Asia, undoubtedly is a highly potential video streaming market. As with the booming technology and the internet penetration of 40.2%, it has peaked in $2,490 million revenue for the year 2016 and is expected to touch US $5,017 million by 2020. Let’s take a look deeper into the future of OTT TV and Video streaming …
Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) announced today that they have acquired theatrical and #vod rights to the horror thriller HAYRIDE 2, from writer/director Terron R. Parsons, starring Sherri Eakin (HAYRIDE), Richard Tyson (THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY) with Jeremy D. Ivey, Jeremy Sande, David ‘Shark’ Fralick and Corlandos Scott. The film was produced by …
The new Bradley Cooper-Jennifer Lawrence movie “Serena” will debut on iTunes and VOD this Thursday, Feb. 26 in advance of its theatrical release on March 27. Directed by Susanne Bier and based on the bestselling novel by Ron Rash, “Serena” is a sumptuous period romance that marks the third collaboration between Cooper and Lawrence after “Silver Linings …
RADiUS premiered THE LAST 5 YEARS, Richard LaGravenese’s (BEHIND THE CANDELABRA) big screen adaptation of the 2002 Off-Broadway musical by Tony Award winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown, in theaters and on VOD on February 13, 2015. Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan star in LaGravenese’s highly anticipated film. THE LAST 5 YEARS celebrated its world premiere …
‘Lost River’ is being released by Warner Bros. and having its North American premiere at SXSW. Ryan Gosling’s debut as a director and a writer as well is described in press notes as “a dark fairy tale about love, family and the fight for survival in the face of danger,” the film stars Christina Hendricks, …
21st Century Fox Studio’s distribution arm 20th Century Fox Television Distribution has finalized a licensing agreement with Chinese VoD service provider YOU On Demand to bring it’s titles like ‘The A-Team’ and ‘Black Swan’ to China, through YOU On Demand’s Subscription VOD (SVOD) platform and service, via mobile, Over-the-Top (OTT), digital cable and IPTV. Read …
Faith-based hit movie ‘Meet The Mormons’, after a highly successful run at the box office culminating in USD 5.8 Million (enormous for a documentary), is now ready to reach out to nearly 100 million digital viewers. iTunes, Amazon, Comcast, Microsoft Xbox, Google Play and Vudu are amongst the major digital distributors. The LDS Church funded movie …
Polish broadcast group TVN has partnered with telecoms provider T-Mobile Polska to jointly launch a new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service for new and existing T-Mobile residential customers. The SVOD service will be called T-Mobile Zone and willlaunch “in the near future” as part of TVN’s existing video-on-demand Player service. T-Mobile Zone within Player will feature, for the …
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 purchase, but Amazon isn’t currently offering a Prime Instant-like subscription to Japanese customers. The launch …
Recently-launched Canadian SVOD service Shomi has struck a programming deal with Disney. The deal, with The Walt Disney Studios and The Disney/ABC Television Group, gives the SVOD a range of TV series and features from the Hollywood studio. TV series in the deal include ABC network series Scandal and Revenge and ABC Family show Twisted. Other titles …