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  • VOD Viewing Jumps 15% in June


    The number of people watching video-on-demand (VOD) programming in the US surged in June – fuelled by rises in the popularity of pay-per-view content and more children taking advantage of free programming, according to Rentrak.

    The increases made June the most-viewed month for video-on-demand this year, delivering more than 589 million transactions.

    According to Rentrak’s OnDemand Essentials service, year-to-year comparison for the month of June delivered a 15 per cent increase in overall VOD transactions and a 16 per cent increase in the number of unique set top boxes (STBs) accessing OnDemand.

    Additionally, free-on-demand (FOD) Kids content was up 7 per cent from May figures and delivered its strongest month of the year with more than 106 million transactions.

    June is historically a strong month for transactional-on-demand (TOD) viewing, and TOD continued this trend by delivering the highest number of transactions in a single month so far this year for the category.

  • Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions Agree Download Deal


    Sonic Solutions has joined forces with Blockbuster in a deal that will enable consumers to download the movie giant’s content.

    Under the agreement, Blockbuster will "supply the branded consumer interfaces and Sonic will power content delivery across PC and portable devices".

    What this means is US users of Sonic’s existing CinemaNow products can download content onto their PCs, PMPs, Blu-ray Disc players, PVRs, STBs, mobile phones and Web-connected television sets.

    The material will initially be available on a pay-per-view basis. A subscription model could be implemented in the near future.

    In November, Blockbuster launched a movie rental service via set-top boxes in the US.

    The MediaPoint digital media player is "free" if you pre-pay for 25 movies at the cost of USD $99.