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BBC iPlayer heading to Europe for a monthly fee
By Kate Solomon published
The BBC is set to makes it iPlayer service available to Western Europeans with an iPad for a monthly subscription fee later this summer.
SeeSaw VOD service to close in June
By Marc Chacksfield published
SeeSaw, the on-demand service which offers content form BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV, has announced that it is to close - citing a strategic review by business partner Arqiva as the reason.
Last.fm: we feel for Spotify
By Kate Solomon published
Exclusive Spotify's recent move to reduce the amount of music that users can stream for free has prompted sort-of rival Last.fm to express sympathy for the Swedish music service.
Tesco buys majority stake in BlinkBox
By Kate Solomon published
Tesco has acquired a majority stake in movie streaming service Blinkbox.
YouView: we want to be Freeview for the connected world
By Marc Chacksfield published
YouView is hoping to become the Freeview of the connected world when it launches in 2012, believing that the delays the service has faced will make for a better product.
BBC: iPlayer and BBC channels to be seamlessly integrated
By Marc Chacksfield published
The BBC iPlayer and traditional BBC broadcasts are to get tighter integration in the future.
Virgin Media predicting 1 billion on-demand views in 2011
By Patrick Goss published
Virgin Media is expecting to pass one billion video on demand views this year – with a trends report revealing that if its VOD service was a channel it would be the third most popular on UK cable.
iPlayer links up with ITV, Channel 4 and Five
By Marc Chacksfield published
The BBC has started integrating non BBC channels into iPlayer, hoping that consumers will use the site as a landing page for other on-demand services.
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