A new video-on-demand service might be competiting with the likes of Hulu and Netflix soon, as PaidContent is reporting that UK’s BBC is planning bringing its iPlayer service to the U.S. soon. BBC iPlayer is a multi-platform on-demand service that serves BBC’s TV and radio shows. BBC iPlayer was launched a few year ago and more »

Amazon has recently begun pimping the HD and HD-XR versions of the Roku set top box. This latest offer will give a $20 credit that can be used towards Amazon Video On Demand purchases if you buy a Roku HD or Roku HD-XR. Price wise, the Roku HD is selling for $99.99 and the HD-XR more »

Vudu is working with Mitsubishi once again. Recently, a purchase of a Mitsubishi television garnered a Vudu player and more. Now, certain Mitsubishi televisions will have Vudu built in. The Diamond models of Unisen Immersive Sound TVs will have a Vudu player integrated. The model numbers of these televisions are LT-46249 and LT-52249. You’ll have more »

Instant streaming movies really seem to be the way everything is going. Blu-ray isn’t exactly the hottest selling format and an increasing number of players are also including streaming services for those who want to watch something right that moment rather than going to get the disc, or waiting for it to arrive. While many more »

It turns out that TiVo was not the only set-top box that begin offering HD quality content from Amazon. The HD goodness has also been added to the $99 Roku Player, which seems to be a pretty fair price when you consider the available content. Now that it is available, perhaps the most important point more »

Get those TiVos ready! Because we told you it was coming, and now it is here. Today is the first day that TiVo HD, TiVo HD XL, or Series 3 subscribers can download high definition TV shows and movies right off of the amazon.com website. Amazon takes on iTunes As I predicted after poking around more »

Normally, when you want to access Netflix Watch Instantly on a TiVo, you have to go through a series of menus. It goes something like Video On Demand > Netflix > Watch Instantly. Now, you’ll be able to place Netflix Watch Instantly in your “Now Playing” list with the rest of your recordings. All you’ve more »

Over at the Official Netflix Blog, plenty of people have voiced their opinion on the recent increase in pricing for Blu-ray movies. Taking a look at some of the over 500 comments on the post, there is an overwhelmingly negative response. Some commenters have mentioned several points like: ”Blockbuster does not charge more for Blu-Ray rental.” ”Will my extra money GUARANTEE that I wont wait days/weeks for a New Release blue-ray? (like I do now?) You mention the 30% more for blue ray disks, that make up, what…..5% of your library? How about the 1.99 bin DVD’s in Netflix’s library?”

It seems like Amazon may be looking to bring HD to their catalog, but they aren’t officially talking about it just yet. Such secrecy. No doubt the jump to HD titles is a bit of a “let’s play ball” reaction to the very recent release of HD movie titles on iTunes.

The Amazon site does already have some links to HD TV show downloads. They just won’t really do you any good at this point since the actual details page isn’t available yet. It looks as though they will be the same price as iTunes charges ($2.99 a pop), and a complete season will run you up to $53.

We can file this latest announcement as something that was expected, Roku has taken their support for Amazon’s Video on Demand out of private beta and made it available to all. Of course, even though this was expected, it still serves as good news, and this announcement has made my Roku player quite a bit more appealing.

The new support comes in the form of a software update, which is in the process of being rolled out for all Roku owners to install. Once the update is installed, you will then have access to browse, rent or purchase any of Amazon’s more than “40,000 movie and TV titles,” many of which become available the same day as the DVD release.

One drawback is that Amazon currently lacks any HD video; the content is currently limited to DVD-quality. For a set top box that now supports Netflix, Amazon VOD, and also has built-in Wi-Fi to cost only $99 sounds like a good deal.

Keep reading to check out the full press release…