According to The Wall Street Journal retail giant Amazon.com may challenge the Netflix streaming product with a service of their own. Apparently the company has been in talks with NBC, Time Warner, News Corp. and Viacom to get content distribution rights to TV shows and film titles. If things fall into place, Amazon hopes to get the service launched this holiday season. Full Story
Boxee has started its movie library by adding thousands of films from partners EZTakes, Indie Movies Online, Openfilm and MUBI. Independent, cult, art, documentary and short films make up the new content which is available worldwide. All of the movies are free with commercial interruptions, except MUBI which requires pairing accounts. Full Story
This just in via The Wall Street Journal — Epix has agreed to give Netflix online distribution rights. This means movies such as “Iron Man 2,” “The Expendables,” and “Star Trek” will be available next month as streaming content to your PC or TV. Full Story
Wrigley field never looked so good. A new AT&T U-verse app lets Chicago Cubs fans choose from 7 different WGN-TV Chicago angles as your main picture, and up to four different cameras placed at home plate, third base, first base and center field at one time. Dan York, president of content at AT&T said, “It’s like you’re sitting in the production booth and calling the shots.” (See screenshot below.) Full Story
You’ve seen Hulu, but what is Hulu Plus? Hulu Plus is the first ad-supported subscription service to offer current seasons of programming from ABC, FOX and NBC all in high-def via the internet. The service costs $9.99 a month and includes content from over 100 providers. Vizio and Hulu have now partnered to add Hulu Plus to Vizio’s Internet Apps which run on Vizio HDTVs and Blu-ray players. Full Story
With Comcast and Time-Warner now moving forward with video paywalls, are the cable companies doing what Hollywood and the music industry couldn’t do? Profit from the Internet… by forcing viewers to keep their cable subscriptions? That reality is coming sooner than you think.
The future for video-on-demand looks particularly bright this week. A recent study published by Infonetics Research has shown that spending for video-on-demand and content servers as well as other VOD infrastructure components and devices by cable and IPTV service providers to be steady at $625 million in 4Q09, though overall video infrastructure spending was down for 2009 due to the recession in North America and Europe. Full Story
World Fishing Network (WFN) has launched in hi-def on AT&T’s U-verse TV service. The new HD network is available on U-verse channel 1679, and features 24-hour fishing programming including original shows, local stories, and news. Full Story
Residents in Knoxville Tenn., now have the option of television, and voice and internet services via IPTV from AT&T’s U-verse. U-verse offers 110 high-definition channels, as well as a personalized U-bar, containing sports, weather and other dynamic content. Full Story
AT&T’s IPTV based U-verse service is now available in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area. U-verse services include television, high speed internet and voice services (both home and wireless). Full Story
SureWest Communications says it will use Microsoft’s Mediaroom IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) software platform to deliver TV service. The area will include SureWest’s Sacramento, California market where the company has an existing fiber-optic and copper line network. Full Story
AT&T recently made an agreement with Viacom to broadcast seven new high-definition (HD) channels on its IPTV based U-verse service. The agreement includes MTV HD, VH1 HD, CMT HD, BET HD, Nickelodeon HD, Comedy Central HD and Spike HD all of which will be added later this year. Full Story
AT&T has launched its IPTV (Internet Protocol) U-verse television and broadband internet service in Birmingham, Alabama. The television service offers 75 HD (High Definition) channels at 720p or 1080i resolution that are delivered using the company’s fiber-optic and copper network. Full Story
AT&T launched it’s U-verse broadband service in Miami Valley this week. The triple service offering will give customers the integrated services of AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet and AT&T U-verse Voice. HDTV owners will have access to the 40 high-definition (HD) channels the company offers. Full Story
Microsoft today announced plans to partner with Netflix to offer high-definition (HD) content via Xbox Live. The partnership will make available what they call the world’s largest online library of on-demand high-definition TV shows and movies, numbered at over 10,000. Full Story
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