France has threatened to block the start of free trade talks between the European Union and the United States if movies and digital media are not kept out the negotiations. On the eve of EU countries supposedly giving the go-ahead for the talks, France said it would veto them unless the sector, which it sees […]
Video streaming service Netflix will increase its original programming slate through a new, multi-year deal with DreamWorks – the maker of movies such as Shrek and Kung Fu Panda. DreamWorks is looking to expand its television production and distribution worldwide through this deal that has 300 hours of new programming. The agreement, Netflix’s largest for […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has confirmed the launch of Disney Movies on Demand on LOVEFiLM Instant, bringing hours of entertainment and much-loved Disney titles to the streaming service. LOVEFiLM members can watch titles from the Disney Movies on Demand collection for no extra cost as part of their existing subscription. Titles new to LOVEFiLM and available from […]
NBCUniversal is joining a crowded sector for online movie entertainment by offering its bespoke feature film subscription VoD service PictureBox Films direct to consumers in the UK and Ireland following a radical redesign and major rebrand of the site. The service will compete against players such as Netflix, Amazon-backed LOVEFiLM, KnowHow Movies, supermarket groups such […]
Barb, the official UK TV ratings body, will commence measuring usage of online catch-up services such as the BBC iPlayer, 4oD and Sky Go alongside traditional small screen viewing, from August. The move will provide the first official measurement of the number of viewers downloading or streaming TV shows on PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones. […]
Spanish company N-Screens is launching its first SVoD channels -K-now, Distanciatv and Encopatv- for a monthly subscription of €2.99 for the whole package, under promotion for free until September. Subscribers will be able to watch the channels through any device connected to the Internet. K-now is dedicated to economy with financial news and analysis about […]
Despite 2012 being a year of great live content, UK video publishers and operators were only able to deliver a quarter of it (23.5 per cent) at optimal quality. This left online viewers with buffering and poor picture quality. The UK’s online viewing population is maturing, streaming content at least once a day (60 per […]
ITV has launched a new version of the ITV Player app for Apple devices, making ITV the first commercial broadcaster to give mobile viewers the option to watch catch-up content without ads. The new app for introduces a premium upgrade, which allows viewers to watch the last thirty days of ITV’s catch up content across […]
Pivot, Participant Media’s new cable network, has released its first annual Industry Report about millennials’ (18-34 year olds) consumption of TV content. The study examined how the current Pay TV ecosystem could be impacted if programmers and MVPDs provided consumers with a new distribution alternative that speaks specifically to this demographics lifestyle and viewing habits. […]
Just 5 per cent of Spanish pay TV homes acquires VoD and PPV services – with an average expenditure of €2.50 per home a month. The latest report from the CMT, the Telecommunications Market Commisison, reveals that 95 per cent of pay TV homes does not use VoD and PPV services at all. In Spain, […]