The Time Warner CEO says he’d consider a broadband-only package from a cable company because it would protect the HBO relationship with its biggest source of subscribers. “Distributors are competing more,” Jeff Bewkes told a Goldman Sachs event in New York. A cable-provided broadband arrangement with HBO “will make it an offer you can’t refuse. […]
Netflix CFO David Wells told the Goldman Sachs conference that the cable channel should rethink its strategy of rejecting OTT. “We believe that if they were direct-to-consumer, there would be materially more subscribers that would pay for it in the US.” Wells made that suggestion when talking about Netflix’ addressable domestic market, which he said […]
Subscribers to Sweden’s Com Hem pay-TV service will soon be able to access Netflix through TiVo set-top boxes, the second partnership between a European cable provider and the streaming service. Com Hem has confirmed that Netflix will be available in December through TiVo boxes, allowing subscribers to watch the streaming service’s shows and movies through […]
As anticipated by advanced-television.com, US retail group Target has confirmed that Target Ticket, its new digital video service, is available to guests nationwide. The service enters a crowded market, competing against the likes of Walmart-backed Vudu, Amazon and Netflix. Target has partnered with Common Sense Media, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization best known for its […]
Billing itself as a “game-changer” in the sector, Wuaki.tv from the Japanese organisation Rakuten Japan, is a hybrid business model offering users a choice of a la carte rental of the latest movies and TV series, or a monthly subscription to the Wuaki Choice service, providing limitless streaming of a wide selection of film and […]
Having gained the upper hand in court battles with US network broadcasters who claim copyright infringement, Internet TV streaming service Aereo has named four new cities to its nationwide expansion: Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana and San Antonio, Texas. These four metropolitan areas represent a total population of nearly eight million people. Columbus, Cincinnati, […]
Buoyed by raising $60 million in new funding from Hearst Corporation, News Corp and Sky as well as institutional investor Fidelity in May 2013, streaming platform Roku has unveiled an all-new family of streaming players. Designed to provide a better TV experience for every streaming fan, the new Roku LT, Roku 1 and Roku 2 […]
In addition to launching a new family of players, streaming software platform Roku is partnering with pay-as-you-go digital entertainment service M-GO to bring instant access to the entertainment that customers care most about. Located on the Roku home screen menu, new ‘movies’ and ‘TV shows’ shortcuts lead directly into the integrated M-GO service and deliver […]
Despite Court Orders restraining FilmOn.com from offering the Big Four Networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX) in 70 per cent of the country for free to the public, billionaire founder Alki David has opened another antenna array farm in Tampa, Florida ,bringing up the total number of major cities in the US which FilmOn offers local […]
Sky has added E4 and Film4 live channels to its Sky Go service. The stations follow Channel 4 and More4 onto the online TV platform and take its number of live channels available to 49. The satellite broadcaster is currently running a promotion that enables Sky Go subscribers to upgrade to Sky Go Extra, which […]