HBO GO is now available in Indonesia as a standalone service. The streaming app is accessible via the HBO GO Asia website, and can be downloaded from the App Store or Play Store for IDR60,000* (approximately €3.65) a with a 7-day free trial. In Indonesia, the app first launched last year and continues to be […]
Netflix and Spin Master have announced a new CG animated series Mighty Express. From the creator and producers of the global animated hit series PAW Patrol, season one will feature 52 x 11-minute episodes and debut on the streaming platform this September. Executive produced by Spin Master Entertainment’s Executive Vice President, Jennifer Dodge, and Co-Founder […]
Netflix and Alexander Woo have signed an overall deal for scripted series programming and other projects. Woo will work with Netflix to develop, write and produce content across drama and science fiction genres. Woo is a playwright, screenwriter, and writer/producer for television. He most recently served as co-creator, showrunner and executive producer of the AMC […]
BBC Studios and U-NEXT, an SVoD platform in Japan, have signed a multi-year output deal. Under the agreement, U-NEXT will have access to more than 3,000 episodes of localised titles, including episodes of Luther, Death in Paradise, Father Brown (pictured) and Top Gear, with the potential for this number to grow. It is the first […]
StarzPlay, the SVoD service, has announced a partnership with production company Fremantle. The agreement includes Fremantle’s Euston Films bold crime series Baghdad Central, written and created by the BAFTA-nominated writer Stephen Butchard and based on the novel by Elliott Colla. The deal also features the epic drama The Luminaries, starring Eva Green and Eve Hewson, […]
The Irishman, the Martin Scorsese mob-movie funded by Netflix to the tune of $140 million, failed to take home a single award at the Oscars Ceremony on February 9th. The Irishman was primed to be one of the big winners at the 92nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles, having picked up 10 nominations – including […]
StarzPlay, the Starz platform’s international streaming service, has entered a theatrical output deal with entertainment studio Lionsgate for split first pay streaming rights in the UK to Lionsgate’s recently released and upcoming feature films. Under the multi-year agreement, StarzPlay subscribers in the UK will be able to access Lionsgate first-run movies including the blockbuster original […]
Communications company and sports and news-focused live TV streaming service fuboTV have agreed a video streaming distribution and technology partnership that they say advances how content can be delivered and consumed in-flight. The partnership claims to be the first to leverage technology standards from the global technical association, the Streaming Video Alliance, and apply them […]
WWE has reported that Q4 revenues increased 18 per cent to $322.8 million (€294m) – the highest quarterly revenue in the company’s history. Full year revenues reached $960.4 million – also a company record. SmackDown, one of the company’s weekly flagship TV shows, successfully transitioned to FOX Broadcast in the US during Q4, where viewership […]
DRM technology specialist Intertrust and content protection service provider Friend MTS are extending their partnership agreement that enhances Intertrust’s ExpressPlay content protection platform with Friend MTS anti-piracy and watermarking technology services. Now, an additional layer of protection is introduced that is complementary to the ExpressPlay content security suite, which features ExpressPlay DRM and ExpressPlay XCA. […]