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Ampere: Netflix budget focused on drama and comedy
More than a third of Netflix’s original content spend to-date has been for drama titles,…
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BBC tackles kids SVOD threat with £34m boost
BBC Children’s will receive its largest cash boost “in a generation”, with an extra £34…
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Facebook greenlights more originals
Social media platform Facebook has ordered a pair of new original shows, as it pushed…
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Dataxis: Lat Am SVOD subs to double
Latin American subscription VOD customers are set to double in the next five years, new…
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Netflix drama will prove Everything Sucks!
Netflix is going back to the 1990s with a coming-of-age drama original titled Everything Sucks!….
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The pilgrims of coproduction at Contecta Fiction
Much like the determined pilgrims of Galicia’s famous Camino de Santiago, Spanish-language TV companies in…
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Vimeo kills SVOD plan
Vimeo has killed the long-gestating plan to launch a subscription VOD service, and axed its…
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Netflix makes it Rain as Danish drama nears
Production has begun on streaming service Netflix’s first Scandinavian original, a dystopian drama. The Rain…
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Netflix acquires global rights to Dynasty reboot
Netflix has acquired global rights to The CW’s reboot of Dynasty for all international territories…
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Netflix, Facebook ‘face Thai ultimatum’
Digital giants Netflix, YouTube and Facebook must register with Thailand’s national telecoms register or face…
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Canal+ gains freedom to strike exclusive deals
France’s competition watchdog has removed the majority of restrictions placed on pay TV operator Canal+…
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Captive audience: the Spanish SVOD boom
Spain’s drama production sector is moving swiftly towards international television’s top tier, fuelled by the…
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Netflix and Amazon impact on US pay TV challenged
US pay TV will not decline as rapidly in the face of competition from Netflix…
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Pubcasters pact to combat Netflix, Amazon threat
Two of Europe’s primary public broadcasters are strategically combining their arsenals to combat the growing…
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Netflix to let kids control originals narratives
Subscription VOD service Netflix is to introduce interactive ‘branching’ narrative episodes to a pair of…
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Skinny bundle ‘VMSOs’ could seriously test pay TV
The US’s new wave of OTT TV ‘skinny bundle’ providers could amass 3.5 million subscribers…
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Digging into CEE
The number of pay TV homes in Central and Eastern Europe are set to fall,…
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Netflix & ABC coproducing motherhood comedy
Streaming service Netflix and Australian pubcaster the ABC are coproducing a comedy series about motherhood….
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‘93% of North American pay TV subs use SVOD’
Some 93% of pay TV subscribers in North America also use one of more subscription…
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Ampere: Netflix use just 11% in Turkey
Just 11% of Turkish internet users watched Netflix in the past month, compared to a…
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Netflix ‘under threat as top VOD net for UK youth’
Netflix remains the most popular service for British children and teenagers, but Amazon Prime Video…
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More on creation of global anti-piracy coalition ACE
Execs from the 30 global entertainment companies that have come together to form anti-piracy body…
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Major content firms pact for anti-piracy coalition
The Hollywood studios, leading SVOD services and key networks around the world have formed a…
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Facebook nears scripted TV debut with MTV revival
Social media behemoth Facebook is reportedly close to reviving former MTV series Loosely Exactly Nicole….
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Data: US content dominates Euro VOD slates
American films and TV shows dominate the catalogues of Europe’s transactional and subscription VOD services,…
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Netflix takes Korean toons from Imira
SVOD giant Netflix has bought a package of children’s programming from Spain’s Imira Entertainment, including…
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Altice USA looks to raise $1.35bn in IPO
Cable and telecoms group Altice aims to raise some US$1.35 billion by listing its US…
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Netflix pounces on former CW pilot
Streaming service Netflix has moved quickly to take dark comedy Insatiable, which The CW passed…
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Netflix creates global partnership with Altice
Altice has agreed a multi-year partnership with Netflix to make the SVOD giant’s content available…
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Content portability rules adopted in Europe
The European Council (EC) has adopted new rules that allow consumers who pay for online…