Netflix and Sony Pictures Television have revealed that Better Call Saul, the highly-anticipated spin-off of Breaking Bad, will be available exclusively to streaming members in Europe and Latin America shortly after its airing in the US, beginning in 2014. In the US and Canada, the complete first series will be available to Netflix members after […]
Movie search website FindAnyFilm has become the first external partner to use the Playstation Store API, adding another legal point of purchase for consumers to the service but also extending the accessibility for in home viewing. FindAnyFilm.com aggregates film availability across all formats, allowing film fans to search for titles across localised cinema listings, comprehensive […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment group, has extended its content licencing agreements with Disney Nordic for first-run and library movie rights for pay-TV in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. MTG has also extended the carriage agreement to include Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD on the Viasat platforms in the Nordic and […]
Premium entertainment network EPIX, the joint venture between Viacom, its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Lionsgate, has confirmed the availability of the EPIX app on the PlayStation4 (PS4) system in November 2013. EPIX will be the first premium TV network to launch an authenticated app on the new PS4 system expanding the network’s current […]
The Walt Disney Company and Netflix have revealed an unprecedented deal for Marvel TV to make multiple original series of live-action adventures of four of Marvel’s most popular characters for Netflix, beginning in 2015. Led by a series focused on Daredevil, followed by Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage, the narrative will unfold over […]
With access to OTT subscription based video on-demand (SVoD) services more easily and readily available due to the integration of smart TVs as the main TV in many consumers’ homes, OTT SVoD services are gaining in popularity. Offering a cheaper media source with a competitive breadth of video content, subscriptions are increasing as these services […]
Video-on-demand streaming service Wuaki.tv is partnering with UK commercial broadcaster ITV in a deal that will see hundreds of hours of fresh content added to Wuaki.tv’s UK service and made available to stream on-demand. Wuaki.tv users now have access to an extensive catalogue of TV series and movies from ITV, including primetime drama and comedy […]
YouTube is expected to launch a new subscription music service by the end of this year, competing with the likes of Spotify and other streaming music firms. YouTube’s new service will be “designed with mobile listening in mind” according to Billboard, which also reports there will be two tiers, with users able to choose between […]
Netflix has obtained rights to additional Disney titles for its just-launched streaming service in the Netherlands, starting in 2014. Netflix will have exclusive subscription VoD rights in the Dutch market for live-action and animated movies from Disney, including “The Avengers,” Pixar’s “Monsters University,” and “The Lone Ranger.” Deal also covers library titles including “The Pirates […]
Marvel Anime has announced the premiere of four new series in the UK on Amazon’s LOVEFiLM streaming service. The deal with Sony Pictures Television means that subscription on-demand service LOVEFiLM will host series featuring popular comic book heroes including vampire hunter “Blade”, Tony Stark’s alter ego “Iron Man”, the fearsome “Wolverine” and mutant superheroes “X-Men”. […]