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Canada
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Doomed Canadian SVOD service ‘neared 1m subs’
Canadian on-demand service Shomi has come close to attracting 900,000 subscribers, it has revealed after…
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Shomi to close amid ‘challenging’ SVOD market
Canadian subscription video-on-demand player Shomi is to close on November 30. Its cable company parents,…
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You.i TV hires chief operating officer
Canada-based video app platform You.i TV has hired Dan Speer in the new role of…
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Arris expands channel programme to US, Canada
Arris has expanded its channel program, which provides resources to drive global sales of Arris…
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Canadian pay TV subs in decline
The CTRC has issued 2015 figures that reveal a decrease in subscribers, revenues and employees…
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Stingray: Streaming audio more appealing than on-demand
Streaming audio is a more appealing business to be in than on-demand unless you are…
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North American SVOD market to reach 110m subs in 2021
The North American SVOD market will grow to 109.6 million subscribers by 2021, with multiple…
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Viceland announces first scripted series
Vice’s linear TV channel, Viceland, has ordered its first scripted series through the Canadian feed…
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North American pay TV subs to drop to 80% of homes in 2021
Pay TV penetration in the US and Canada will fall to 80.3% in 2021 as…
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Thema secures Canadian deal for Canal Algérie
French channel distributor Thema has secured a carriage deal for Algerian public TV channel Canal…
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RTL International goes live
RTL Group’s new entertainment channel aimed at German speakers and ex-pats around the world has…
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BT airs 4K basketball with Rogers and the NBA
BT Sport is partnering with Canadian operator Rogers and the National Basketball Association to deliver…
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Roku 4K TVs to launch this spring
The first 4K UHD Roku TVs will be available to buy this spring, with the…
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Discovery launches TVE service Discovery Go in the US
Discovery has launched its first US TV everywhere streaming service, Discovery Go, with a content…
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Thema launches Le Bouquet Africain in Canada
Canal+-owned thematic channels producer Thema has launched seven channels from Africa in the Canadian market….
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Keepixo opens North American office
IPTV and OTT software provider Keepixo has opened a North American office in Montreal and…
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Vice launches female-focused Broadly.tv
Vice has launched a female-focused online channel, called Broadly.tv, in the UK, US and Canada….
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WISI invests in Inca Systems
German cable industry technology specialist WISI has made a strategic investment in Canadian video processing…
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Netflix expected to add 10m international subs this year
Netflix’s international subscriber base is expected to grow by almost 10 million in 2015 to…
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TV tuner now available for Xbox One in US and Canada
Xbox One owners in the US and Canada can now access live over-the-air TV with…
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North American pay TV revenues to drop by 12%
Traditional North American pay TV revenues from subscription and on-demand services are due to fall…
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Most North American TV viewers only watch up to 10 channels
The majority of North American TV viewers only watched between one and 10 TV channels…
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Red Bull TV launches on Roku
Red Bull TV is now available as a streaming channel on Roku players in the UK, Republic of…
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Popcornflix launches on PS4 and PS3
Free movie and TV show streaming app Popcornflix is now available as an app for Sony…
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Nintendo scraps European TV plans
Nintendo has cancelled plans to launch its Nintendo TVii service in Europe, citing unexpected challenges…
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Vevo launches on Xbox One
Music programmer Vevo is launching more than 100,000 music videos, original series and live concerts…
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1+1 International lands in Canada
Ukrainian international channel 1+1 International has secured a licence to broadcast in Canada and is…
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Canada’s Bell undercuts Netflix with CraveTV
Canadian telco and TV firm Bell is undercutting Netflix with its C$4 (€2.84) a month…
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Roku adds Google Play Movies and TV store
Roku has added the Google Play Movies and TV store to its streaming players in…
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Canada’s Bell takes on Netflix with Latte
Canadian telco and broadcaster Bell will launch a TV streaming service with content from HBO…