HBO has confirmed that its online streaming service, HBO Go, will be available “soon” on Sony’s PlayStation 3 games console with an app for the just-released PlayStation 4 to follow. HBO Go is currently available on 12 platforms: PCs, Macs, iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and tablets, Apple TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, Microsoft Xbox 360, Amazon […]
The 2014 Winter X Games will be broadcast live and on demand in the UK and Europe on streaming service ESPNPlayer.com as the world’s top winter sport athletes gather in Aspen, Colorado. The games, being held for the 18th time, take place just two weeks before the Winter Olympics in Sochi and will feature more […]
Internet entertainment streaming service Netflix has garnered its first Oscar nomination for The Square, a documentary about the 2011 revolution and ongoing strife in Egypt. On January 12th Netflix won its first Golden Globe, with Robin Wright being awarded Best Actress in a Drama for her role in House of Cards. Netflix acquired the streaming […]
NBCUniversal International has revealed plans to make ITV Studios’ smash hit period drama Mr Selfridge available to download and own from iTunes three days before the broadcast of each episode (of the second series) on ITV. This Electronic Sell-Through (EST) agreement marks the first time ITV Studios Global Entertainment has agreed a deal for an […]
Decipher’s latest VOD Audit report reveals that Apple’s iTunes service comprehensively trounces the competition by offering a total of 65,063 video assets, 193 per cent larger than the next largest service Xbox Video, and 275 per cent larger than
The epic adventures of Marco Polo will premiere exclusively for Netflix members to watch instantly in all Netflix territories in late 2014. The famed explorer’s journey takes him to the centre of a brutal war in 13th century China. Produced by The Weinstein Company (TWC), the nine-chapter chronicle will begin shooting soon at the new […]
Netflix original series, Lilyhammer, the comedic drama starring Steven Van Zandt, will return exclusively to Netflix for a third season in 2014. The series’ eight episode second season debuted in December in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Latin America, Denmark and the Netherlands. “We are proud to bring back Lilyhammer for a third season,” […]
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal filed by four major broadcasters against Internet TV streaming service Aereo. Mid-December 2013 Aereo filed a brief with the Court saying that it would no longer oppose an action brought the broadcasters which petitioned the Court to overturn a denied injunction regarding their contention that […]
Netflix has become the first original online programming service to earn a major television award, with Robin Wright being named Best Actress in a Drama Television Series at the Golden Globes for her performance in Netflix’s political drama series, House of Cards. The programme – Netflix’s first foray into original programming – was also nominated […]
As it competes to match the online exclusives of rival entertainment streaming services, US platform Hulu has unveiled a range of programming for 2014. Writing in the Hulu blog, Charlotte Koh head of development, Hulu Originals, says: “Today, we’re announcing some of the great television you can expect to see only on Hulu throughout the […]