, and they report a loss of $4.6 Million and also predict a slow-down in subscriber growth for the second quarter. The news resulted in Netflix stock dropping by over 16%. The streaming subscription company reported revenue of $870 million during the first quarter, which [...]
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Daum Create Connected Internet TV Rival To Apple And Google Netflix Post 4.6 Million Loss And Predict Subscribers Slow-Down Samsung Display Vision Of Future Smart TV In Middle East Samsung have unveiled a new series of future smart TV’ sets for users in the Middle East , with the belief that the launch can help the company gain an even greater share of the local . market Samsung future proof' Smart TV First mentioned at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas USA at the start of this year , the Samsung idea of future smart TV’ has been made on the premise that a user will only ever need to buy one of these TV sets to last them for a lengthy period of time with future-proofing’ , in that any new features released by Samsung for newer sets will be on an interchangeable ’system chip’ ,
F1 Site Breaks Down Through Anonymous Protest Daum Create Connected Internet TV Rival To Apple And Google LG Reveal New Smart 3D Products LG have taken a further step with their range of 3D products , having revealed the release of their 2012 cinema 3D smart TV’ sets in the UAE , along with the launch of a new version of its glasses-free 3D smartphones’ to the European . market LG launch smart 3D products The South Korean technology company made the announcement of the UAE 3DTV launch on Sunday in a bid to make inroads in the Middle Eastern market , and in addition have launched their new smartphones to consumers around Europe not including the UK The company also announced their new Optimus 3D Max , a Tegra 3-based handset a 1.2GHz dual-core processor running an Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS
Youtube Lose Court Case In Music Upload Row LG Reveal New Smart 3D Products F1 Site Breaks Down Through Anonymous Protest Infamous web hacking group Anonymous took a new target recently , as the official website of Formula One was taken down several times over the past week in the midst of their controversial decision to allow the Bahrain GP to go ahead at the . weekend Hackers Anonymous bring down F1 website The hacktivists’ are widely thought to be responsible for attacking the website which is currently stable with a DDoS’ distributed denial-of-service which temporarily made it unavailable to the general . public The move was made ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix , which this year returned to the turbulent Asian country following a cancellation in 2011 despite the ongoing violent
Youtube have been beset with legal problems throughout their short history, and they have once again fallen foul of the law. The Google owned video website has lost a legal battle in Hamburg yesterday over the distribution of music clips. The case was brought by GEMA, the German performance rights organisation say the BBC, who [...]
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