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BT Vision snaps up 20th Century Fox films

December 3, 2008, 11:00 am by James Holland Leave your comment

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Got BT broadband? Then grabbing the accompanying BT Vision TV service just got a lot more attractive: it’s signed up 20th Century Fox to supply hundreds of films direct down your phone line.

Blockbuster bringing on-demand rentals to Blu-Ray next year

December 1, 2008, 9:24 am by James Holland 1 comment

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We’ve only just caught sight of Blockbuster’s movie streaming box, and lusted after it on this side of the Atlantic, but already the rental firm is talking up its plans for Blu-Ray players next year.

Blockbuster breaks out on-demand movie streamer

November 27, 2008, 1:00 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Home Entertainment Tags: Blockbuster, film, movies, on-demand, streamer, vod

Love movies? Got broadband? Then you’ll be pleased to know Blockbuster just hopped on the video-on-demand bandwagon, in the US at least, with this tasty looking streamer that’s free with pre-paid movies.

BBC keeps whole series on iPlayer

August 28, 2008, 9:00 am by James Holland Leave your comment

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Up until now the BBC has removed shows from the iPlayer seven days after they first aired. That’s all about to change with Series Stacking, letting fans catch up on whole series of shows without paying a penny.

BBC iPlayer upgrade will cost small ISPs yet more cash

August 22, 2008, 2:00 pm by Will Head Leave your comment

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Just when the ISPs were coming around to the idea of shifting the huge chunks of data to their customers that iPlayer requires, the latest update could end up costing them even more.

BBC bumps up iPlayer quality

August 13, 2008, 2:34 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

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Watching telly on the web just got a lot more pleasurable - the BBC has increased the quality of its iPlayer streams, using more modern H.264 and AAC+ codecs.

BBC mulls pre-order service for iPlayer

July 4, 2008, 9:18 am by James Holland Leave your comment

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Not content with serving up oodles of on-demand TV over the web, the BBC’s now planning to let users pre-order content to be downloaded to their PCs before the show’s even aired.

Virgin promotes iPlayer to EPG, now on par with channels

May 28, 2008, 4:41 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Home Entertainment Tags: BBC, EPG, iPlayer, on-demand, TV, virgin

The iPlayer’s been available through the red button on Virgin’s cable service for a few weeks, but now it’s being promoted, giving it a permanent home on the EPG.