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Naspers, Samsung tipped to take on Netflix
Africa-based media giant Naspers is going to roll out its Showmax SVOD service in a…
MTG restructures after digital boss exits
MTG chief digital office Rikard Steiber is leaving the company amid a company restructure of…
Virgin UK takes exclusive first-run rights to Ash Vs Evil Dead
Virgin Media has acquired first-run rights to comedy-drama Ash Vs Evil Dead, a move that…
Amazon, BBC Worldwide co-produce fashion drama
Amazon Prime Instant Video and BBC Worldwide have greenlit an eight-part fashion-themed drama from UK…
Study: Netflix in a sixth of Dutch homes
New stats suggest Netflix is now is around 1.2 million Dutch homes – around one…
Amazon to revamp Prime with additional online content
Amazon is reportedly planning to add more content to its Prime video offering by incorporating…
Amazon reaches out to TV scribes with Storywriter
Amazon has launched a new online tool to allow TV scribes to submit projects for…
RAI plots SVoD Netflix rival
Italian public broadcaster RAI is planning to create an online pay TV platform that can…
Research: half of Americans use Netflix
Half of all Americans have used Netflix to stream television series and movies, new research…
Disney launches DisneyLife UK streaming service
Disney has launched its new UK streaming service DisneyLife, offering access to the firm’s “biggest…
Equestrian SVoD service HorseLifestyle.TV goes live
Netherlands-based, equestrian-themed SVoD service, HorseLifestyle.TV, has launched globally, promising “the best horse content from all…
Icflix strikes Jordanian telco deal
Middle East and North Africa-focused SVoD player Icflix has inked a deal with Umniah Telecom…
Netflix plans next original feature film
US streaming service Netflix is continuing its push into original feature films with Girlfriend’s Day,…
HBO, Netflix ‘lead Amazon’ in terms of original content
Demand for key original series from HBO Now and Netflix far outstrips that for Amazon…
CCS Insight: BT to buy ITV by 2018
BT will buy UK public broadcaster ITV by 2018 in an effort to “broaden its…
Netflix on track for 115m global subscribers by 2020
Netflix will have 115 million paying subscribers across a 200-country footprint by 2020, according to…
ACMA: 14% of Australians use Netflix
An estimated 14% of adult Australians, some 2.5 million people, used Netflix to stream TV…
Time Warner could become the latest media giant to invest in Hulu.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Time Warner has been in talks with current owners…
Liberty Global: Netflix showed the way but won’t dominate OTT
Netflix has taught the slow-off-the-mark pay TV industry the value of over-the-top video, but will…
T-Mobile US offers Netflix, Hulu streaming outside of data plan
Deutsche Telekom-owned telco T-Mobile is allowing some of its US customers to watch content from…
Amazon Instant Video launches on Roku in the UK
Amazon Instant Video has launched on the Roku streaming platform in the UK and Ireland…
Disney makes loss-making Hulu investment pledge
Hulu made an equity loss in the quarter ending October 3 due to higher content…
Icflix orders original kids series
Icflix has ordered Dunia, a new animated series for kids that will be an original for…
Time Warner may extend SVOD holdback window
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has indicated his media giant may begin holding back key…
Netflix’s Hastings says there is ‘not enough TV’
Netflix boss Reed Hastings has said there is not “nearly enough” TV content in the…
The Middle ground: premium TV in the Middle East and North Africa
Despite the region’s overwhelmingly free-to-air profile, competition is heating up in premium TV in MENA,…
US Netflix users watch ’10 shows per week’
Regular Netflix users in the US watch 10 shows and four movies per week via…
Report: Netflix in talks over Singapore launch
Global streaming service Netflix has reportedly entered into talks with Singapore’s Media Development Authority over a planned…
Netflix ‘to reach 100 million subscribers’ by 2018
Netflix will pass the 100 million subscriber mark in 2018, with the UK due to…
Amazon bags Lucifer, Badlands for UK
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive UK rights to new US dramas Lucifer and…