Apple looks set to give the world a first look at its streaming service in less than 2 weeks. The tech giant has invited media to an event at the Steve Jobs Theater in California on March 25th, where it is expected to unveil its Netflix rival. The company is then set to launch the […]
Netflix has entered into partnerships with Anima, Sublimation and David Production. These production houses and Netflix will jointly create original anime series including the animated series Altered Carbon: Resleeved from Anima. Altered Carbon is based on Netflix’s original live action science fiction series whose first season launched in February of 2018 and for which a […]
The Canal+ Group is launching an OTT drama service – c+SSéries – available from March 12th, offering what it says is thousands of hours of shows, including its Original Commissions and major international series for €6.99 a month. International series available at launch include Engrenages, Hippocrate, Versailles, Platane, Guyane, and in due course Vernon Subutex, […]
Netflix has released February data from its Netflix ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Taiwanese ISP FarEasTone experienced the largest speed increase on the index this month, jumping back from declines in January. FarEasTone’s average monthly speed climbed by 0.84 Megabits […]
MediaKind is collaborating with Telefonica Brazil to enhance the user experience for more than 350,000 VIVO Fibra subscribers through the integration of the Netflix streaming service into the MediaKind Mediaroom platform’s interactive menu system, which is used as part of the subscriber interface. This software customisation will enable VIVO to evolve its media offering and […]
Jeremy Darroch, Group Chief Executive, Sky, has suggested that just a few months after Comcast’s September 2018 takeover of the pay-TV operator, “clear benefits” of the tie-up were “flowing both ways”, and also added his weight to the debate regarding regulation of global tech giants. Speaking at the Deloitte Enders Media and Telecoms Conference 2019 […]
The European Commission has made commitments offered by Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and Sky legally binding under EU antitrust rules. These commitments address the Commission’s concerns regarding certain clauses in these studios’ film licensing contracts for pay-TV with Sky UK. These clauses prevented Sky UK from allowing EU consumers outside the UK and […]
Disney could be preparing to launch a test version of Disney+, its SVoD service, in The Netherlands. According to reports that originated from The Information, citing industry insiders, Disney could use The Netherlands as a test-bed for the service – to effectively troubleshoot any bugs and glitches – before its formal launch in the US […]
Over the past few years, online video services in Europe have experienced rapid growth, particularly those that follow the subscription revenue model. Global players such as Netflix, Amazon and HBO went direct-to-consumer, disrupting the previous long-term relationship between subscribers and multichannel operators. Soon after Netflix began showing signs of success in North America and Western […]
According to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence, total Asia-Pacific subscription online video revenues and subscribers continue to grow, primarily reflecting the success of the Chinese market. However, the analysis anticipates growth in all Asia-Pacific countries covered as digital infrastructures improve, local services increase the value of content behind the paywall and international services […]