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Netflix
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Smart move by Canada’s Crave SVOD
Canadian SVOD service CraveTV has launched on connected TVs. The service, which is owned by…
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Netflix updates its TV app
Netflix has updated its TV to provide a ‘more immersive and cinematic experience’. The app…
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iPlayer takes 62% of TV streaming
Some 15 million UK internet users have now accessed a TV programme online, with the…
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Taking stock of SVOD
Buying a share in Netflix at the turn of 2011 would have set you back…
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Netflix passes 65m, confirms China plans
Netflix passed the 65 million subscriber-mark in the second quarter and confirmed plans to launch…
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icflix: 60,000+ hours viewed a month
Middle East and North African streaming firm icflix claims its subscribers are watching more than…
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Netflix’s US market share ‘to drop to 50%’
Netflix’s share of the US over-the-top video market is due to fall from 85% in…
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Starz Play buys Showtime, CBS dramas
New Middle East and North African on-demand service Starz Play has acquired programmes such as…
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Netflix drives Oz SVOD to 2m
There are now two million SVOD subs in Australia, with the launches of new service…
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Half of US pay TV users now watch Netflix
Netflix streaming among pay TV users in the US has climbed from 36% in 2012 to…
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Netflix launches movie slate
Idris Elba child soldier movie Beasts of No Nation will be the first Netflix original…
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On-demand giants pass on Fuller’s Hannibal
Netflix and Amazon have both passed on the chance to resurrect serial killer drama Hannibal….
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Netflix will pass on cost of cloud tax
Netflix has said it will pass on the cost of the ‘cloud tax’ that will…
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Chicago imposes ‘Netflix tax’
The US city of Chicago has introduced a ‘cloud tax’, which targets streamed entertainment services…
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TVPlayer to launch UK subs offering
UK over-the-top television platform TVPlayer will launch a subscription service this summer offering live streams of…
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Netflix cord-cutters ‘on the up’
More US Netflix subscribers are cutting their pay TV cords than ever before, according to…
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Netflix int’l subs to hit 26m by year-end
Netflix’s international subscriber base is expected to grow by almost ten million in 2015 to…
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Netflix eyes Indian launch
A report in India suggests SVOD platform Netflix will launch in the Asian territory before…
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Netflix splitting stock seven times
Cementing its status as a Wall Street darling, Nasdaq-listed streaming service Netflix is performing a seven-for-one…
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Netflix ignites Lady Dynamite comedy
Streaming service Netflix has ordered an original comedy from Maria Bamford. Lady Dynamite will be…
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Global pay TV penetration now 48%
Global pay TV penetration reached 48% in the first quarter of the year, with more…
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Japanese originals for Netflix
Fuji Television Network will supply the upcoming Japanese subscription service from streaming giant Netflix with…
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UK SVOD set to boom
Subscription video-on-demand services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Instant Video and Now TV will see their UK…
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Netflix unveils major site upgrade
Netflix has unveiled what it says is the first major update to its site in…
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Alibaba plans ‘Netflix-style’ service
E-commerce giant Alibaba is to launch a streaming service that will “redefine home entertainment” in…
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Red flag to a bull: James Ross, Lightning Int’l
It’s a common sight in Asia: husband and wife, together on the sofa – or…
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Legendary status
Former Sony TV sales boss Michael Grindon tells Jesse Whittock how Legendary Television’s emerging international…
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OTT services to boom in Latin America
Over-the-top video services like Netflix will account for 25% of Latin American video consumption in…
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Netflix books in ‘revolutionary deal’ with Marriott
Marriott guests in the US will be able to access Netflix on connected TVs, thanks…
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Netflix, Family enrol Degrassi for new class
Days after MTV Canada and TeenNick declared class was over for high school drama Degrassi,…