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Comcast’s NBC to start SVoD service to compete with CBS & HBO 04 March 2015
NBCUniversal confirms it is planning to launch a comedy based subscription based on-demand video streaming service later this year. The service is designed to appeal to viewers under 35 who are increasingly opting out of traditional pay-TV. Comedy is seen … Continue reading
Nine’s SVOD service to launch with Better Call Saul 16 January 2015
Nine Network’s upcoming A$100 million (US$86.7 million) SVOD service will launch in the new year, with the acquisition of Breaking Badspin-off Better Call Saul in the bag. Australia has few SVOD options, which has lead to many consumers illegally accessing overseas … Continue reading
Ukraine’s Digital Screens relaunches OTT 13 January 2015
Ukrainian media company Digital Screens, part of Media Group Ukraine, has re-launched its OLL.TV video streaming service. The digital TV service has over 140 local and international channels and access to a video-on-demand catalogue. Its parent, MGU, is of one of … 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
How Netflix Is Dominating Australia From Abroad 05 January 2015
Netflix, the American on-demand television and movie streaming service, is growing its audience in Australia without even launching in the local market. A new study has found that Netflix is the second most popular paid-content media company in Australia, despite not … Continue reading
Music Icons Set for Canuck Netflix Competitor 31 December 2014
The upcoming Canadian SVOD service known as ‘Project Latte’ has acquired music themed programming including documentary Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways and Aussie miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart. Latte has also bought VH1 series Behind the Music, which chronicles the hardships … Continue reading
Adam Sandler and Netflix Sign 4-Movie Deal 26 December 2014
Adam Sandler has signed an exclusive deal with Netflix to make four feature films for the Internet TV network. The actor’s production company, Happy Madison Productions, will work with Netflix to make the films under the new contract. Netflix said the … Continue reading
Netflix’s Orange is the New Black Got Pirated More Than 60 Million Times 24 December 2014
Orange is the New Black isn’t just popular with Netflix’s 50 million subscribers: Episodes of the show were downloaded from P2P networks 60.8 million times in the second quarter of this year. This makes Orange is the New Black the third-most … Continue reading
‘The Sopranos’ and Other Older HBO Shows Are Coming to Amazon Prime 22 December 2014
Amazon has announced an exclusive deal to bring older HBO series to its Prime streaming service. The agreement will provide Amazon with a flood of new content in the near term as well as a steady stream of shows as they … Continue reading
HBO Go Standalone Service to Be in Time for ‘Game of Thrones’ Premiere 18 December 2014
HBO is working to launch its new standalone streaming service in April, giving cord cutters hope that it will be ready in time for the upcoming Game of Thrones premiere. HBO has announced that his company would be launching a standalone … Continue reading
