Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer at Netflix, has revealed a raft of titles the service is planning to make available in both Dolby Vision and HDR formats. Writing in the company Blog, Hunt says that pushing the boundaries on video quality is one of Netflix’s passions. “We’re particularly excited about High Dynamic Range – or […]
Amazon is introducing new options to subscribe to its Prime membership service on a monthly basis, a change that could enable its video service compete more effectively with Netflix. The company now offers two new Prime price plans, the first of which costs customers $8.99 (€7.95) a month to stream movies and television shows from […]
According to James Wang, Analyst, Devices/Gateways at ARK Investment Management, TV executives should feel paranoid about the rise of Netflix. At the current trajectory, ARK research forecasts Netflix will become the largest US video network by 2019. With Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Hulu and a host of niche players also experiencing rapid growth, streaming is […]
German on-demand service Maxdome is hiring staff to boost personalised recommendations as it fends off OTT rivals Netflix and Amazon Prime. “Even the best algorithm could not satisfy our users,” said Maxdome’s co-chief Filmon Zerai, told Reuters referring to the way Maxdome, owned by German media group ProSiebenSat.1, and its competitors currently generate consumer options. […]
Netflix has confirmed that it will stream Top Gear internationally, putting it in direct competition with Jeremy Clarkson’s new motoring show on rival Amazon. Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said that the revamped BBC2 motoring show, now to be fronted by Chris Evans, will be made available on the streaming service as it falls […]
Netflix may well think that HBO is the company’s ultimate rival, but for now, Hulu is the competitor with the closest business model, says a report from cordcutting.com. Both Hulu and Netflix offer streaming syndicated content mixed with original series, and both have fairly robust libraries – even if Netflix’s is shrinking. But Netflix and […]
After a promised 2 year price-freeze, Netflix is prepping to hike the price of streaming HD TV shows and movies in the UK. Later this month, UK customers will begin to be “ungrandfathered” from previous pricing plans, and will be charged £7.49 (€9.35) per month to stream HD videos from one account to two devices […]
Cablevision Systems has announced the integration of Hulu into the Optimum TV experience, enabling customers to access the online streaming TV service directly from the Optimum TV interactive programme guide on all current-generation set top boxes. With this launch, Optimum is the first cable provider in the US to activate a channel dedicated to Hulu’s […]
Youth-oriented urban culture media group Trace is to launch SVoD urban culture global platform Trace Play in June 2016, mixing on-demand all genres content and linear channels. The international roll-out will start in 60 countries and the distribution model, initially via an app (iOs and Android) and a website, will also be backed by deals […]
Findings from pay-TV subscriber management specialist Paywizard reveal that customer service and experience are now as critical as content and value for money when differentiating between TV services. Focus groups conducted by industry research expert Decipher in the US and UK show that,