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YouTube ‘in premium content talks with Hollywood’

YouTube has reportedly started new content talks with Hollywood and indie producers in an effort to bolster its premium programming efforts. According to a Reuters report, YouTube executives have been “making the rounds” in the last two months, with one unnamed source claiming the Google-owned video site could offer between US$1 million and US$3 million […]

Amazon to try out Netflix binge model

Amazon will launch all episodes of its upcoming scripted series Transparent simultaneously, taking a lead from its chief rival Netflix, which has had notable success releasing original shows in this way. Amazon has been investing heavily in original series, but has released episodes of these in batches and on a weekly basis, eschewing the all-at-once […]

Amazon buys Peppa Pig and raft of kids series

Amazon has acquired a slew of kids series for its streaming service in the UK, including preschool hit Peppa Pig. Amazon has invested in several original kids shows for its Prime Instant Video services and the acquired content will sit alongside those. It has picked up new episodes of Peppa Pig and 64 Zoo Lane, […]

Roku dominating Apple in US streaming market

Roku has widened its gap over rival Apple TV in the US market and accounted for 46% of streaming media players bought last year compared to Apple’s 26%, according to new research. Parks Associates’ ‘The Evolving Market fro Streaming Media Devices’ report claims that Roku is the most used streaming media player in the US […]

Amazon UK snags Mad Men and Lionsgate TV content

Amazon has struck a programming deal with Lionsgate UK for a range of content including Mad Men (left) and Charlie Sheen comedy Anger Management. The exclusive deal means Amazon’s Prime Instant Video customers in the UK can stream the Lionsgate fare, which also includes comedy drama Weeds and country music drama Nashville. The agreement is […]

15% of US broadband users will soon ‘cut the cord’

Some 15% of US broadband users that subscribe to a legacy cable, satellite or telco pay TV service are “to varying degrees” likely to cancel their service in the next six months, according to new research. The Diffusion Group (DFG) study into cord cutting claims that though the US incumbent pay TV operators had a […]

Amazon buys Lola & Virginia

Amazon has picked up US rights to kids series Lola & Virginia and will make the animated show available on its streaming service in the US. The series is produced by Spain’s Imira Entertainment and Amazon has acquired 52x12mins of the show for its Prime Instant Video offering. The deal was brokered through Viva Pictures […]

Analysts question Netflix’s German chances

German market-watchers have questioned whether Netflix will be able to catch on-demand market leader Amazon when it launches in the country later this year. Munich-based Veed Analytics, part of the Mücke, Sturm & Company consultancy, forecasts that Netflix would trail Amazon and others in the competitive German on-demand sector. Veed’s chief marketing officer Bernd Riefler […]

First HBO shows land on Amazon

The first wave of HBO programming has landed on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service in the US, giving the streaming service a slew of premium content not available on its major rival, Netflix. Amazon sealed the deal for the HBO content last month and the content has now started feeding through to its streaming service […]

Suits fits on Amazon

Amazon’s UK on-demand service Prime Instant Video has acquired a trio of scripted shows from NBCUniversal International. Prime has picked up legal comedy-drama Suits (pictured), supernatural series Grimm and comedy Parks and Recreation, and renewed Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, 30 Rock and The American Office. Amazon said the deal comprises “hundreds” of episodes. Amazon recently rebranded […]

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