By the end of 2019, almost 85 per cent of UK households will have signed up to bundles of at least two telecom and media services from the same provider. According to a multiplay services forecast by CCS Insight, multiplay services will continue to disrupt the market. Telecom and media companies will be forced to […]
Netflix movie Beasts of No Nation, has debuted poorly at the US box office, although the SVoD giant claims it is pleased with the movie’s streaming performance. The film, starring Idris Elba and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, launched on Netflix on October 17th and also had a limited theatrical release in indie cinemas across […]
Telefonica’s OTT service Yomvi now boasts over a million subscribers and 3 million downloads every week. Over the last few months Yomvi has been significantly increasing subscribers – from 600,000 in July to over a million as of the end of September. Its growth goes is parallel to Telefonica’s pay-TV platform wiith almost 4 million […]
NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises has unveiled Seeso, a new streaming comedy channel, the first of its kind offering from NBCUniversal. Set to debut in January 2016, the ad-free subscription service will be available at www.seeso.com and on streaming platforms, connected devices and other distribution partners for $3.99 (€3.50) per month. Seeso strives to combine the immediacy […]
Ahead of its imminent launch in Italy (September 22nd) and Portugal (September 21st), the Netflix video streaming platform has started acquiring local content. In Italy, Netflix has so far signed distribution deals with Telecom Italia (TIMvision) and Vodafone Italia and announced an agreement for the production of its first original Italian TV series, “Suburra”, in […]
The number of Australian homes with a Netflix subscription rose again in September to 968,000 (10.5 per cent), up another 113,000 from 855,000 in August, subscription VoD data from Roy Morgan Research shows. The rapidly expanding net penetration of the streaming has exceeded 100,000 Australian homes each month since launching locally in March. 2.63 million […]
The regulation of video-on-demand programme services is being brought fully within Ofcom to sit alongside its regulation of broadcast content. The move follows an Ofcom review to ensure regulation of broadcast and on-demand content remains as effective and efficient as possible for the benefit of consumers, audiences and industry. The review included the current co-regulatory […]
Vodafone Spain is to offer for Netflix for free for 6 months when the service launches on October 20th. Viewers will also be able to find titles using the search engine or recommendations section of the TiVo service used by Vodafone. After the initial six-month launch offer, Netflix will be available for the standard price […]
Legal online entertainment resource FindAnyFilm has confirmed that Amazon Prime and Amazon Instant Video’s catalogue of films and TV shows is now available on the service, giving consumers even more ways to watch content legally. Amazon Prime and Amazon Instant Video give consumers access to more than 15,000 movies and TV episodes on demand, from […]
Sky has agreed a new multi-year movie and TV agreement with Disney UK & Ireland which it says will allow customers to enjoy the very best of Disney entertainment either live, on demand or on the go. Sky Movies and NOW TV Sky Movies Pass customers will be able to watch premieres such as Inside […]