ESL, the world’s largest eSports company, has partnered with Hulu to bring premium esports content to an SVoD service for the first time. Expanding on ESL’s original content offering, the deal includes four new eSports series — Player v. Player, Bootcamp, Defining Moments and ESL Replay – and will mark Hulu’s first foray into eSports. […]
Findings from the Ericsson ConsumerLab study suggest that linear and VoD viewing will be almost equal in just three years, with 50 per cent of all viewing being done on a mobile screen, with half of this done on the smartphone alone. The eighth edition of Ericsson’s annual ConsumerLab TV and Media report details the […]
Following the announcement on October 1st of a tentative carriage deal that averted a potential blackout of Disney-owned channels in nearly 2.6 million homes in the greater New York area served by the cable MSO Altice USA’s Optimum cable TV service, Altice USA and The Walt Disney Company have announced a comprehensive distribution agreement to […]
With Netflix planning to spend some $7 billion on content next year, HBO CEO Richard Plepler has indicated they are in no hurry to match the streaming giant’s spending power. “More is not better, only better is better,” Plepler said, speaking on CNBC’s Power Lunch. “It is very hard to create outstanding content, and we […]
Pay-TV subscribers in the US are growing increasingly satisfied with OTT streaming TV services versus traditional cable TV, but they also are spending nearly an hour more a week watching regularly scheduled television programming than they did two years ago. That increasingly complex consumer relationship with streaming and cable television is explored in detail in […]
Netflix has revealed it will spend $400 million (€338.4m) over five years on Canadian TV and film content. It will establish a permanent production presence in Canada, the first time it has done so outside of the US. The company has largely avoided the requirements put on Canadian content producers by the country’s government. The […]
Following a licensing agreement that marked the streaming debut of iconic sitcom Will & Grace, Hulu and NBCUniversal Television and New Media Distribution have announced a new agreement that will make Hulu the exclusive SVoD home to all episodes of celebrated comedy series, 30 Rock, beginning October 1st, as well as hundreds of episodes of […]
BBC Worldwide has completed a multi-territory deal with Amazon Prime Video for McMafia – the forthcoming eight-part series set in the international world of organised crime. The deal will see Amazon Prime Video premiere the series in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, excluding the UK, China, US and Canada (North America), when it […]
The Canal + Group is partnering with Apple to offer 4K Ultra HD content on the Apple TV 4K with: Live events: the best match of every day of Ligue 1 with a new experience 4K Ultra HD Original Canal + productions in 4K Ultra HD A selection of films, series, documentaries in 4K Ultra […]
Hulu’s new experience and Live TV (beta) service are now available on Roku Ultra, Roku Premiere+, Roku Premiere, Roku Express, Roku Express+, Roku Streaming Stick (3600), Roku 4, Roku 3 and Roku TVs. The revamped interface and option to subscribe to the Live TV plan gives users the power to surface all their favourite TV […]