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The CEO of Blinkbox, the online TV and movie streaming site, is backing YouView as a service, believing that it will standardise video on demand in the UK.

The BBC has announced it has hired a senior figure to head up its video on demand division, with Daniel Danker appointed as General Manager, Programmes & On-Demand (POD).

Troubled film distributor MGM has signed on the dotted line with Lovefilm, adding its film archive on to the rental company's streaming service.

Panasonic has announced an innovative new download service, which allows users of its Viera Cast TVs to stream and download movies from the cloud.

Popular online video site Hulu is rumoured to be considering charging for content as it looks to move onto devices like the Xbox 360 and the Apple iPad.

Sky has announced that it is to broaden its VoD content, with Sky Anytime Plus - an on-demand service that houses hundreds of movies and thousands of hours' TV content.

In Depth The BBC showed of the latest iteration of its iPlayer service today, dubbed iPlayer 3, promising better streaming capabilities, social integration and a general simplification of the service.