New Zealand pay-TV operator SKY TV has revealed it will launch a Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) service before the end of 2014. The service will stand alone from SKY’s pay television offering, available to non-SKY customers offering a selection of both television series and movie content. SKY has also confirmed the expansion of its […]
Dutch broadcasting subscription portal NLziet has launched its subs package at €7.95 per month, giving access to a VoD catalogue of Dutch programmes going back one year. The platform will start with 2750 series and programmes, translating into 29,002 episodes and 12,024 hours of material. There are apps available for iOS and Android, as well […]
TalkTalk has launched a new TV player to bring better functionality to its one million plus YouView TV customers. The new TalkTalk Player will be the home of on-demand movies and entertainment. It will house TalkTalk’s movie rental service, TalkTalk Box Office, which has been improved to include more of the latest blockbusters to rent […]
Telefonica, through Movistar TV, is emulating the Netflix model by launching a flat fee access to a wide range of films and TV series on demand, excluding premieres. The price is yet to be confirmed, although it is likely to be similar to Netflix´s €6.60 charged in other countries. With the move, Telefonica aims to […]
Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings is now officially a billionaire, according to a report by Forbes. Hastings started Netflix with Marc Randolph in 1997 and saw the company through its IPO in 2002. Hastings is also a board member at Facebook and spent five years on the board at Microsoft. During his tenure at […]
Internet entertainment streaming service Netflix has introduced a further feature to its Android app designed to make it easier to enjoy more TV shows and movies. Writing in the Netflix Corporate Blog, Rob Caruso director, engagement management and Francois Goldfain, engineering manager at Netflix said: “If you use Netflix on Playstation 3, our website or […]
Verizon Communications is threatening Netflix with legal action if the video streaming giant keeps on showing messages blaming the ISP for slow streaming. Verizon sent Netflix a letter on June 5th demanding that it cease and desist what it claims to be unfair business practices that threaten its broadband business. The letter comes soon after […]
The NYT reports that a journalist streaming a show on Netflix noticed an on-screen message from the company blaming Verizon for congestion that was slowing the stream. The journalist, Yuri Victor, a designer and developer at Vox Media, posted a message on Twitter on Tuesday with a screen shot of the Netflix message, which read: […]
Amazon and CBS Studios have annoucned that sci-fi drama Extant, produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Instant Video in the UK. The first episode of Extant premieres on Prime Instant Video on July 10th, the day after the US premiere on CBS. New episodes will be available to stream […]
In a move that adds a consumer facing storefront to its AnyVU cloud service offering and extends its international reach and licensing capabilities, multiplatform video services provider Vubiquity has acquired UK-based FilmFlex Movies, one of the largest VoD and multiplatform providers outside the United States. FilmFlex, formerly a joint venture between Sony Pictures Television and […]