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Amazon Prime Instant Video
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Amazon collars Sneaky Pete
Amazon Prime Instant Video has greenlit a full season of Sneaky Pete, the drama pilot…
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NATPE survey: SVOD to drive scripted boom
Major SVOD platforms will play the biggest role in expected growth in the number of…
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US Netflix users ‘watch 10 shows per week’
Regular Netflix users in the US watch ten shows and four movies per week via…
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Is the hype around OTT over the top?
Last week two landmark announcements signalled the pace of change in the pay TV industry…
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Netflix ‘to reach 100 million subs by 2018’
Netflix will pass the 100 million subscriber mark in 2018, with the UK due to…
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Amazon bags Lucifer, Badlands for UK
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive UK rights to new US dramas Lucifer and…
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Amazon extends CBS summer series pact
Amazon Prime Instant Video has taken exclusive US streaming rights to broadcast network CBS’s next…
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Amazon looks to vigilantes, flappers for pilot season
Amazon Prime Instant Video has unveiled its autumn pilot season line-up, which includes a violent…
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Apple, Amazon, and the exclusivity paradox
Rob Gallagher, director of research and analysis, media and entertainment at research house Ovum, muses…
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Netflix chief claims Top Gear trio ‘not worth it’
Netflix’s chief product officer Neil Hunt has claimed the reported £160 million (US$244.3 million) price…
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Netflix ‘South Korea launch coming’
Netflix’s global roll out will see it launch in South Korea in January 2016, according…
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Research: third of all TV now viewed on-demand
Some 35% of all TV and video viewing is now watched on-demand, with over half…
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Ad-free Hulu option added
US streaming service Hulu has begin offering customers an ad-free option. The US$11.99 per month…
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Amazon adds offline viewing
Amazon Prime Instant Video will allow customers to download movies and TV series, making it…
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CBS ends Under the Dome
US broadcaster CBS will end rating smash Under the Dome at the end of its…
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‘Apple set to challenge Netflix for originals’
Technology giant Apple is set to shake up the content world, with a report from…
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Amazon to rival Netflix in Japan
Amazon Prime Instant Video is to launch in Japan, putting it in direct competition with…
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Amazon originals get HDR treatment
Amazon Prime Instant Video is to make its original content available in the High DynamicRange…
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Amazon scores Fear the Walking Dead
Amazon Prime Instant Video Germany has picked up the sought-after SVOD rights for upcoming zombie…
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Netflix ‘churn rate 9%’
Roughly 4% of US broadband homes have cancelled their Netflix subscription in the past 12…
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Amazon hires BT TV boss for Euro video
Amazon Prime Instant Video has hired BT’s director of TV, Alex Green, to become managing…
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Amazon signs Top Gear team for motoring show
Amazon Prime Instant Video has won the battle to sign former Top Gear presenters Jeremy…
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Helen Cowley, Amazon Prime Instant Video UK
Name: Helen Cowley Title: senior manager, Amazon Prime Instant Video UK Helen Cowley has been…
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Taking stock of SVOD
Buying a share in Netflix at the turn of 2011 would have set you back…
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Netflix cord-cutters ‘on the up’
More US Netflix subscribers are cutting their pay TV cords than ever before, according to…
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UK SVOD set to boom
Subscription video-on-demand services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Instant Video and Now TV will see their UK…
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Amazon debuts latest kids originals
As its push into original kids content deepens, Amazon Prime Instant Video has unveiled its…
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Reilly promotes Bradley at Turner
Kevin Reilly has promoted Deborah Bradley to an executive VP post at Turner Broadcasting System….
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Maxdome CEO to exit
German VOD service Maxdome is saying goodbye to its CEO for the second time in…
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Connected TV will drive OTT subs surge
An increase in connected TV sales will spur a surge in the number of consumers…