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Netflix
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Netflix subs ‘won’t pay more’ than US$15
A large proportion of North American Netflix subs would not pay more than US$15 for…
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Research: many Netflix subs also use Amazon
The number of consumers taking multiple SVoD subscriptions is continuing to rise in markets where…
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Netflix int’l subs ‘to outnumber US by 2018’
Netflix will have more subscribers outside of the US by 2018, according to new research….
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North Korean state TV launches OTT service
North Korean state broadcaster Korea Central Television (KCTV) has reportedly launched its own internet-delivered OTT…
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Netflix orders Nick Stoller sitcom
US-based streaming service Netflix has ordered a comedy from husband and wife team Nick Stoller…
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Shares in Aussie SVOD service suspended
Struggling Australian subscription on-demand service Quickflix has had its shares suspended from the country’s stock…
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Netflix, CBC adapting Anne of Green Gables
Streaming service Netflix and Canadian pubcaster CBC are hooking up on their second scripted coproduction,…
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Netflix boards BBC America drama
Streaming service Netflix has boarded BBC America comedy thriller series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency….
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Netflix preps Amanda Knox, Werner Herzog docs
Netflix will launch four new docs at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, including…
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FX chief slams ‘assembly line’ Netflix
FX Networks president John Landgraf has criticised the algorithm-based commissioning system of SVOD service Netflix,…
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Netflix hit by Olympics viewing
Netflix has taken a hit as US viewers opt for the Olympics over Stranger Things,…
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Netflix set to make Stranger Things happen again
Netflix is set to order a second season of its hit original drama Stranger Things….
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Netflix is most popular UK on-demand service
Netflix is by far the most popular paid-for video-on-demand service in the UK, and is…
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Netflix to coproduce ITV conspiracy thriller
Streaming service Netflix has joined ITV conspiracy thriller drama Paranoid as a coproducer and will…
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China’s LeEco ‘to announce Netflix deal’ in Q3
Chinese technology company, TV maker and streamed content provider, LeEco, is reportedly in talks with…
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RTVC takes on Netflix with Play
Colombian pubcaster RTVC has launched Play, an on-demand service offering free access to a raft…
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Amazon doubling content spend, tripling originals
Amazon is dramatically ramping up its spending on original content, telling investors it will almost…
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Smokey Robinson brings Motown toon to Netflix
Legendary musician Smokey Robinson and Netflix are working up an animated series featuring Motown hits…
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Netflix taps John Wells for Panama Papers film
The West Wing’s John Wells is teaming up with global streamer Netflix to create a…
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Netflix takes American Crime Story global
Subscription VOD giant Netflix has agreed a global streaming pact with 20th Century Fox Television…
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Netflix takes DJ doc and manga movie
Netflix has picked up a doc about superstar DJ and music producer Steve Aoki, and…
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CBS reveals SVOD Star Trek drama title
The upcoming Star Trek CBS on-demand drama officially has a name. The CBS All Access…
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Netflix subs ‘not buying into’ costly originals
Netflix’s lower than expected subscriber growth was caused in part because customers are not willing to…
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Netflix enters CNN’s Race For the White House
Netflix, DR and Foxtel are among international buyers of a CNN original docuseries about famous…
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SVOD revenues to reach $35bn by 2021
Subscription on-demand-services such as Amazon Prime Video and Netflix will generate annual revenues of US$34.6…
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Netflix ‘still the benchmark’ despite falter
Netflix remains “the benchmark for its rivals” despite its poor second quarter financial results, according…
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More Making a Murderer for Netflix
Making a Murderer, the true crime series that established Netflix as a force in factual…
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Parks: More than half of US OTT services are SVOD
Some 55% of over-the-top services in the US have a subscription-only business model similar to…
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Netflix misses targets as growth slows
Netflix’s growth rate slowed in the second quarter, with the company missing its sign-up target…
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Globo offers 4K drama on-demand
Brazilian Globo claims it has become the first mainstream free TV broadcaster to programming in…