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Hybrid TV & OTT
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Amazon bags Lucifer, Badlands for UK
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive UK rights to new US dramas Lucifer and…
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Yahoo completes first NFL live stream
Yahoo completed its first global live stream of a regular season NFL game across devices yesterday, in what…
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Icflix launches on PS3 and PS4 consoles
Middle East and North African streaming service, Icflix, has launched on Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3)…
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PCCW launches new OTT TV service
Hong Kong-based telecom service provider PCCW’s media arm is launching a new OTT TV service,…
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Amazon posts surprise Q3 profits
Amazon reported a surprise profit of US$79 million (€70 million) – US$0.17 per diluted share – in…
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Streaming media device sales to reach 86 million
Global annual sales of streaming media devices will increase from 30 million units in 2013…
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YouTube unveils ad-free Red subscription service
YouTube has unveiled YouTube Red, a new pay-monthly offering that lets viewers access an ad-free…
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Disney launching UK streaming service
Disney is launching DisneyLife, a direct-to-consumer streaming service in the UK. Disney said DisneyLife will…
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Wuaki launches kids SVoD in France
Japanese-owned streaming and download service Wuaki is teaming with French media group Lagardère and launching…
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BBC and Sky services join Apple News
BBC News and Sky’s Sky News service will both be available as part of the…
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VoD market sees strong growth this year
The global video-on-demand market will be worth US$263 billion by the end of this year,…
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NBC and CBS sign up for Apple TV
US broadcast networks NBC and CBS are launching app-based programming services on Apple TV. The…
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Report: Netflix to partner with China’s Wanda Group
Netflix is set to team up with Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group for its planned launch…
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Portugal’s Nos claims SVoD success ahead of tomorrow’s Netflix arrival
Portuguese pay TV operator Nos said that its new N Play subscription video-on-demand service passed…
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UKTV launches VoD service on Amazon Fire TV
UK channels group UKTV has launched its catch-up and on-demand service UKTV Play on Amazon’s…
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Huffington Post making original doc series with Thrones star
Publishing group The Huffington Post is making #PowerShift, a digital doc series fronted by Game…
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Cyfrowy Polsat’s IPLA adds Viacom channels
Polish pay TV outfit Cyfrowy Polsat-backed OTT service IPLA has signed a new deal with…
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Moldtelecom adds Megogo to TV offering
Moldovan service provider Moldtelecom is to add Ukrainian OTT service Megogo to its TV offering…
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Opera SDK included in Humax’s Freeview Play boxes
Opera’s HbbTV 2.0 SDK will see its first deployment in Humax’s new Freeview Play-enabled set-top…
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NBCU launches comedy SVoD platform
NBCUniversal has revealed a subscription on-demand platform for comedy, SeeSo. The US$3.99 (€2.78) a month…
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Hulu boss cool on original movies, international
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins has said there are no plans afoot to follow the likes…
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YouTube Gaming launches mobile capture, sponsorships
YouTube has rolled out mobile capture for YouTube Gaming, allowing users to record and live-stream…
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Drama the most-pirated genre of content, says Irdeto
Drama titles like House of Cards and Mad Men accounted for 30% of all illegal…
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Tele Columbus to add Maxdome to offering
German cable operator Tele Columbus is to add ProSiebenSat.1-owned on-demand service Maxdome to its offering…
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Facebook challenges YouTube with new video section
Facebook is focusing its video efforts by trialling a new section designed to help people…
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Irish Netflix web speeds the slowest in Europe
Ireland had the slowest average web speeds of all the European countries where Netflix is…
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YouTube now localised in 85 countries
YouTube has now launched local versions of the video service in 85 countries, having added…
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Snapchat scraps original content channel
Mobile messaging service Snapchat has closed down its Snap Channel content offering, which it launched…
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Channel 4 launches All 4 Android trial
Channel 4 is trialling an Android app version of its 2015-launched All 4 digital service,…
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Report: Netflix plans Cambodia launch
Netflix is planning to launch in Cambodia next year as part of its international expansion…