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SVOD deals for Pokémon

The distributor of the animated Pokémon series has placed it on several international SVOD platforms. The videogame-based cartoon series has been sold to Canadian streaming service Shomi and Italy’s TIMvision. In France TF1’s TFou Max kids on-demand platform has picked up Pokémon and in Germany it has landed on Kividoo. The Pokémon Company International, a […]

Netflix, Hulu others to launch on Gear VR headset

Netflix and Hulu are among the major content partners that will launch apps for the forthcoming Samsung and Oculus-developed virtual reality headset, Gear VR. At the Oculus Connect conference in Hollywood, Oculus announced that it was bringing Netflix, Hulu, Twitch and Vimeo to the Gear VR, with TiVo, Facebook, 20th Century Fox and Lionsgate also […]

Video app streaming booms in US, China

Video apps are experiencing significant revenue growth in the US and China, according to new research. Combined revenues from the top ten streaming apps in the US and Cina have grown by multiples of 3.2 and 9.6, respectively, the App Annie research showed. However, a third market assessed, the UK, showed relatively flat growth of […]

Number of US would-be cord-cutters increases

The proportion of US pay TV subs planning to ditch their subscriptions has almost doubled in the past five years, according to new research. US research house Frank N. Magid Associates says that 3.7% of US consumers now say they are ‘extremely likely’ to churn. The figure was 1.9% five years ago. The proportion of […]

Ad-free Hulu option added

US streaming service Hulu has begin offering customers an ad-free option. The US$11.99 per month price point is US$4 higher than the with-commercial tier. Hulu claims that those who remain with or choose the cheaper version will watch “fewer commercials than scheduled television”. The news comes in the same week Amazon Prime Instant Video became […]

Amazon adds offline viewing

Amazon Prime Instant Video will allow customers to download movies and TV series, making it the only major subscription streaming service to offer such an option. Amazon subs in the US, UK and Germany with access to iOS and Android platforms will be able to download content at no additional charge to the monthly subscription […]

Hulu grabs Epix films as Netflix deal ends

US streaming service Hulu has swooped for exclusive movies from premium pay network Epix after the latter’s agreement with Netflix ended with no new deal. All new Epix theatrical releases and original programmes will be made available 90 days on Hulu after the pay TV window opens. For Hulu, the deal is significant as Epix […]

Hulu, Lionsgate chiefs kick off Cannes confab

Bosses from on-demand service Hulu and US studio Lionsgate Entertainment will kick off MIPCOM this year in Cannes. Lionsgate’s president of worldwide television and digital distribution Jim Packer (right) will sit down with Hulu’s CEO, Mike Hopkins (left) on Monday, October 5, the first day of the market. Packer and Hopkins will discuss Hulu’s recent […]

Fox eyes ‘bolt-on’ M&A opportunities

Highlights from 21st Century Fox’s first investor call since Rupert Murdoch stepped down as CEO included Lachlan Murdoch saying the content giant did not have “material gaping holes”, but would continue to look at “opportunistic” acquisitions. Murdoch Sr became co-executive chairman on July 1, with his sons Lachlan and James taking over the day-to-day running […]

Netflix ‘churn rate 9%’

Roughly 4% of US broadband homes have cancelled their Netflix subscription in the past 12 months, representing almost 9% of the OTT service’s subscriber base, according to Parks Associates. The research firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker noted high churn rates for many subscription video services, including Hulu. Some 7% of US broadband homes cancelled their […]

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