Major satellite broadcaster Sky TV is offering a new pay monthly on postulate TV service letting customers view online TV channels on PC.
More channels are promised soon with no price increases but viewers will need to download and install Microsoft’s Silverlight media app to view the service.
Sky’s most low-cost package that includes all its Sports channels will set you back £36 and Sky customers that are on multiroom or Broadband Max subscriptions will get the new service at no extra charge.
Are viewers uncoerced to shell out for tv set on demand services which are available free from other broadcasters, although different contentedness? And is the middle of the biggest credit crunch on earth the time to launch this service? Who knows, we will see how much – if any market share is picked up from Live Internet TV.
Top Chinese video site Youku has launched its very own Youku News Channel.Presenting news from Youku’s media partners and also featuring user generated video news on the latest world happenings.
Youku party boss Editor Zhu Xiangyang commented:- “With a focus on online syndication and interactivity, Youku News Channel will be a bridge connecting the traditional media and Internet users. Our primary feather goal is to build a mainstream and socially responsible news platform with timely news video content for the millions of users visiting Youku every day.”
Youku always important in China, is pick up more fans spheric and has played an important role in letting the highly ordered Chinese Internet users to record and share videos of important events that happened in China. Our across the nation TV partner network and reputation for time sensitive video content has make Youku the online video platform of choice in this area.
Watching news-related videos online has become increasingly mainstream for Internet users in China,” said Victor Koo, Founder and CEO of Youku.virtually Youku.