Major satellite broadcaster Sky TV is offering a new pay monthly on involve TV service letting customers view online TV channels on PC.
The new software package uncommitted for UK & Ireland customers is called Base Entertainment Pack, offering access to a select number of channels including Disney Channel, the National Geographic channel amongst others for £15 per month reduced to half price until the end of January.
Sky’s most low-priced 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 willing to shell out for video on demand services which are available free from other broadcasters, though different contented? 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 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 elementary goal is to build a mainstream and socially responsible news platform with timely news video content for the millions of users guest(a) Youku every day.”
Youku always important in China, is picking up more fans global and has played an important role in letting the highly orderly Chinese Internet users to record and share videos of important events that happened in China. Our nationwide online TV partner network and repute for time sensitive video content has make Youku the online video platform of choice in this area.
Youku was formally launched in December 2006, and now delivers more than 160 million video clips a day. It is seen as a replacement of Youtube in Asian countries.
