Delta Cable launches Video On Demand Service
Delta Cable, a division of Eastlink, has launched a Video On Demand service for customers in North Delta, Tsawwassen and Ladner.
Select cable companies to offer Olympic VOD coverage
CTV and Rogers media have announced plans to offer viewers at select Canadian cable companies more than 700 hours of Video On Demand television coverage of the 2010 Winter Games.
Video on Demand (VOD) is a digital cable television service which allows a viewer to order a television program from an on-screen menu and have it delivered instantly to the television set, typically with the ability to pause, stop, rewind and fast forward programming.
Rogers on Demand online fails to impress
In late November, at a posh hotel in downtown Toronto, Rogers Cable unveiled Rogers on Demand Online (RODO) which the company in hyperbolic fashion claimed was the “Next Big Thing in Television”
After it first launched, Rogers customers gave the service a resounding thumbs down with comments like “RODO is a BOMB-O!” and complaints about the lack of content and too many BlackBerry ads.
Rogers Cable to hike Internet overage fees by 100%!
Imagine you are a Rogers Ultra-lite internet customer that pays $26 a month for Internet service and imagine over the holidays, while you were off work, you decided to view some “free” movies online from Rogers new on Demand online (RODO) service.
Then imagine that a few months later you receive a bill for $76 because during your time off, the “free” Rogers on demand videos online that you watched caused you to exceed your monthly bandwidth cap by 10GB or more.
Rogers on Demand online launches next week
Last week, Digital Home told you about a new online on-demand service from Rogers which would deliver a selection of TV programming to customer’s computers.
Last night, the company announced the online portal would launch next Monday November 30th with approximately 1,500 videos and 15 content providers.
Rogers expected to launch On-Demand Online next week
Next Monday in the Silver Screening Room at the Hazelton Hotel in Yorkville, Rogers Communication is expected to unveil its new Rogers On-Demand Online service.
Details of the new service are sketchy at this point but from what Digital Home has been able to learn, the new service will offer Rogers customers the ability to watch Video On Demand programming on their home computer.
Family and Playhouse Disney Online free for Bell TV subscribers
Bell TV today announced the upcoming launch of Family Channel and Playhouse Disney online.
The online services will enable Bell TV customers who subscribe to the Family Channel to view selected Family Channel and Playhouse Disney program on demand commercial free on any computer in Canada with high-speed Internet service.
Videotron adds ten American series to VOD
Videotron, Canada’s third largest cable television provider, recently added 10 popular American series in standard definition to its illico Video on Demand (VOD) service.
Under agreements with CBS Studios International, NBC Universal and FOX, Videotron customers will be able to watch the shows in the original English version or in French.
