Andy Mitchell, Director of Strategic Media and Platform Partnerships at Facebook, has confirmed that the company has no plans for a premium service allowing access to and discovery of content. He also said the company had no immediate plans to generate content for its platform. Participating in a MIPCOM seminar on the future of TV […]
Video-on-demand service Viewster has added a slate of new original programming for its viewers in the US via a content licensing agreement with international distributor FremantleMedia. Viewster’s American audience will now have access to over 110 hours from six different BBC series – including popular and acclaimed shows such as Merlin, That Mitchell and Webb […]
Building on a successful first round of comedy pilots last April, Amazon has given the green light for the production of three new half-hour pilots. New pilots include Mozart in the Jungle written by Academy Award-nominee Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Alex Timbers (Peter and the Starcatcher), The Outlaws written by Jeremy Garelick and Jon […]
Curzon Home Cinema has launched on BT TV as part of an exclusive new deal to bring Curzon movie content to BT viewers. The VoD service will offer the best in Independent and World cinema and the opportunity to watch films on TV on the same day as the cinema release. The first major film […]
Kaleidescape has signed a multiyear agreement with Lionsgate to offer content for purchase and download through the Kaleidescape Store. With this agreement, Kaleidescape adds approximately 2,000 titles to the store’s catalogue. The Kaleidescape Store enables consumers to download movies and TV series with video and audio quality equal to Blu-ray Disc and DVD. Customers can […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has launched its new and updated LOVEFiLM Instant streaming service application exclusively for Samsung Internet-connected Smart TVs and Blu-ray players. The improved app will bring more features to users, including star ratings, “More Like This” titles and the Watchlist to allow viewers to save videos to watch for later, as well as enhanced […]
Walt Disney has signed a content licence agreement with Chinese instant message provider Tencent for its transactional VoD and subscription streaming service, branded ‘Hollywood VIP’. Under terms of the deal, Hollywood VIP will have access to about 1,500 Disney, Pixar and Marvel movies, including The Avengers, Toy Story 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean, among […]
LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, has announced the launch of Cineflix’s highly rated, Emmy-nominated scripted series “Copper” exclusively on the LOVEFiLM Instant streaming service. From this Friday (13th September) members of the film and TV streaming service in the UK can immerse themselves in the first season of the critically-acclaimed raw nineteenth century crime drama for […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has signed a content deal with Warner Bros International Television Distribution that brings an extensive new library of animated content for children and nostalgic adults to the LOVEFiLM Instant streaming service. The arrival of Warner Bros. kids content is the most recent in a series of new deals signed by LOVEFiLM and builds […]
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has confirmed that it is to acquire Singapore-based video streaming website Viki in a move that better places it to compete with online services such as Amazon’s LOVEFiLM and Netflix. The deal is reported to be worth $200 million. In recent times, Rakuten has been ramping up its content interests, acquiring […]