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Viaplay orders OTT original from The Bridge scribe
Viaplay’s push into original programming has continued with an order for The Lawyer, a scripted…
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GfK: Millennials shun traditional pay TV
Millennials are the group most likely to cut the cord, or to have never had…
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Netflix reports best ever quarter for customer sign-ups
Netflix added 7.05 million new members in the fourth quarter, far exceeding its forecast of…
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France Télévisions’ plans for Netflix rival take shape
France Télévisions has been in touch with about 10 major producers about securing content for…
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Netflix orders first Korean original
Global SVOD service Netflix has commissioned its first original from South Korea, a twelve-part series…
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BBC, ITV, AMC pact for BritBox US SVOD service
The UK’s two largest broadcasters and The Walking Dead cable net AMC are joining forces…
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France Télévisions chief outlines plan for French alternative to Netflix
France Télévisions hopes to move forward with plans to create a new SVOD platform to…
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OTT on the up, but churn a serious problem
The number of OTT subs in key markets continues to increase at a healthy rate…
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Amazon will mount SVOD challenge with new launches
Netflix’s will become less dominant in western European SVOD over the next five years as…
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Russia to lead regional SVOD boom
The number of SVOD homes in the main Eastern Europe countries will rocket to 18.2…
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Afrostream secures French first-run rights to Black-ish
SVOD service Afrostream has secured exclusive first-run rights in France for ABC Studios’ show Black-ish….
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Icflix adds picture-in-picture for iPad users
Middle East SVOD provider Icflix has added support for picture-in-picture functionality on iPads to its…
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Digitalsmiths: three fifths of US viewers watch SVOD daily
Some 61.1% of viewers watch over-the-top or subscription video-on-demand content as part of their daily…
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Amazon offers SVOD foreign language films
Amazon has acquired a raft of foreign-language movies for its Prime Video streaming service. The…
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Disney chief sidesteps Netflix speculation, weighs Trump impact
The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger has sidestepped speculation around a potential move for…
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Wuaki.tv: ‘never say never’ to future SVOD moves
Transactional video-on-demand service Wuaki.tv has not ruled out moving to an SVOD model in more…
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Curation will boost SVOD growth, says Maxdome chief
Growing demand for SVOD in Germany will drive growth for ProSiebenSat.1’s Maxdome service, with curation…
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Scripps ditches Netflix content deal
Scripps Networks Interactive will not renew its distribution agreement with subscription video service Netflix. SNI…
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Films and series dominate pay on-demand services
Film and series channels account for over three in five of all paid-for on-demand services…
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Vimeo to launch subscription video offering
Vimeo has announced plans to launch a subscription video offering on top of its existing…
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WWE Network reports 24% increase in subscribers
Subscribers to over-the-top wrestling service WWE Network increased 24% year-on-year to 1.46 million in the…
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Nova TV testing interest in premium sports OTT
Bulgarian broadcaster Nova TV is attempting to gauge consumer interest in premium OTT TV via…
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Yaddo documentary SVOD app goes live
Yaddo, the new documentary SVOD service from BBC factual commissioner Nick Fraser, has launched as…
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MIPCOM: Regional SVOD providers need to localise content and pricing
Regional SVOD players can prosper by focusing on localising their offerings in the different markets…
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Netflix-type services not a threat to Sky, says CFO
Subscription video-on-demand services such as Netflix are not having “a big impact” on Sky’s growth,…
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ShowMax launches new SVOD service for Kenya
Naspers-owned South Africa-based ShowMax has launched a mobile-focused subscription video-on-demand service in Kenya. The video-on-demand…
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Turner to launch arthouse SVOD service Filmstruck
Turner is launching a new subscription video-on-demand service dedicated to arthouse, indie, foreign and cult…
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Toca Boca launches kids SVOD service with curated web videos
Sweden-based mobile-centric kids interactive app specialist Toca Boca has launched a new subscription video-on-demand service,…
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SVOD market in MEA to remain ‘very immature’
The Middle East and African SVOD sector will “still be very immature by 2021”, with…
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Ampere: SVOD-only households on the rise
The proportion of homes ditching traditional TV and exclusively taking an SVOD service is on…