ViewCast announces that venerable book and digital content publisher HarperCollins has selected advanced streaming media solutions from ViewCast and Adobe Systems Incorporated to power the company’s live streaming and video on demand media programming. With ViewCast Niagara streaming media encoders and Adobe Flash Media Server software at the heart of HarperCollins’ new digital conference center, the company is equipped with a feature-rich, easy to use streaming media platform for real-time and pre-recorded corporate communication and events.

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HarperCollins Selects ViewCast Niagara Streaming Media Encoders and Adobe Flash Media Server

SnagFilms announces a landmark expansion in its distribution of nonfiction films by bringing its library to a suite of new platforms, including the creation of VOD offerings with Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products, and with Verizon FiOS TV, the converged communications platform. Additionally, SnagFilms’ wholly-owned indieWIRE (which focuses on the independent film sector’s news and reviews, and is this month celebrating its 14th birthday) expanded its roster of leading film voices, announcing a new blog with legendary director Peter Bogdanovich.

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SnagFilms Announces Roll-out of New Platforms and Products, Including VOD Channels with Comcast and FIOS

Netflix will expand into Canada this fall offering unlimited movies and TV episodes streamed instantly to TVs and computers for one low monthly fee. The Canadian launch will mark the first availability of Netflix outside the United States.

Canadian Netflix members will be able to instantly watch a broad array of movies and TV episodes right on their TVs via a range of consumer electronics devices capable of streaming from Netflix, as well as watching on PCs and Macs.

In addition to representing its inaugural international market, Canada will also mark the first streaming-only service promoted by Netflix.

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Netflix To Launch Canadian Service for Streaming Movies and TV Episodes Later This Year

Netflix and Relativity Media announce a long term agreement through which major theatrically released films owned by Relativity will be licensed directly and exclusively to Netflix for streaming to its subscribers during the “pay TV window.” Traditionally, these films have flowed through Relativity’s studio releasing partners to output deals with premium TV channels.

The deal marks a continued shift in the distribution of major motion pictures in the U.S. Under the agreement, an increasing amount of popular contemporary movies previously encumbered by pay TV agreements with premium channels such as HBO, Showtime and Starz will become available to be streamed from Netflix months – and not years – after their release on DVD. It will be the first time that studio quality theatrical feature films will be streamed via subscription by Netflix instead of being broadcast by the traditional pay providers, and it opens up a new revenue stream for such movies.

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Netflix and Relativity Media to Stream First Run, Studio Quality Theatrical Movies to Netflix Subscribers

The British Broadcasting Corp.’s controlling trust Friday approved Project Canvas, a joint venture Web-television service that will bring Internet content and new video-on-demand to the TV early next year.

But the approval, which was widely expected, was subject to conditions including free-to-air access for users, access to the platform for content providers and Internet Service Providers, as well as industry consultation.

BBC Trust also said the BBC’s involvement will not exceed its estimated costs by more than 20% over a five year period, and that Project Canvas “will comply with all applicable laws including competition and state aid law.”

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BBC Trust Approves Project Canvas, Sets Conditions