Hulu, Amazon and Yahoo are all eyeing the streaming rights to the US comedy Seinfeld from Sony Pictures Television. According to reports, the current price is more than $500,000 per episode. That comes out to at least $86 million – and is expected to be much more – for a deal that could last a […]
SVoD services will see huge growth over the next five years as traditional cable TV subscriptions continue to decline, according to Ben Keen, chief analyst and VP, consumer media at IHS. However, the transition to digital and the success of cable broadband mean that cable is still a strong industry. Keen told Cable Congress
DHX Media, a key player internationally in the creation of content for families and children, has licensed Netflix as the exclusive US home for its new Inspector Gadget series. The new computer animated, 26-episode series is expected to premier on Netflix US this March. It will also appear on Netflix at later dates in Latin […]
In celebration of Amazon Prime Instant Video’s first anniversary, Amazon announced that Outlander – the smash-hit US show filmed in Scotland – will be available in the UK exclusively to millions of Amazon Prime Instant Video customers for unlimited streaming in March. Outlander was acquired in a deal with Sony Pictures Television, who distributes the […]
A new Pee-wee Herman film, produced by Judd Apatow and star Paul Reubens, will be exclusively available on streaming service Netflix. Production on the movie, entitled Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, is due to start in March. Reubens and former Arrested Development writer Paul Rust have written the script, which John Lee will direct. Reubens created the […]
Hit series House of Cards will be the key title when Netflix Australia launches next month. The online streaming service has confirmed it has beaten Foxtel in the battle for the Australian rights to the acclaimed series. Netflix told Daily Mail Australia: ‘We can confirm that all three seasons of House of Cards will be […]
Kabillion, the independently owned VoD network ranked among the Top 10 Kids Free On Demand networks in the US, has launcehd its first mobile app branded “Kabillion Jr”. Available for iOS and with a future launch on Android devices, this SVoD app targeted towards preschoolers, is free to download, and features Kabillion’s leading programmes, including […]
An intriguing tale about alternative history, a twisted story of friendship put to the ultimate test, a docu-series based on America’s most award-winning magazine, a kids series based on magic and another about being stinky and dirty—all coming exclusively to online video streaming service Amazon Prime Instant Video. Amazon has greenlit five new Amazon Original […]
Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan is set to star in a new movie made exclusively for Netflix. War thriller Jadotville will see Dornan portray real-life UN Commander Patrick Quinlan, who in 1961 led an Irish battalion of 150 besieged by thousands of Congolese troops. The film is the latest of Netflix’s exclusive movie […]
Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, famed for movie adaptations such as The Great Gatsby and Romeo + Juliet, is heading to Netflix with a new musical drama. The show, entitled The Get Down, is set in New York City in the 1970s and centres on a group of teenagers from the South Bronx. Luhrmann will direct […]