Little-Known Viewster Scores Big With Free Movies and TV Shows 08 January 2015
Zurich-based online video startup Viewster managed to break into comScore’s list of the Top 50 U.S. video properties for the first time in February, attracting more unique viewers than Sony’s Crackle and the video sites of both ABC and Fox. Viewster attracted … Continue reading
Amazon Instant launches in Japan 08 January 2015
Japanese TV fans got one more option to get their movie fix this week: Amazon launched its Instant Video service in Japan Tuesday, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The offering has 26,000 movies and TV show episodes available for rent and … Continue reading
Vimeo invests another $10 million in premium VOD content 07 January 2015
One year after launching its VOD platform, Vimeo is doubling down on paid content by earmarking a total of $10 million for videographers who want to sell their productions through its site. Vimeo now offers more than 6,000 videos for sale … Continue reading
Google Brings its Play Movies Video Service to 39 New Countries 07 January 2015
Google just rolled out its Play Movies service, which offers Hollywood Blockbusters for rent or sale, in a whole bunch of additional countries — 39, to be precise, including a number of countries in Central and South America, Europe and … Continue reading
Tubi TV Wants to Take on Crackle With Free Movies and TV Shows 07 January 2015
Tubi TV is a new streaming app from San Francisco-based connected TV startup adRise. Tubi TV is already available on Amazon’s new Fire TV and plans to launch on Roku and Xbox 360 in the coming days. Tubi TV’s ambitious goal is … Continue reading
Every Second Cord Cutter has a Netflix Subscription 07 January 2015
Netflix announced a major deal with Dish last month that will bring Netflix app to Dish’s Hopper DVR. 48 percent of all households without a pay TV subscription have Netflix. And 59 percent of cable households have used their TV provider’s VOD … Continue reading
Netflix Unveils Seal of Approval for Streaming-Optimized TVs 07 January 2015
Netflix wants smart TVs to be less dumb: The streaming service will unveil a new seal of approval at CES in Las Vegas Monday that is meant to highlight TVs optimized for streaming video. TVs that feature the new “Netflix-recommended … Continue reading
Disney spending more time in Camp Lakebottom 06 January 2015
Disney has acquired the second season of toon series Camp Lakebottom for several of its channels. The second 26x22mins run of the animated comedy show has been acquired by Disney Channels Asia. The series is distributed by 9 Story, which struck the … Continue reading
Netflix’s Lilyhammer Heads to Sky Atlantic 06 January 2015
Lilyhammer, the first original drama ordered by Netflix, has been acquired by the Sky Atlantic pay TV channel in Italy. Sky Atlantic has acquired all three seasons of the drama, which stars Steve Van Sandt as a mobster relocated to a … Continue reading
Canadian Netflix Rival Taps Into The Wire 06 January 2015
Canadian OTT service CraveTV has acquired all seasons of The Wire and will launch remastered episodes of the classic HBO series. The Wire is the latest in a long line of recent TV series acquisitions of Crave TV. In Canada it has exclusive … Continue reading
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