Posts Tagged ‘ on-demand video ’

Classic Speed Racer Cartoons On Hulu

May 9th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Streaming Video

Excited about the new version of Speed Racer?
Hulu has a collection of classic Speed Racer episodes available on demand as streaming video.



CBS Offering Star Trek On Demand

Feb 22nd, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Internet TV, Streaming Video

CBS Interactive has announced that it will begin offering classic shows from its archive as on-demand Internet television.
The initial lineup includes full-length episodes of Star Trek, The Twighlight Zone, MacGyver, Hawaii Five-0 and Melrose Place. All content is ad-supported, free to the consumer, and available immediately.
While we can’t say that CBS is boldly going [...]



NBCU Expands On-Demand Offerings With Retro Shows

Feb 21st, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: General

NBC Digital Entertainment and NBC Universal announced today plans to expand their on-demand streaming offerings, mining the wealth of decades of old television programming. Full episode streaming of “classic” series including “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Kojak,” “Miami Vice,” the original “Battlestar Galactica,” “A-Team” and “Emergency” (Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth? Squeeeeeee!) will be offered on [...]



BBC iPlayer Demonstrates Demand For On-Demand Video

Jan 15th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

The BBC has announced that their controversial iPlayer on-demand video application has been downloaded over a million times, and that users have viewed over 3.5 million programs.
BBC research reveals that an average of a quarter of a million programs have been downloaded or streamed each day since 25 December.
Users, on average, watch each streamed program [...]



Sony PSP Gets Video Download Service

Aug 23rd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Video, iPods & Portable Media Players

Sony today announced the Go! branded Video Download Service for PSPs. The service is a joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting (Sky) to offer PSP (PlayStation Portable) owners in the UK and Ireland the ability to watch video on demand and on the move.
The service will not be a direct competitor to open Internet video [...]