Netflix has reportedly met with the French president’s staff to discuss a possible launch of its service in Europe’s third-largest market, in what would be a blow to traditional television companies Netflix is now available in 41 countries, has to-date focused on English-speaking markets in Europe such as Britain, the Netherlands, and the Nordics. “Netflix […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment group, has extended its content licencing agreements with Disney Nordic for first-run and library movie rights for pay-TV in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. MTG has also extended the carriage agreement to include Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD on the Viasat platforms in the Nordic and […]
Quickflix, Australia’s leading online movie company, has launched its ‘all you can view’ streaming service on PlayStation 4 systems. The Quickflix streaming service, which is already being available to PS3 owners, will debut on PS4 systems this week. As part of the launch, Quickflix has upgraded its service on both PlayStation platforms to feature Smooth […]
Internet giant Amazon has launched a movie VoD service in Japan. The service offers a selection of local and foreign films which can be rented or purchased outright via personal computers or to Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets. The new Kindle HDX also goes on sale in Japan this week, bundled with a coupon for the […]
Comcast is planning to start selling films directly through its cable boxes in the US, according to reports. Comcast will offer newly released and older movies for sale as part of its cable service’s VoD menu, which now offers movies only for rental. Major film studios see electronic sales of movies as a potentially big […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has launched its new LOVEFiLM Instant app for iPhone and iPod touch. This enhanced app allows members in the UK to stream the latest films and TV series from the LOVEFiLM Instant catalogue on their iPhone and iPod touch for the first time. Along with a slick new design, the updated app also […]
YOU On Demand, a multi-platform entertainment and VoD company in China, has released its unaudited operating results for the three-month period ended September 30th 2013. On November 5th, the company announced that C Media Limited, a China-based mobile video service provider, raised its aggregate strategic investment in YOU On Demand to $6 million, with an […]
Online entertainment service Netflix has unveiled what it describes as the biggest update to its TV experience in the service’s history, a “radically new look” that makes Netflix on TVs a much richer and more immersive experience, according to the company. The new design was created specifically for the big screen, featuring multiple cinematic images […]
Netflix is now available through Virgin Media’s TiVo platform. New and existing customers who sign up to one of Virgin’s Premiere or VIP Collections will receive a six-month subscription to the on-demand service for free. “With the addition of our Netflix app, Virgin Media customers have an unbeatable line-up of movies and TV series to […]
Digisoft.tv (Ireland) and Discover Digital (South Africa) have signed a development and agency agreement at Africa Com, in the presence of the Irish Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello T.D, who is leading an Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission to South Africa and Nigeria. The focus of the mission will be growth sectors such as […]