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Virgin Media has announced that its catch-up television service TV on Demand has reached the 1 billion view milestone, with nearly 490 million hours of television watched in this way.

Amazon is reportedly on the verge of announcing a streaming deal with Viacom, which could signal the launch of a standalone video on demand offering.

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Lovefilm has announced it has added another big name to its on-demand catalogue, with Sony Pictures signing up to offer premium content through the service.

The BBC iPlayer and other catch-up on demand services may soon be covered by the TV licence fee, if plans being mulled over by the UK government come to fruition.

New figures suggest that more people in the UK than ever before are shunning scheduled TV viewing in favour of time-shifting.

Virgin Media has announced that you can now get Sky Anytime through its on-demand service, as long as you are on the company's XL service.

LoveFilm has announced that it has signed an exclusive deal with Studio Canal, which will see its movie and TV content come to LoveFilm's streaming service first.

Google is set to launch its Google TV service in the UK, with Eric Schmidt set to make the announcement at the Edinburgh Television Festival.

The Competition Commission has told Sky that it will have to share the premium movie prowess with its competitors.