Netflix and NBC Universal have announced a multi-year renewal of their licensing agreement expanding the selection of non-exclusive NBC film and TV library titles available to watch instantly streaming from Netflix. Programming under the deal includes prior-season series across multiple NBC hits “The Office,” “30 Rock” and “Parenthood.” All future seasons of these shows will […]
LoveFilm has struck a five-year exclusive deal with Entertainment One UK (eOne), which will bring movies including The Twilight Saga to the company’s online movie-streaming service. The tie-up means LoveFilm members can watch new and up-and-coming releases from the independent film distributor’s catalogue via LoveFilm’s distribution platform. All LoveFilm members that have a premium subscription […]
China’s Youku has agreed with Warner Bros Entertainment’s local joint venture to offer pay per view movies on its newly launched online paid content platform. Under a three-year agreement with Warner Bros, Youku will add between 400 to 450 Warner Bros movies to its Youku Premium library. Youku Premium, which was officially this week, began […]
Film studio Miramax and Hulu have signed a multi-year agreement to bring films made by the studio to Hulu Plus subscribers. “Making our films available via premium digital distribution channels is extremely important to Miramax,” Mike Lang, CEO of Miramax, said. Earlier this month, Miramax signed a similar deal with movie rental service Netflix.
HBO Central Europe has launched HBO GO in Romania. HBO GO is the Internet streaming service available to HBO subscribers with a broadband connection. The service in Romania will be accessible to customers that have broadband Internet and an HBO Maxpak subscription. In Romania HBO GO will be available initially to iNES IPTV clients. iNES […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has announced that Viasat Broadcasting has signed an exclusive four year pan-Scandinavian distribution agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The deal is the first of its kind in Scandinavia as it covers the broadcasting of a range of movies and TV series on Viasat’s Scandinavian […]
Netflix and Miramax have confirmed a multi-year agreement under which Netflix members in the US will be able to instantly watch motion pictures from the Miramax film library. It is the first time Miramax titles have become available through a digital subscription service. Beginning in June, Netflix members will be able to instantly watch several […]
Netflix has bought the rights to stream all seven series of the acclaimed TV show Mad Men, in a deal reported to be worth $90 million. It will pay close to $1 million per episode to show the 91-part series, after signing a deal with producer Lionsgate. Under terms of the the deal, Netflix viewers […]
Four Hollywood studios have agreed to make their films available on pay-television two months after their theatrical release. Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios and 20th Century Fox have agreed to release their films on a “premium video-on-demand” basis with DirecTV. The move sets up a showdown with movie theatre chains. Subscribers will have […]
Samsung Electronics has revealed that its Smart TVs will soon offer immediate access to more than 1,400 titles of HBO programming through an upcoming HBO GO app to be offered via Samsung Apps later this year. The app, which can be installed onto a Samsung Smart TV or Smart Blu-ray player, will be available at […]