Prime Instant Video, Amazon’s subscription streaming service, has revealed that the new original comedy series Betas is now available on its UK service. As part of Amazon’s increasing investment in exclusive programming, Betas is an entirely new series from Amazon Studios – the original film and TV production arm of Amazon.com – and follows its […]
Netflix and Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution have announced that the first two seasons of Homeland and American Horror Story are now available exclusively for members in the UK and Ireland to watch instantly. “We are excited to bring both of these brilliant series, Homeland and American Horror Story, to our members in the UK […]
Booming subscription sales by services such as Netflix, LOVEFiLM and Spotify mean so-called ‘access services’ rather than sales of products like discs and downloads accounted for a
Comcast is to sell Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) titles through its Xfinity On Demand digital store. In the coming weeks, Xfinity TV customers will be able to purchase Sony Pictures movies and TV shows to own and access anytime, anywhere, on any device, often before the DVD release. Michael Schreiber, Senior Vice President of […]
Amazon has announced a content licensing agreement with BBC Worldwide North America that will make Prime Instant Video the exclusive online-only subscription home for streaming Season One and future seasons of the dramatic thriller Orphan Black. “Orphan Black is exactly the type of smart, suspenseful TV show that our customers love to binge on,” said […]
Online entertainment service Netflix has upset Australian TV networks, according to The Australian, which reports that there could be between 50,000 and 200,000 ‘subscribers’ in the market, despite there being no operation there. Local networks are concerned that Netflix is flouting international regulations by accepting payments from Australian credit cards, despite maintaining a geo-block that […]
The BBC Trust has approved proposals from the BBC Executive to launch a new online commercial service for audiences to buy and keep BBC programmes. BBC Store will allow users to buy new programmes and a selection of content from the BBC archives, on a download-to-own basis. BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, will establish […]
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group and Deutsche Telekom have signed an agreement to make ProSiebenSat.1’s VoD content available on Deutsche Telekom’s Entertain service. Starting in spring 2014, maxdome’s video library can be accessed directly from Deutsche Telekom’s TV platform. Entertain customers will also have the chance to view attractive shows of ProSiebenSat.1’s TV stations free of charge. […]
Amazon has confirmed further investment into exclusive and original content in a landmark deal that sees the company acquire UK subscription streaming rights to the BBC period crime drama Ripper Street. Amazon will commission from the producers, Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point, a third series of Ripper Street, with brand new episodes made available […]
Disney has launched a cloud-based movie service with Apple so buyers of its movies can view them digitally on multiple Apple devices. The service – Disney Movies Anywhere -will be available in the US initially. As rival studios and consumer electronics groups have backed Ultra Violet Disney and Apple have preferred a more proprietary and […]