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Amazon considers pay TV service

Amazon is reportedly exploring launching an online pay TV service and has approached major broadcasters about carrying their channels. According to a Bloomberg report, the e-retail giant has contacted companies including CBS and NBCUniversal, though negotiations are preliminary. Separately, Frost and Sullivan analyst Dan Rayburn, in a piece for StreamingMedia, claimed that Amazon has been […]

Apple, Amazon, and the exclusivity paradox

Rob Gallagher, director of research and analysis, media and entertainment at research house Ovum, muses on the reasoning behind and potential impact of Amazon Prime Instant Video’s reported £150 million deal to acquire the service of the former Top Gear presenting trio. If content is king, then exclusive TV is the king of content. That’s […]

Discovery “would love” to be on Apple platform

Discovery Communications is increasingly open to all forms of distribution including direct-to-consumer and would be keen to join Apple’s OTT TV service, according to its international president, Delivering a ‘fireside chat’ keynote at the IBC conference in Amsterdam, JB Perrette, president, Discovery Networks International (pictured), said that Discovery would “love to be” an app on […]

‘Apple set to challenge Netflix for originals’

Technology giant Apple is set to shake up the content world, with a report from the US claiming it is to formally enter the original programming business. Variety cites sources close to the Cupertino-based media conglomerate suggesting “preliminary conversations” with Hollywood executives have taken place around original programming efforts. The scale of Apple’s ambition is […]

Apple ‘pushes cloud TV service launch to 2016’

Apple is now aiming for a 2016 launch for its planned cloud TV with licensing talks progressing slowly, according to a Bloomberg report. Citing people familiar with Apple’s plans, Bloomberg said that Apple had scrapped plans to launch the online TV service at an event in San Francisco on September 9, but will still launch […]

Scripps Networks Lat Am ups pair

Scripps Networks Latin America has promoted a pair of executives as it continues to roll out Food Network across the region. Adriana Alcântara (left) has been upped from director to VP, marketing and production, while Claudia Clauhs (below, right) rises from director to VP, programming. They are both based in São Paulo and report directly […]

Showtime confirms OTT service

CBS-owned US broadcaster Showtime is set to launch a stand-alone streaming service in an effort to reach new subscribers. The US over-the-top service, called Showtime, will launch in early July to coincide with the new series of Ray Donovan (pictured) and Masters of Sex, which are both due to premiere on July 12. Showtime will […]

Apple aims for local stations with web TV service

Apple is reportedly aiming to offer live programming from local TV stations as part of its expected US web TV service – a plan that could delay the service’s launch. According to tech site Re/Code – which cites industry executives familiar with Apple’s plans – the company wants to offer programming from local broadcast stations […]

HBO launches SVOD Netflix rival

HBO has unveiled HBO Now, its OTT subscription on-demand service that will allow consumers access to its premium content for a monthly rate. The service will launch in April, marking a significant new entrant the competitive SVOD market that Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video currently dominate. Anticipation around HBO’s OTT offer has been growing […]

HBO and Apple ‘in OTT talks’

HBO and Apple are reportedly in talks that could see Apple TV become a key launch partner forHBO’s planned new US OTT service. According to the International Business Times, HBO and its online video platform provider, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, have held talks with Apple ahead of the planned launch of the HBO Now […]