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Netflix effect will help German video spend to grow
Consumer spending on video entertainment in Germany will grow by 2% this year to reach…
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Netflix launches in Switzerland
Netflix has launched in Switzerland – the fourth European country in which the service has…
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Netflix launches in Austria
Netflix has followed up its launches in France and Germany by adding Austria to the…
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Liberty’s Telenet moves into original content
Days ahead of Netflix’s Belgian launch, Liberty-backed cabler Telenet has unveiled plans for its first…
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Netflix in Love with Apatow comedy
Streaming service Netflix has handed a two-season order to a relationships-themed comedy from gross-out movie…
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Netflix goes live in Germany, partners with Deutsche Telekom
Netflix has gone live today in Germany and has signed a distribution partnership with Deutsche…
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Netflix wins carriage with Bouygues as it launches in France
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has broken ranks with other platform operators in the country…
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Netflix buys French content, orders original doc
Ahead of its French launch next week, Netflix has acquired a raft of content from…
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Amazon Prime Instant Video launches on Android phones
Amazon has launched its Prime Instant Video OTT service on Android phones in the UK,…
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Netflix adds ‘post-play’ to Chromecast
Netflix has added its ‘post-play’ functionality – when the next episode of a show automatically…
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Numericable to launch Netflix rival as Wuaki.tv plans French launch
French cable operator Numericable is to attempt to counter Netflix’s arrival in the country by…
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Half of the world will be watching OTT by 2020
Almost half of the world’s TV homes will be watching over the top TV services…
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Maxdome chooses ContentWise for recommendation
German video-on-demand service Maxdome has chosen ContentWise to provide personalised recommendation across its 60,000 titles. …
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France’s CNC plans to extend levy to Netflix thanks to VAT change
France’s Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), which collects and administers the…
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Netflix reportedly looking to add short content
Netflix is reportedly looking to add two to five-minute long clips from movies and TV…
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Netflix backs FCC call for more broadband competition
Netflix has spoken out in support FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, who said in a recent…
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Amazon launches Fire TV in UK, Germany
Amazon is launching its web streaming set-top box Amazon Fire TV in Europe for the…
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UPC Cablecom launches SVoD service ahead of Netflix’s arrival
Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator, UPC Cablecom, has launched a subscription video-on-demand offering, MyPrime, with…
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Netflix bags exclusive SVoD rights to Gotham
Streaming service Netflix has secured exclusive subscription on-demand rights to Warner Bros.’ hot drama Gotham….
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Pay TV subscriptions taken by 84% of US homes
Some 84% of US households now subscribe to a pay TV service, with penetration waning…
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Netflix fails to secure Free deal, sets out goals for France
French telco Iliad Telecom/Free has joined Orange in declining to distribute Netflix when it launches…
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Vikings, Extant lead Amazon UK ‘ratings’
The first seasons of Vikings and Extant are the most popular content on Amazon’s Prime Instant…
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Netflix’s Hastings makes German production pledge
Netflix aims to produce an original series in Germany, according to CEO Reed Hastings. Hastings…
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MTG appoints Viaplay Nordic programming director
Modern Times Group’s MTGx digital division has upped company executive Fredrik Ljungberg to programming director…
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Netflix stumping up US$2m per episode for The Blacklist
Netflix has acquired US drama series The Blacklist for a reported US$2 million (€1.5 million)…
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Samsung to expand Ultra HD offering with Netflix and Amazon
Samsung has outlined plans to expand its Ultra High Definition content offering by working with…
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Netflix confirms Marseille as debut French drama original
Netflix is working with writer Dan Franck to create its first French-produced original drama. Marseille…
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Netflix: investment promise will win over French content creators
Netflix will win the support of local content creators in France by spending money on…
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Netflix: Comcast-Time Warner merger puts basic principle of net at risk
Netflix has called on the US FCC to veto Comcast’s merger with Time Warner Cable….
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SVoD services set to storm Europe
One in five European homes will take a subscription video-on-demand service by 2020, with Western…