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Shomi
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Ex-Shomi content chief Shulman joins Wow!
Marni Shulman, the former head of content and programming for collapsed Canadian SVOD service Shomi,…
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Industry says Amazon & Netflix are top innovators
Amazon was crowned the most innovative company ahead of Netflix in a new survey of…
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Industry says Amazon & Netflix are top innovators
Amazon was crowned the most innovative company ahead of Netflix in a new survey of…
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James Bond spies Canadian SVOD deal
CraveTV has scooped the rights to the James Bond library of films, giving it classic…
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Former AMC int’l chief: ‘niche SVOD is the future’
Niche SVOD services will continue to gain ground in a world where launching new linear…
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Doomed Canuck SVOD net ‘neared 1m subs’
Canadian on-demand service Shomi has come close to attracting 900,000 subscribers, it has revealed after…
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Shomi shutters amid ‘challenging’ SVOD market
Canadian subscription video-on-demand player Shomi will close on November 30. Its cableco parents, Rogers Communications and…
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Sons of Anarchy, Modern Family popular on Shomi
Sons of Anarchy and Modern Family are among the most-watched titles on one-year-old Canadian SVOD…
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News brief: Shomi takes Sony’s Art of More
Canadian streaming service Shomi has acquired Dennis Quaid and Kate Bosworth drama series The Art…
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SVOD platform goes live across Canada
Subscription on-demand service Shomi is now available to all internet-connected consumers in Canada. The service…
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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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Rogers names veteran as media president
Canadian conglomerate Rogers Communications has hired broadcasting industry veteran Rick Brace as its new president…
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Fresh Off the Boat docks at Shomi
Canadian SVOD platform Shomi has acquired Eddie Huang-inspired network comedy Fresh Off the Boat. The…
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Canadian SVOD preps for Catastrophe
Canadian SVOD service Shomi has acquired UK-produced comedy Catastrophe. The series, which has previously picked…
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Canadian SVOD service bags NBCU titles
Canadian on-demand platform Shomi has scored a deal with NBCUniversal handing it shows such as…
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DHX sells thousands of hours to SVOD
DHX Media has shopped 5,000 half hours to various international SVOD platforms. The Canadian kids…
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Canadian SVOD service strikes Sony deal
Shomi, the recently-launched Canadian SVOD service, has inked a programming deal with Sony Pictures Television….
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HBO’s OTT service to shake up SVOD market
Roughly 17% of US broadband households would be likely to subscribe to HBO’s forthcoming over-the-top…
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Canadian Netflix rival snags Amazon originals
Canadian SVOD service Shomi has acquired exclusive local rights to a raft of Amazon’s original…
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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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MGM: A lion in the TV jungle
Of all of the Hollywood studios, none has been bought and sold as many times…
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Bell undercuts Netflix with CraveTV
Canadian telco and TV firm Bell is undercutting Netflix with its C$4 (US$3.52) a month…
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Canadian Netflix rivals snags exclusive Disney deal
Recently-launched Canadian SVOD service Shomi has struck a programming deal with Disney. The deal, with…
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Virgin territory for Shomi
Canadian on-demand service Shomi has acquired exclusive local SVOD rights to The CW’s Hispanic US-themed…
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Netflix rival Shomi launches today
Subscription on-demand service Shomi is launching today in Canada. The service has been widely regarded…
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iZombie invades Canuck Netflix rival
New Canadian SVOD service Shomi has acquired exclusive streaming local rights to Rob Thomas’s upcoming…
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Netflix partners with SVOD rival Shomi for Canadian original
Netflix and its streaming rival Shomi are joining forces to make Between, which will star…
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Shomi bags premium Starz shows
Upcoming Canadian SVOD service Shomi has acquired a package of premium shows from Starz Digital…
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Canadian cablers take on Netflix with Shomi
Shaw and Rogers are launching Shomi, a new subscription video-on-demand service, which will go head…