Sky Cinema is bringing together all seven Fast & Furious films in a collection for the very first time in the UK on dedicated channel Sky Cinema Fast & Furious. Running from April 8th to April 17th to coincide with the release of Fast & Furious 8 in cinemas, Sky Cinema Fast & Furious will […]
Amazon has greenlit a McLaren racing documentary series. The Amazon Original Unscripted Series will give unprecedented access to the McLaren racing team as it competes in the 2017 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The as-yet untitled series will be a global release and available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video for members to watch via the […]
The BBC is launching a live stream of its 24-hour international news channel – BBC World News – on SVoD service Hulu Japan. The deal marks the first time the corporation has made the linear channel available via one of the major international subscription VoD services in Japan and makes BBC World News the first […]
Starz Play, the on-demand video streaming service available in 19 countries across the MENA region, has announced a new deal with NBCUniversal International Distribution to offer its subscribers popular TV box-sets and TV series currently available in the US as well as top-rated films. The new additions will include current critically acclaimed TV shows like […]
Today marks the release of TracePlay in the US, UK, Africa, France, Benelux, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean, with over 200 countries to follow towards the end of March 2017. TracePlay, a hybrid digital service (SVoD + Live TV + Live Radio) dedicated to Urban music and entertainmen, is available across a range of […]
Banking group Barclays has launched a £100 million (€116m) fund to provide UK TV production companies improved access to finance and enhance their ability to compete internationally. The fund, the first of its kind from a major UK bank, has been established with new financing products that have been designed to meet the evolving needs […]
Antenna Group, the international media and entertainment organisation, has launched a local SVoD service in Greece offering viewers a range of popular local content. The new SVoD service, Antenna Next, is available effective immediately in Greece for €2.99 and launches with a range of exclusive programming as well as popular boxsets and catch-up content. Some […]
Findings from market research firm Hub Entertainment Research confirm that US consumers would prefer a TV service model where they select, and pay for, only the individual networks they’re most interested in watching. Respondents saw seven different potential structures for TV bundles—including the traditional pay-TV approaches that exist today, and several variations of à la […]
The number of pay-TV subs in North America [Canada and the US] will fall by 10 million from 112 million in the peak year of 2012 to 102 million in 2022 according to Digital TV Research. Although this marks a 9 per cent decline, this does not indicate a massive cord-cutting problem. However, the number […]
Describing it as “a huge milestone”, Netflix has confirmed in its Tech Blog that users of Firefox can now also enjoy Netflix on Linux. The move is part of the streaming service’s plans, announced some four years ago, to play premium video in HTML5, replacing Silverlight and eliminating the extra step of installing and updating […]