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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…
Netflix reveals Spain, Portugal, Italy launch dates
Netflix will launch in Spain on October 20, in Portugal on October 21 and in…
Netflix buys French toon
Netflix has acquired Millimages’ popular toon Mouk for its worldwide streaming services. The series, a…
Netflix buys Rob Schneider comedy
Streaming service Netflix has acquired comedian Rob Schneider’s self-funded scripted series. The deal with distributor…
Netflix buys Jane the Virgin, Black Mirror
Netflix has acquired broadcast shows including The CW’s Jane the Virgin days after the streaming…
Netflix, Hulu others to launch on Gear VR headset
Netflix and Hulu are among the major content partners that will launch apps for the…
Netflix: viewers never hooked by shows’ pilots
Pilot episodes do not immediately hook viewers to a TV show, but taking away ad…
Netflix partners with Vodafone Italy
Netflix has partnered with Vodafone in Italy, with the operator due to introduce exclusive promotional…
Video app streaming booms in US, China
Video apps are experiencing significant revenue growth in the US and China, according to new…
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…
Netflix buys J.K. Rowling biopic
Streaming service Netflix has acquired a live-action biopic of Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling for…
Netflix to Get Away with Murder
Netflix has acquired international rights to Shonda Rhimes’ ABC series How to Get Away with…
News brief: DiCaprio making mob drama for Showtime
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is working on a new mafia series for US premium cable net…
Number of US would-be cord-cutters increases
The proportion of US pay TV subs planning to ditch their subscriptions has almost doubled…
Netflix lines up Jane Fonda-Robert Redford original
Netflix is in talks to adapt Kent Haruf novel Our Souls at Night as an…
Sling TV says pay TV model unsustainable
IBC: The current pay TV model in the US is “not sustainable” with the market…
Apple, Amazon, and the exclusivity paradox
Rob Gallagher, director of research and analysis, media and entertainment at research house Ovum, muses…
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…
Netflix ‘to fund new Black Mirror’
Streaming service Netflix has reportedly snapped up rights to Charlie Brooker’s dystopian future drama Black…
Portuguese Netflix rival launches
Portuguese pay TV operator Nos has launched a subscription video-on-demand service ahead of the arrival…
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…
Netflix ‘South Korea launch coming’
Netflix’s global roll out will see it launch in South Korea in January 2016, according…
Netflix buys Italian corruption drama
Netflix has acquired US subscription streaming rights to Italian crime and corruption period drama 1992,…
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…
Ad-free Hulu option added
US streaming service Hulu has begin offering customers an ad-free option. The US$11.99 per month…
Amazon adds offline viewing
Amazon Prime Instant Video will allow customers to download movies and TV series, making it…
Netflix, Amazon, Google partner on Open Media Alliance
Seven major internet companies, including Netflix, Amazon and Google, have partnered to form the Alliance…
‘Apple set to challenge Netflix for originals’
Technology giant Apple is set to shake up the content world, with a report from…
Vodafone inks Netflix Spain deal
Vodafone Spain has signed up to provide Netflix on its platform, the first such deal…
Hulu grabs Epix films as Netflix deal ends
US streaming service Hulu has swooped for exclusive movies from premium pay network Epix after…