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Supply and demand in Latin America
TBI and Eurodata TV look at the latest trends in TV viewing in Latin America…
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Discovery founder preps factual SVOD service
Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks (pictured) has launched a subscription-on-demand service for factual programming named…
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Discovery, Hasbro shows to drop off Netflix
Content from Discovery and Hasbro’s US joint venture channel is set to disappear from Netflix’s…
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Netflix and BBC discuss US content deal
Some library shows from BBC Worldwide could leave Netflix with several titles up for renewal. US…
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Canada’s low-cost Netflix rival buys Amazon drama
Crave, the low-cost streaming service recently launched by Canadian telco and media company Bell, has…
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Cameras roll on Mexican Netflix comedy
Netflix has put into production a Spanish-language comedy about a family feud set against the…
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SVOD to account for ‘just 3% of pay TV market’
Subscription video-on-demand services popularised by the likes of Netflix and Amazon will account for just…
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Netflix embarks on Wet Hot American Summer
Netflix is making an original series based on the 2001 comedy feature film Wet Hot…
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Streaming could replace TV viewing, study finds
TV viewing is in danger of being replaced by streaming services as the primary platform…
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Netflix to drive digital spending in the Netherlands
Digital video expenditure is forecast to exceed consumer spending on packaged media in the Netherlands…
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Marco Polo to return on Netflix
Netflix’s big-budget action adventure series Marco Polo has been handed a second run less than…
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Regal ambitions
Royalty is in vogue. Ahead of the launch of Lionsgate’s series The Royals, TBI speaks…
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Netflix hands Puss in Boots toon debut
Netflix will premiere the latest of its DreamWorks Animation original toon series, The Adventures of…
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Last word: Matthieu Viala, Makever
Matthieu Viala, CEO of French drama producer Makever, on why changes to viewing habits means…
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Netflix ‘begins pirate crackdown’
On-demand site Netflix has reportedly begun cracking down on consumers using VPN services to access…
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Half of non-pay TV US consumers have Netflix
Some 36% of pay TV subscribers and 48% of non-subscribers now subscribe to Netflix, according…
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Netflix coy on Spain launch talk
Netflix has reportedly denied renewed talk it will launch a subscription on-demand service in Spain…
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Aussie Netflix rival eyes A$1m share raise
Australian on-demand service Quickflix has asked its customers to acquire shares in the company in…
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Dish first pay platform to launch Netflix
Satellite pay TV operator Dish has become the first US service provider to make Netflix…
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Netflix’s Lilyhammer heads to Sky Atlantic
Lilyhammer, the first original drama ordered by Netflix, has been acquired by the Sky Atlantic…
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Belgacom adds Netflix to Proximus
Belgian telecoms operator Belgacom started to roll out Netflix on its Proximus TV offering yesterday,…
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Shlesinger’s stand-up set for Netflix
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger’s most recent stand-up performance will become the latest Netflix original comedy performance….
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UK PSB programme spend, viewing figures drop
British public service broadcasting is “performing well” despite falls in both programme spend and viewing,…
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HBO, Showtime deals for Presto as Stan taps ABC
Australian on-demand services Presto and Stan have both scored new programming deals. The deals come…
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UK leads video apps market, Netflix in first
Consumers in the UK are the most voracious in Europe when it comes top downloading…
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Discovery inks Hulu deal, talking to Netflix
Hulu has picked up a raft of Discovery Communications titles including exclusive SVOD rights to…
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CBS: Netflix ‘batting average lower than broadcast or cable’
Netflix has not had a new hit for a year and its hit rate is…
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Netflix ‘will be global in five years, ratings are irrelevant’
Netflix’s Ted Sarandos has said he wants the streaming service to have a global footprint…
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Netflix orders original Nina Simone doc
Netflix and FremantleMedia-backed producer RadicalMedia are making What Happened Miss Simone?, an original feature doc…
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Foxtel service adds TV series as Netflix approaches
Foxtel’s subscription-on-demand service, Presto, will add television series for the first time, as the platform…