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On-demand Cirkus buys The Driver 14 January 2015

Cirkus, the ‘best of British’ on demand service, has added UK drama series The Driver to its line-up. Cirkus has acquired the SVOD rights to the BBC drama for the Nordic territories where its on-demand service is carried on the Com … Continue reading

Vodafone to launch UK TV services 14 January 2015

Mobile operator Vodafone announced plans to introduce TV services and residential broadband in UK next year. Vodafone already offers TV in five markets – Germany, Portugal, New Zealand Spain and the Netherlands – and now claims 9.6 million multi-screen, multi-platformTV customers … Continue reading

BBC orders more Peaky Blinders, Netflix gets US rights 14 January 2015

UK public broadcaster the BBC has ordered a third season of period gangster drama Peaky Blinders. Netflix, which has acquired the previous two seasons of the UK drama, will show it on its streaming service in the US. Along with Ripper … Continue reading

Virgin territory for Shomi 13 January 2015

Canadian on-demand service Shomi has acquired exclusive local SVOD rights to The CW’s Hispanic US-themed comedy Jane the Virginand CBS drama Madam Secretary. Furthermore, Californication will be available in its entirety as a SVOD product for the first time, and classic … Continue reading

CBS scores FIC Sweden deal 13 January 2015

Fox International Channels Sweden has scored a multi-year programming agreement with the distribution arm of US broadcaster CBS. The deal with CBS Studios International will see CBS show including Madam Secretary and Scorpion (pictured) launch exclusively on new Swedish pay TV … 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

Walking Dead feasts on social media 13 January 2015

The Walking Dead generated more Tweets and had a larger audience on Twitter than any other show in the US in 2014, according to Nielsen. Twitter users are in fact watching just as much, if not more traditional content (i.e. broadcast … Continue reading

Denmark’s TDC preps on-demand launch 12 January 2015

Danish telco TDC plans to launch a comprehensive transactional video-on-demand and electronic sell-through service using the Blockbuster brand it acquired at the start of 2014, TBI sister title Digital TV Europe has learned. The service will launch in some time, with a … Continue reading

Netflix buys ITV Studios dramas for Europe 12 January 2015

Netflix has acquired several drama series from ITV Studios Global Entertainment for its services in the Benelux, France and Germany. The US-listed video streaming service has picked up exclusive SVOD rights to five seasons of Irish gangster series Love/Hate which goes out … Continue reading

Laughter track 12 January 2015

The content that people watch on YouTube and other online video streaming platforms, viewing is so driven by comedy. It’s not half-hours, it’s clips, but it’s interesting for the comedy world. Netflix is also opening up opportunities for comedy genre. There … Continue reading