Online entertainment service Netflix and The Weinstein Company (TWC) have agreed a new multi-year licensing deal – described as probably the biggest in Weinstein’s history – that will make Netflix the exclusive US subscription television service for first-run films from TWC beginning in 2016. Starting with its 2016 theatrically released feature films, new TWC and […]
Malaysian OTT service KLfive has launched in beta prior to a full launch in November. The service claims to have over 1,500 hours of content from studios including CBS, NBC Universal, Fremantle Media Enterprises, ITV Studios and many others. The service is available via Connected TV, PCs, tablets, mobile phones and STBs. “Unlike Pay Television […]
Although video consumption has never been stronger than today, global video market revenues slow down because of permanent decrease in physical video distribution revenues according to IDATE, while business models of traditional TV are subject to the pressure of OTT services. IDATE data reveals:
US cablenet Syfy has launched an app allows US users to stream its programming to mobile devices. The Syfy Now app will enable subscribers using iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices to access content the day after its original broadcast on Syfy. Authenticated viewers can stream full episodes of shows including Haven, Defiance and Paranormal […]
Free Internet television provider FilmOn.com has opened its Seattle antenna array, making it the twelfth FilmOn data centre in the USA offering consumers free access to individual antennas over the Internet, which it says enables it to outperform its rival Aereo in coverage, size and price. FilmOn is legally able to offer its full service […]
Internet Media platform blinkx has unveiled an initiative to create original online videos and launch four distinct channels on blinkx.com. The videos, based around common interests and passions of audiences, will leverage blinkx’s AdHoc platform and be complemented by contextually relevant advertising. Catering to influential young women, millennial men, moms and more, each original video […]
Harsh? I don’t think so. Forget everything else, if a provider can’t do better than a voice loop telling you a lie about when the broadband service will be restored, it has no business pretending to be a TV service provider. There are, of course, plenty of question marks over a strategy that sees a […]
The connected TV market is rapidly evolving in the Middle East and Africa with increasing sales of connected device fuelling demand for OTT, cloud and multi-screen services. Informa Telecoms & Media says 6.5 million tablets were sold across the Middle East and Africa in 2012, with this figure forecast to increase almost fivefold to 32.1 […]
BT announces it has more than a million households ready to watch the Barclays Premier League on BT Sport with “the million customers for BT Sport… added in just three months”. BT Sport is free with BT broadband and customers can watch the channels online or via their mobile devices using the BT Sport app. […]
Internet TV streaming service FilmOn.com, which licenses content from hundreds of broadcasters and premium content providers worldwide, has unveiled a system that automatically builds branded live TV sites and mobile apps, so that Internet publishers can have free access to its giant content offering that includes NBC, CBS, FOX and ABC in twelve major US […]