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Netflix
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Netflix: VR not compatible with binge-viewing
Top Netflix execs are not buying the clamour for virtual reality experiences. In an interview…
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Millennials turn on Netflix over live TV
Millennials now spend 54% of their TV viewing time streaming content and just 25% watching…
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Netflix drives VOD boom in Australia
Use of VOD and SVOD in Australia will increase sharply with Netflix spurring much of…
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‘Unprecedented growth’ at Netflix, Hulu, Amazon
This year has seen a 21-point increase in the proportion of US SVOD customers, with…
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Netflix preps Daredevil spin-off The Punisher
Netflix will launch a dedicated Punisher series after the vigilante character appeared in another of…
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Netflix’s Wet Hot Summer prequel gets sequel
Netflix has commissioned a sequel series to its Wet Hot American Summer Wet Hot American…
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BBC, Netflix to remake Watership Down
Global streamer Netflix and British pubcaster the BBC will remake Watership Down, with John Boyega…
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Charter’s $78bn TWC takeover gets greenlight
One of US cable’s biggest-ever merger is set to go ahead after the antitrust regulators…
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Aussie SVOD service calls in administrators
Embattled Australian subscription on-demand service Quickflix has entered into administration. The Australian Securities Exchange-listed company…
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‘Netflix effect’ forces shorter windows
Release windows for drama programming are shortening dramatically in key territories, with a ‘pronounced change’…
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Over 40% of TV time is now OTT
Video streaming has “fundamentally changed” the TV industry’s competitive landscape, with 42% of TV time…
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Netflix hires biz dev chief in Asia Pac
Global streaming service Netflix has hired a VP of business development in the Asia Pacific…
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Netflix and TF1 strike free TV deal
TF1 will screen the opening episodes of Netflix’s first French original series Marseille two weeks…
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Netflix adding 100 hours of HDR content
Netflix will add over 100 hours of high dynamic range (HDR) programming to its service…
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Netflix takes hostage series Captive
Global streamer Netflix has commissioned an eight-episode series exploring delicate hostage situations around the world….
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Stargate’s Wright making Netflix sci-fi show
US streaming service Netflix and Corus Entertainment Canadian specialty channel Showcase are joining forces for…
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Netflix hit by weak Q2 subs forecast
Netflix reported a record number of new subscribers in Q1, but its share price dropped…
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A (Movi)star is born
A new player is joining Europe’s top drama producers: Spain’s leading pay TV platform Movistar…
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BBC iPlayer gets first third-party content
UK on-demand service BBC iPlayer will launch a pop-up channel that represents the first time…
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Narcos producer making new Netflix original
Netflix has ordered its second Brazilian originated original drama, an untitled project based on a…
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Netflix goes to Extremis with first short doc
Global streaming service Netflix plans to debut its first original short documentary, Extremis, in September….
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Netflix buys Nick content from Corus
Netflix has acquired a raft of Nickelodeon’s kids series for its Canadian service after striking…
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Netflix buys Top Gear, rights picture unclear
Netflix has confirmed it is taking international rights to the BBC’s new-look Top Gear, though…
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One-size-fits-all won’t work everywhere for Netflix
Viewpoint: Bruce Tuchman, global media executive and former president of AMC and Sundance Channel Global…
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Netflix ‘not worried’ by Vivendi, Mediaset
Netflix boss Reed Hastings has said he is not worried by the prospect of direct…
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‘Grandfathered’ Netflix subs face price hike
Netflix is raising the prices for long-time subscribers, with many unaware the cost of a…
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Netflix takes Octonauts in more territories
Streaming service Netflix has taken rights to various seasons of British preschool toon Octonauts in…
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Netflix wires up first Spanish original
Netflix is to work up an original drama from Spain with Madrid’s Bambú Productions. The…
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Mexican net, SVOD service co-order Sony format
Mexico’s Canal Sony and Lain American SVOD player Claro Video have co-commissioned the first version…
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Viacom18 creates Netflix rival
Viacom18 has launched a new ad-supported VOD service, VOOT. The platform will be made free…