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Sky, Netflix join for ‘Ultimate On Demand’

Netflix is coming to Sky Q and with it a new Sky subscription pack: Ultimate On Demand. Ultimate On Demand will be the UK’s biggest on demand TV service, bringing together for the first time Sky Box Sets, which boasts 400 of the best UK and US series, and the full Netflix service with its […]

September 19, 2018

Viacom’s Bakish: “Piracy takes away jobs”

Declaring that the company has “an incredible collection of IP and brands” Viacom President and CEO Bob Bakish has said the programmer will continue to work with its competitors in combatting the threat of piracy, admitting that less attention was being paid to the issue than perhaps there should be. Speaking to members of the […]

September 19, 2018By Colin Mann

Netflix hires Bodyguard

Netflix has struck a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment for the streaming rights to thriller series Bodyguard to its members globally outside of the UK and Ireland and China from October 24th.  Bodyguard is produced by World Productions, an ITV Studios company. The series is currently proving a ratings hit on BBC One. Episode […]

September 19, 2018By Colin Mann

BBC’s Hall: “Streaming services require regulation”

Tony Hall, the BBC’s director general, is this week preparing to call for video streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon to be regulated to the same extent as the UK’s traditional broadcasters – or else risk “killing off” British content. In a speech obtained by UK news outlets that is set to delivered during […]

September 17, 2018

Peled: “Streaming new piracy scourge”

Dr Abe Peled, incoming chairman of Synamedia, the company being created from the sale of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business to a company backed by the Permira funds, has suggested that streaming piracy is the new scourge of pay-TV operators, with the business looking to introduce a service related to combating the threat. […]

September 14, 2018Colin Mann @ IBC

EU to force local quotas on Netflix & Amazon

The European Commission (EC) is looking to set a 30 per cent “local quota” on video streaming operators such as Netflix and Amazon Studios for their European output. Reportedly the EC will vote on the proposal in December. Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP, quoting a Variety story, say that the new rules will not […]

September 5, 2018By Chris Forrester

European films 20% of SVoD libraries

The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has released a report which giving an overview of the composition of VoD catalogues in the EU. In total, 74 TVoD and SVoD catalogues are covered by the annual report, with a focus on pan-European and multi-country services for TVoD catalogues. Key findings […]

August 31, 2018

Disenchantment draws big for Netflix

Netflix launched Disenchantment on its service on August 17th to much fanfare. The animated series – from Simpsons creator Matt Groening – was seen as a huge coup for the streaming giant, and early viewing figures are promising. US audience figures, provided by Nielsen, show that the series’ pilot episode drew an average minute audience […]

August 30, 2018

VRV launches NickSplat SVoD from Nickelodeon

VRV, a fandom-focused video aggregation platform, has partnered with Nickelodeon to become the launch partner for NickSplat, available now as an OTT channel in the US on VRV. NickSplat is a multi-screen destination that includes popular Nickelodeon content from the 1990s and beyond across television and social platforms. Nickelodeon collaborated with VRV to create a […]

August 29, 2018

Netflix takes Bake Off to the US

Netflix has acquired the rights to show The Great British Bake Off in the US. Last year’s series, the first to air on Channel 4 after they outbid BBC to acquire the show rights, will be made available on the streaming service from August 31st. The upcoming series, which starts in the UK on August […]

August 24, 2018