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Netflix continues US market domination – ComScore
Netflix continues to enjoy significant domination of the US streaming market, new stats from ComScore…
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Amazon greenlights McLaren racing series
Amazon Prime Video’s focus on motoring programming has picked up pace with the commission of…
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Netflix gains distribution on Indian set-tops
Indian DTH pay TV operator Videocon d2h has struck a deal with Netflix to provide…
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Amazon races towards Le Mans series
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit an original series about the day-long Le Mans car race….
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Amazon Studios, MTG bosses to keynote MIPTV
Amazon Studios content chief Roy Price and MTG president and CEO Jørgen Madsen Lindemann are…
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Sat.1 comedy moves to Amazon
Amazon Prime Video has become the new home of German comedy Pastewka, which previously went…
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Amazon hires FMI’s Brown as Euro originals chief
Amazon Studios has hired FremantleMedia International’s Georgia Brown as its first director of original television…
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In-demand chart: UK (January 15-21, 2017)
Following a surprisingly inauspicious start, The Grand Tour is now motoring ahead of the competition….
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BBC, Amazon team for apocalyptic comedy
UK pubcaster the BBC and subscription VOD service are creating a six-part comedy based on…
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HBO Now ‘tops Netflix for customer satisfaction’
HBO Now trumped its US SVOD rivals in most categories of a new customer satisfaction…
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Netflix sign-ups hit record level
Netflix added 7.05 million new members in the fourth quarter, far exceeding its forecast of…
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Amazon brings British Bear Hunt toon to US
Amazon Prime Video has acquired exclusive US streaming rights to British animated special We’re Going…
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Amazon India buys Zodiak Kids toons
Amazon Prime Video India has bought all four seasons of kids toon Horrid Henry. The…
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TBI Digital: Year in Review
Twenty-sixteen was bookended by subscription VOD services taking their limited offers and launching them globally…
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Netflix and Amazon go head-to-head in India
Streaming service Netflix has bagged exclusive SVOD rights to movies from India’s Red Chillies Entertainment…
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Amazon takes on Netflix with global Prime rollout
Amazon has undercut Netflix with the launch of Prime Video in more than 200 countries…
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Broadcaster streaming services beat Netflix, Amazon
Streaming services from broadcasters and pay TV operators are giving Netflix and Amazon Prime Video…
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SVOD subs in North America to outstrip TV homes
There will be more subscription VOD subscribers in North America than TV homes by 2021,…
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Amazon claims Grand Tour smashes ratings record
New Jeremy Clarkson vehicle The Grand Tour has become Amazon Prime Video’s biggest premiere launch,…
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Amazon preps global launch for The Grand Tour
Amazon’s Top Gear rival The Grand Tour will hit 200 countries later this year, but…
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Over 60% of US viewers watch SVOD daily
Some 61.1% of viewers watch over-the-top or subscription video-on-demand content as part of their daily…
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Netflix, Amazon UK subs shun ‘normal’ TV
Almost half of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video subscribers in the UK rarely watch ‘normal’…
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Amazon likes smell of Stilton
Subscription VOD service Amazon Prime Video has acquired seasons one and two of Atlantyca Entertainment’s…
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Amazon buys more Indian content ahead of launch
Amazon has acquired more local movies ahead launching its streaming service in India later this…
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BBC extends Matt LeBlanc’s Top Gear journey
UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed Matt LeBlanc will remain as host of motoring series…
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West Europe SVOD spend to reach €3bn – IHS
Total spending on subscription on-demand services in western Europe reached €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) last…
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Netflix business model ‘may be unsustainable’
Global subscription video-on-demand revenues are set to double to US$35 billion by 2021, but market…
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Fox invests $6.5m in Clarkson’s digital venture
21st Century Fox has invested US$6.5 million in DriveTribe, a new digital venture from the…
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Amazon to witness BBC Worldwide’s Incident
Amazon Prime Video has acquired exclusive US rights to Australian drama The Kettering Incident. The…
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Amazon makes Korea original play
Amazon Prime Video is working on its first South Korea-produced original series. The SVOD service,…