Netflix is set to continue its rapid expansion with an Australian launch in 2015. Hollywood studios had been reluctant to strike deals as they each have lucrative, long-term programming deals in place with the country’s main free-to-air broadcasters, reports TBI. However, that situation could be changing. Ten Network is said to be attempting to renegotiate […]
WWE Network is now available to subscribers through the WWE App on Amazon Fire TV. With the first-ever 24/7 live streaming network, WWE fans have access to all live pay-per-view events, including WWE’s upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view, as well as original programming, reality shows, documentaries, classic matches and almost 2,000 hours of VoD […]
Google has unveiled its new TV service – Android TV. Combining games, streaming services, music and catch-up services, the device will take on the likes of Amazon’s Fire TV and Apple TV. Google’s David Burke outlined the new platform during developer conference Google I/O, saying the company wanted to treat TV the same as phones […]
Streaming service Wuaki.tv is expanding its European footprint to a total of five countries, with planned launches in Germany, France and Italy before the end of the year. Wuaki said the new launches signalled “the beginning of an aggressive international expansion plan.” The company plans to launch in 11 European countries by the end of […]
Broadcast industry players, consumer bodies and legislators have lined up to offer their views on the decision by the US Supreme Court’s decision that Aereo’s operation violated broadcasters’ copyright licences. One of the more trenchant observations came from Alki David, whose FilmOn service also offers live streaming of some TV stations in addition to other […]
A number of French audiovisual executives have put into perspective the quality of Netflix’s SVoD offering, while acknowledging the strength of its business model. “Netflix has no fresh content but movies and series picked up from libraries,” commented M6 Web MD Valéry Gerfaud at a hearing at French Senate, while another highlighted the lack of […]
Twenty-five per cent of French football fans who watch MyTF1 online are using software to skip advertising. Though the World Cup matches generate big TV audiences on TF1’s linear TV channel, they are also being watched in high numbers online. On June 18th, the France-Switzerland match attracted more than 17 million viewers on TF1 and […]
The US Supreme Court has ruled that Aereo has to pay broadcasters when it takes television programmes from the airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on smartphones and other portable connected devices. The justices voted by 6-3 vote that is violating the broadcasters’ copyrights by taking the signals for free. The ruling preserves the […]
Google is expected to unveil a set-top box during its developer conference on June 26th, according to WSJ. The streaming device will be similar to the likes of Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV and Apple’s Apple TV. The set-top box will be powered by Google’s new Android TV software designed to play movies, games and other […]
TiVo Research and Analytics has revealed results from the TiVo Spring 2014 Binge-Viewing Survey. With 91 per cent of the 15,196 survey respondents reporting binge-viewing as common viewing behaviour, binging is firmly established as the preferred method of consuming entertainment content. In fact, 40 per cent of respondents had binged within a week and 69 […]