TVN puts TV Guide on the spot

TVN Entertainment [1] has secured a multi-year video-on-demand (VOD) deal with TV Guide Spot, a network that has access to about 20 million subscribers.

Under the deal, TVN will supply its asset management and distribution services, including its "TVNow" quick-turnaround VOD platform.

TV Guide Spot supplies content created specifically for cable-fed VOD services supplied by MSOs such as Adelphia Communications, Time Warner Cable, Insight Communications, Charter Communications, Cox Communications and Comcast Cable.

Short-form programs on the service include Watch This! (a guide to primetime TV); Big Movie Guide (highlights of on-demand movies and celebrity interviews); mVids (musical acts and artists appearing on TV); and highlights from the TV Guide Channel.