Australian consumers spent 22 per cent more on digital video services during 2013 over the previous year, as more online retail services started to become available. The country spent $143 million on online VoD services such as Quickflix, and buying TV shows and movies through online stores through the like iTunes, up from $117 million […]
A consortium with links to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is investigating partnerships with some of Australia’s major television networks to launch an SVoD service over broadband aimed at pre-empting the expected arrival of US giant Netflix, reports the Australian Finance Review. It is also understood that cinema chain Hoyts Group has held preliminary discussions […]
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 […]
ZTE Corporation, a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices has been ranked number one globally in three major market segments: middleware, VoD and STBs by the IPTV Global Market Leader Report (year end 2013 edition) issued by Multimedia Research Group (MRG). ZTE reached the top
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 […]
QuickPlay Media has revealed it will work with AT&T to develop an in-vehicle video service. The offering will be powered by QuickPlay’s OpenVideo platform and will deliver live linear TV and streaming VoD services to automotive manufacturers collaborating in the AT&T Drive Studio, the connected car innovation centre in the US. QuickPlay’s solution will enable […]
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. […]