Netflix is raising the price of its most popular streaming option by $1 a month to $9.99 for new customers in the US, Canada and parts of Latin America following a similar move in Europe earlier this year. Existing customers will have a grace period of varying lengths before prices go up for them, the […]
HBO’s on-demand streaming service HBO Go is set to launch in Latin America and the Caribbean as a standalone subscription product. While HBO Go has been available in these areas for pay-TV subscribers, cord-cutters will soon be able to access it too – with added benefits. The service is expected to be similar to HBO […]
HBO’s online only premium streaming service, HBO NOW, is available on the Roku platform. Roku customers in the US can now visit the Roku Channel Store to add the HBO NOW streaming channel to their Roku players (including the newly announced Roku 4) and Roku TV models. Roku customers can purchase a subscription directly within […]
Wuaki.tv has launched its VoD and online streaming service in Austria and Ireland. With these two countries, Wuaki.tv is now available in 7 European markets (UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy). Wuaki’s CEO Jacinto Roca says that after launching in Europe’s biggest regions, they’re going to focus on “smaller but strategic countries”, determined by the […]
Orange Digital Ventures is participating in the funding of Afrostream, a SVoD of African, African-American and African-Caribbean films and television series, alongside TheFamily, Cross Culture Ventures I L.P. and ACE & Company. Through its corporate fund, Orange will enable Afrostream to accelerate the development of its service in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and South America. […]
From the October 24th Sky Movies will, for an exclusive period, offer the entire Harry Potter movie collection on demand – letting customers dive into the magic whenever and wherever they want. To celebrate Harry Potter coming to Sky Movies, from October 24th to November 2nd, Sky Movies Greats will be renamed Sky Movies Harry […]
Polish broadcaster TVN has secured an extensive exclusive agreement with Disney Media Distribution CEE. The deal is for Free TV and Basic Subscription rights, as well as Catch-Up and SVoD rights to the studio’s film and TV content. The deal includes popular first run and library titles including box office hits such as Disney Pixar’s […]
Eurocinema, North American’s only VoD channel dedicated to European cinema, has revealed plans to expand its global footprint with the launch of Eurocinema World, a 24/7 live channel and SVoD service featuring award-winning European films and select Euro-centric lifestyle segments. Showcasing winners and nominees from the global film festival circuit, Eurocinema World will launch in […]
On-demand streaming platform Netflix is set to launch in Italy on October 22nd. A basic package with one streaming session and content in SD will cost €7.99 per month; a standard plan allowing two simultaneous streaming sessions and HD content will cost €9.99; while the premium package, consisting of four streams at any one time […]
CuriosityStream’s ad-free SVoD service for quality non-fiction content is now available to consumers internationally. Viewers from anywhere around the globe with access to a broadband connection can dive into CuriosityStream’s library and choose from hundreds of programmes about science, technology, nature and history on their home computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets or internet-connected TVs. The service, […]