German free-to-air TV channel DMAX plans to launch an interactive multimedia service at the end of October to give viewers the opportunity, for example, to watch full-length TV programmes they missed directly on their TV sets.
US video streaming subscription service Netflix is set to launch in France, the Netherlands and Belgium, according to reports in the Belgian press.
TF1 is now offering a new version of its video sharing and new talent quest platform wat.tv, repositioning it to target the 15-34 demo.
The live online viewership figures recorded for the first half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year have risen 52% to 75.2 million, from 49.3 million in 2012, according to the twenty20 cricket tournament's digital partner Times Internet.
Netflix doubled its mobile Internet traffic in the past 12 months, indicating, among other things, that mobile video viewing is shifting to more long-form consumption.
WhereverTV, the US-based over-the-top (OTT) TV provider, has launched its ArabicTV subscription service to deliver 21 channels live from the Middle East to connected viewers across North America, South America and Western Europe.
German commercial broadcasters VOX and RTL II have taken their catch-up TV services to mobile devices: with the VOX Now app and the RTL II Now app, viewers can now watch selected TV programmes on their smartphones and tablets on-the-go.
The Film Finance Live sponsored TV show, which explores the financing and economics of a various film productions, will be broadcast by Bloomberg on 26-27 May.
