Amazon has announced a content licensing agreement with BBC Worldwide North America that will make Prime Instant Video the exclusive online-only subscription home for streaming Season One and future seasons of the dramatic thriller Orphan Black. “Orphan Black is exactly the type of smart, suspenseful TV show that our customers love to binge on,” said […]
Netflix had to make its new deal to pay Comcast for improved service over its broadband lines because “there were some choke points around peak usage times,” CFO David Wells told the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. That should ease now that the agreement — which eliminates intermediaries handling Netflix traffic to Comcast […]
Online entertainment service Netflix has upset Australian TV networks, according to The Australian, which reports that there could be between 50,000 and 200,000 ‘subscribers’ in the market, despite there being no operation there. Local networks are concerned that Netflix is flouting international regulations by accepting payments from Australian credit cards, despite maintaining a geo-block that […]
The BBC Trust has approved proposals from the BBC Executive to launch a new online commercial service for audiences to buy and keep BBC programmes. BBC Store will allow users to buy new programmes and a selection of content from the BBC archives, on a download-to-own basis. BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, will establish […]
Hulu has sold its Japan business to Nippon Television Group. The agreement is subject to regulator approval but is expected to close in a few weeks. “Nippon TV is the leading television network in Japan, ranking #1 in average household viewer ratings in the past three years. As Japan’s first commercial terrestrial broadcaster to go […]
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group and Deutsche Telekom have signed an agreement to make ProSiebenSat.1’s VoD content available on Deutsche Telekom’s Entertain service. Starting in spring 2014, maxdome’s video library can be accessed directly from Deutsche Telekom’s TV platform. Entertain customers will also have the chance to view attractive shows of ProSiebenSat.1’s TV stations free of charge. […]
Amazon has confirmed further investment into exclusive and original content in a landmark deal that sees the company acquire UK subscription streaming rights to the BBC period crime drama Ripper Street. Amazon will commission from the producers, Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point, a third series of Ripper Street, with brand new episodes made available […]
Disney has launched a cloud-based movie service with Apple so buyers of its movies can view them digitally on multiple Apple devices. The service – Disney Movies Anywhere -will be available in the US initially. As rival studios and consumer electronics groups have backed Ultra Violet Disney and Apple have preferred a more proprietary and […]
AT&T is also in interconnection talks with Netflix. “We’re in discussions with Netflix to establish a more direct connection between our networks, similar to agreements we have with others, so that AT&T broadband customers who use Netflix can enjoy an even better video experience,” AT&T said in a statement following news of the Netflix – […]
Amazon and Warner Bros International Television Distribution have agreed a UK instant video subscription deal to bring five hit US TV series to Amazon Prime Instant Video, which launches in the UK on February 26th. The multi-year agreement sees Amazon Prime Instant Video acquire the UK on demand subscription streaming rights to multiple seasons of […]