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Netflix adds older-kid originals

Streaming service Netflix has commissioned seven series for older-skewed series, taking its overall children’s TV…

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Netflix reveals Spain, Portugal, Italy launch dates

Netflix will launch in Spain on October 20, in Portugal on October 21 and in…

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Netflix buys French toon

Netflix has acquired Millimages’ popular toon Mouk for its worldwide streaming services. The series, a…

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Netflix buys Rob Schneider comedy

Streaming service Netflix has acquired comedian Rob Schneider’s self-funded scripted series. The deal with distributor…

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Netflix buys Jane the Virgin, Black Mirror

Netflix has acquired broadcast shows including The CW’s Jane the Virgin days after the streaming…

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Netflix, Hulu others to launch on Gear VR headset

Netflix and Hulu are among the major content partners that will launch apps for the…

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Netflix: viewers never hooked by shows’ pilots

Pilot episodes do not immediately hook viewers to a TV show, but taking away ad…

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Netflix partners with Vodafone Italy

Netflix has partnered with Vodafone in Italy, with the operator due to introduce exclusive promotional…

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Video app streaming booms in US, China

Video apps are experiencing significant revenue growth in the US and China, according to new…

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Netflix CEO: sport and linear TV to go on-demand

In the next ten to 20 years all television will be on the internet, with…

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Netflix buys J.K. Rowling biopic

Streaming service Netflix has acquired a live-action biopic of Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling for…

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Netflix to Get Away with Murder

Netflix has acquired international rights to Shonda Rhimes’ ABC series How to Get Away with…

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News brief: DiCaprio making mob drama for Showtime

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is working on a new mafia series for US premium cable net…

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Number of US would-be cord-cutters increases

The proportion of US pay TV subs planning to ditch their subscriptions has almost doubled…

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Netflix lines up Jane Fonda-Robert Redford original

Netflix is in talks to adapt Kent Haruf novel Our Souls at Night as an…

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Sling TV says pay TV model unsustainable

IBC: The current pay TV model in the US is “not sustainable” with the market…

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Apple, Amazon, and the exclusivity paradox

Rob Gallagher, director of research and analysis, media and entertainment at research house Ovum, muses…

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Sky tipped to overtake Liberty Global in Europe

Sky’s subscriber base is expected to overtake Liberty Global’s in western Europe in 2017, according…

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Netflix ‘to fund new Black Mirror’

Streaming service Netflix has reportedly snapped up rights to Charlie Brooker’s dystopian future drama Black…

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Portuguese Netflix rival launches

Portuguese pay TV operator Nos has launched a subscription video-on-demand service ahead of the arrival…

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Netflix chief claims Top Gear trio ‘not worth it’

Netflix’s chief product officer Neil Hunt has claimed the reported £160 million (US$244.3 million) price…

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Netflix ‘South Korea launch coming’

Netflix’s global roll out will see it launch in South Korea in January 2016, according…

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Netflix buys Italian corruption drama

Netflix has acquired US subscription streaming rights to Italian crime and corruption period drama 1992,…

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Research: third of all TV now viewed on-demand

Some 35% of all TV and video viewing is now watched on-demand, with over half…

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Ad-free Hulu option added

US streaming service Hulu has begin offering customers an ad-free option. The US$11.99 per month…

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Amazon adds offline viewing

Amazon Prime Instant Video will allow customers to download movies and TV series, making it…

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Netflix, Amazon, Google partner on Open Media Alliance

Seven major internet companies, including Netflix, Amazon and Google, have partnered to form the Alliance…

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‘Apple set to challenge Netflix for originals’

Technology giant Apple is set to shake up the content world, with a report from…

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Vodafone inks Netflix Spain deal

Vodafone Spain has signed up to provide Netflix on its platform, the first such deal…

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Hulu grabs Epix films as Netflix deal ends

US streaming service Hulu has swooped for exclusive movies from premium pay network Epix after…