Streaming TV service FilmOn will begin offering content...

Streaming TV service FilmOn will begin offering content from Voice of America, FilmOn announced Monday in a news release. FilmOn, a competitor to Aereo, is the first “global IPTV provider” to carry VOA content, the release said. FilmOn will offer VOA’s English content on its own channel, and will also offer a channel of VOA in Persian, the official language of Iran, it said. According to the release, FilmOn’s streaming service is “a legal and convenient alternative” to Aereo, which suspended operations last month following its loss at the Supreme Court (CD June 26 p1).