New Australian online VOD service, Beem, has just released a technical beta to a select group of testers.

The Beem service is targetted at users who want the convenience of accessing TV show and movie content on any device, at any time, in any place. At this stage, Beem is focussing on delivery to PC / Mac computers, as the majority of online video content consumption occurs on these devices.

Beem utilises Juno Interactive’s VOD streaming technology.

http://beem.com.au

Jimmy Storrier’s article on illegal downloading in Australian Anthill magazine: http://bit.ly/cDYWwp

“When the climatic finale of the television series ‘Lost’ aired earlier this year, BitTorrent news service TorrentFreak estimated that 15% of all torrent downloads of the final episode originated from Australia, despite the country representing only 0.3% of the world’s population.” – for the full article, click here: http://bit.ly/cDYWwp

Juno Interactive founder, Jimmy Storrier, interviewed by Australian TV website, tvauscast: bit.ly/dwYXWV

iTech Report – “Juno Interactive looks to bring ‘Hulu-like’ experience to Australia” bit.ly/abWfXZ

-> Gizmodo – “Juno Interactive sounds like a promising VOD service for Australia”: bit.ly/alZMnA
-> TheNextWeb – “Former ninemsn Head of Video to launch TV and Movie on Demand service in Australia”: bit.ly/br3dSY
-> Delimiter – “Australia gets Flash web video on demand service”: bit.ly/9v93l0
-> MediaSpy – “Online TV and movie service to launch in Australia”: bit.ly/bHclNf

The Juno Interactive launch press release was circulated to technology media today.

Download the press release (PDF)