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Seesaw, the on-demand video service formerly known as Project Kangaroo, has launched a new rental service. So as well as nabbing shows from BBC, ITV and Five for free, you can now rent them and others from MTV and Comedy Central. So how much will an episode of South Park set you back on Seesaw?

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BT has bought a stake in OnLive, the on demand streaming games service, and will be bringing it the UK. OnLive streams games over the web straight to your Mac, PC or TV, handling the graphical grunt work back at its server farm. So when we can expect OnLive to go live in the UK?

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Virgin Media on demand viewers have racked up 200 million views of its VOD TV content since the start of 2010. The huge number of eyeballs comes mostly from the power pairing of the BBC iPlayer and 4OD.

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Sky Anytime+ will launch later this year and finally bring a true VOD service to Sky+ HD customers who’ve previously had to make do with Sky Anytime shovelling its choice of programmes onto their PVR over night. Looks like Virgin Media has suddenly got a serious on demand TV rival…

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Netflix has been an ace in up Microsoft’s sleeve since November, eclipsing Sony’s rival video download service with the huge library of Netflix streaming titles, but it could be about to lose that particular position if Netflix and Nintendo cosy up. The movie rental service has been sending round a survey asking Wii owners if they’d consider paying a one off, $10 fee to get movie streaming direct to their console.

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The BBC is pushing for a TV on-demand standard between terrestrial TV channels, setting guidelines to encourage on-demand services and allow set-top boxes to tune in for free. Get the lowdown on the Beeb’s plan for TV nirvana after the break!

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The Xbox LIVE team has just announced it’s added Universal movies on-demand to Xbox LIVE, so you’ll be able to watch the latest blockbusters from one of the world’s biggest studios through your Xbox 360, whenever you like.

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Panasonic just sent our jaws to the floor with Viera Cast, its new on-demand TV service, being built into all of its new tellies and Blu-Ray players. Viera Cast brings streaming video from the web direct to the screen.

Panasonic already has some big name broadcasters on-board, alongside content from YouTube, Picassa and on-screen information widgets. See why we’re excited after the jump.

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