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Netflix to Start Offering ‘Breaking Bad’ in Glorious 4K in June 05 January 2015
Netflix will offer Breaking Bad as a 4K streaming option starting this June. The company has been licensed by Sony to offer the series, and a remaster with 4K resolution and 5.1 surround sound. Netflix launched its first Ultra HD videos in Nov. 2013, and made a deal focusing on 4K content with Sony in Jan. 2014. The …
Chelsea Handler Signs Deal for Talk Show With Netflix 05 January 2015
Chelsea Handler has signed a deal with Netflix for a new talk show to begin in early 2016, the on-demand streaming video company’s first foray into late-night programming territory. The deal also includes a new one-hour standup special to air on Oct. 10 based on her recent “Uganda Be Kidding Me” tour. She will also make …
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 being available here. The data shows 27% of Australians using media or rental subscriptions are using …
Netflix Now Has More Than 50 Million Subscribers 05 January 2015
Netflix has surpassed 50 million subscribers in its second quarter. The company added 1.7 million net subscribers for the quarter. In the United States, 36.2 million people have subscribed to Netflix’s streaming service. Internationally, the figure is 13.8 million, the company reported. Netflix now has 50 million paid subscribers! What are you still waiting for? Launch your …
Netflix Falls For New Judd Apatow Series ‘Love’ 05 January 2015
Netflix and Judd Apatow have fallen madly in Love. The streaming network has picked up two seasons of Love, a new half-hour comedy series about modern relationships created and written by the creator of Girls and writer/producer of countless films including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 2016. Love‘s first season will premiere in 2016 with 10 episodes. It will …
Canadian Netflix Rivals Snags Exclusive Disney Deal 02 January 2015
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 …
Norwegian Deal for ‘Best of British’ VOD Service 02 January 2015
On-demand service Cirkus, which offers the ‘Best of British’ programming to international markets, has secured a distribution deal with Norwegian cable operator Get. The deal means that Get, with 400,000 subscribers, will be be the first pay TV platform operator in Norway to offer Cirkus. Stop earning in pennies from CPM and Ad-based revenue model provided …
Breaking Bad Spin-off Saul Scores Netflix Streaming Deal 02 January 2015
Episodes of the hotly-anticipated Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saulwill launch on Netflix in Europe and Latin America soon after their debut on AMC in the US. The Sony Pictures Television-produced series, which will follow Bob Odenkirk as crooked lawyer Saul Goodman in the years before his appearances before Breaking Bad, launches next year. Why drive …
Amazon Launches Prime Streaming in Austria 02 January 2015
Amazon has launched its Prime Instant Video service in Austria. The e-commerce giant has rolled out the Prime premium delivery service in the country, which now comes bundled with the Prime Instant Video service. While Amazon’s chief streaming rival, Netflix, has aggressively expanded in Europe and internationally, Amazon has limited its video service to the US and …
Kabillion Joins Cablevision Platform 02 January 2015
US VOD network Kabillion has launched on Optimum TV, a platform from Stateside cable company Cablevision. This means the service is now in more than 50 million US homes, the company said, and represents a threefold increase in size since its launch in 2007. Splash Entertainment-owned Kabillion recently partnered with Base79 to build its offer on YouTube. …
