Sky has expanded its Buy & Keep service to all Sky Store customers in the UK and Ireland, not just Sky+HD subscribers. The service sees users receive a free DVD copy of any film they order digitally. The movie is sent out in DVD format a few days after the customer purchases a Buy & […]
Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, believes a global video-streaming service would cut down on piracy considerably. According to Overclocked3D, the Netflix boss is in favour of a worldwide service because it would remove the incentive to use a VPN, eliminating the problem at its root. “The VPN thing is a small little asterisk compared […]
German VoD service maxdome has signed an agreement with Sony Pictures Television for the digital rights to more than 700 TV series and movies. The deal will see around 130 movies and TV series from the studio being added each year to the maxdome package. Titles include Tarantino movie Django Unchained and TV series The […]
Amazon has revealed that its Prime Instant Video streaming service will support high dynamic range (HDR) content later this year. “4K Ultra-HD was just the beginning – we’re excited that Prime members will soon be able to view movies and TV shows including Amazon Originals in HDR quality,” commented Michael Paull, vice president of Digital […]
maxdome, the German VoD service, has agreed a deal with The Walt Disney Company for the rights to a range of blockbuster films and new seasons of hit series, episodes of which will be made available soon after their first run. The agreement provides maxdome subscribers new episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, Castle, Criminal Minds and […]
From April 13th, anyone in Hong Kong can subscribe to HBO GO, an OTT service offering unlimited access to a library of HBO and CINEMAX Original content. HBO GO was first launched in Hong Kong in 2013 for Now TV’s HBO subscribers free of charge. The streaming service will now be extended to users without […]
YouTube will launch a subscription version of its online video service, for which viewers will pay to remove its advertising. The Google-owned video portal revealed its plans in an email to channel owners, while also informing them that if they do not sign up to participate, they will have to set all their videos to […]
Access and entertainment research from Parks Associates finds 57 per cent of consumers in US broadband households subscribe to an OTT video service, such as Netflix or Hulu Plus. The research firm reports the average US broadband household spends $9 per month on Internet video, up from $7 in 2012. “The number of hours watching […]
HBO GO is now available to all the RCS&RDS owned Digi Net and Digi TV subscribers in Romania that have an HBO or MAXPAK subscription. Digi Net and Digi TV subscribers have access to HBO GO on desktop computers, smartphones, tablets and smart TVs. The OTT service offers unlimited access to over 2000 hours of […]
Netflix is clamping down on users accessing the service through a VPN (virtual private networks), with its updated terms of service threatening to “terminate or restrict your use of our service, without compensation or notice”. VPNs are used for a variety of reasons, but, with regards to Netflix, usually to combat limited download speeds and […]