Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has launched its new and updated LOVEFiLM Instant streaming service application exclusively for Samsung Internet-connected Smart TVs and Blu-ray players. The improved app will bring more features to users, including star ratings, “More Like This” titles and the Watchlist to allow viewers to save videos to watch for later, as well as enhanced […]
BeBanjo and Cognacq-Jay Image (both part of TDF Media Services) will be providing a fully integrated service to power Cirkus, the new SVoD service that will bring the best of British Drama, Comedy & Factual TV series to pay TV platform operators, initially in the Nordic territory. Cirkus’ SVoD service brings together a fantastic catalogue […]
HBO is teaming with Orange Cinema Series (OCS), the French telco’s premium bouquet, to launch OCS City, Generation HBO. Premiering on October 10th, the new channel will air all new HBO series in a first-run window. The offer forms part of a five-year deal between HBO and OCS. OCS City, Generation HBO also includes a new […]
A Parks Associates survey of 10,000 US broadband households shows that 44 per cent have a subscription to some kind of online video service (SVoD), such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, or Amazon. Younger consumers are more likely to subscribe to OTT video services, and 8 per cent of consumers 18-24 have never subscribed to a […]
Netflix has launched in the Netherlands priced at €7.99 per month. “We’re proud to bring the future of television to the Netherlands,” said Reed Hastings, co-founder and chief executive officer of Netflix. “The Dutch have incredible broadband, but until today have not been able to take full advantage of their fast connections. Now people in […]
US cable TV provider Cox Communications has revealed that its customers can now enjoy an all-access free pass to the best of autumn TV with the opportunity to catch up on past seasons of popular shows plus get exclusive On-Demand sneak peeks, all in the ‘Fall FreeView’ On Demand until September 29th. With more than […]
Live and on-demand TV Everywhere delivery specialist MobiTV has confirmed that its platform partnership with Deutsche Telekom’s Entertain2Go streaming service has successfully completed the first phase of the rollout. The new multiscreen service extends the robust Entertain service to deliver live TV and on-demand programming across screens. “Advancements in wireless technology, network quality and content […]
Walt Disney has signed a content licence agreement with Chinese instant message provider Tencent for its transactional VoD and subscription streaming service, branded ‘Hollywood VIP’. Under terms of the deal, Hollywood VIP will have access to about 1,500 Disney, Pixar and Marvel movies, including The Avengers, Toy Story 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean, among […]
Based on forecasts for 97 countries, a report from Research and Markets Ltd forecasts on-demand TV revenues from movies and TV programmes will reach $6.0 billion in 2018, up by 44 per cent from $4.2 billion in 2012. On-demand TV generated just 2.3 per cent of the $184 billion total pay-TV revenues in 2012. However, […]
LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, has announced the launch of Cineflix’s highly rated, Emmy-nominated scripted series “Copper” exclusively on the LOVEFiLM Instant streaming service. From this Friday (13th September) members of the film and TV streaming service in the UK can immerse themselves in the first season of the critically-acclaimed raw nineteenth century crime drama for […]