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Tim Cook says Apple will launch new services this year
Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that the company will launch new services this year,…
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Saudi-backed broadcaster hires ex-Hulu exec for streaming push
Saudi-backed broadcaster MBC Group is looking to take on Netflix in the Middle East as…
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Hulu ups subscribers by 48% in 2018
Hulu ended 2018 with 25 million subscribers, an increase of 48% year-on-year, marking its best…
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Iflix exits Africa to focus on core Asian markets
Iflix has sold the remaining stake in its African business, Kwesé Iflix, to local partner…
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Sports streamer DAZN hires Apple exec for distribution
Sports streaming service DAZN has hired Apple’s commercial director for international services, Ben King, as…
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Why Eccho Rights looked for scale in CJ ENM
Newly acquired by Korean media powerhouse CJ ENM, Stockholm-headquartered distributor Eccho Rights is to expand…
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TNT president to head content for WarnerMedia SVOD
TBS and TNT president Kevin Reilly is to lead the content strategy for WarnerMedia’s new…
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Apple strikes deal with DHX Media for Peanuts content
Apple has signed a deal with DHX Media for new Peanuts content including new shows,…
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Facebook Watch expands ad break initiative amid programming rethink
Facebook Watch has extended its ad break initiative in 40 countries and launched via desktop….
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Netflix reveals most-binged true crime & sci-fi series in the UK
Netflix’s bank heist series Evil Genius and Haunting of Hill House topped the list as the most-binged…
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Disney reshuffles international business units
Disney has consolidated its international business units, which includes its direct-to-consumer segment, to fall under…
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Eleven Sports on brink of closure
SVOD Eleven Sports may be shuttered just four months after launching. Billed as the ‘Netflix…
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Netflix acquires doc on Fyre Festival controversy
Netflix has acquired a documentary film about the unravelling of the Fyre music festival….
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Report: Hulu, AT&T look to run ads when streamers pause shows
Hulu and AT&T are both looking at the option of adding advertising to their current,…
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Hulu set to reach 23m subs by year end
Hulu is on track to reach over 23m subscribers by year end, according to Hulu…
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Netflix’s Sarandos: “We don’t have a China strategy”
Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos said that the streamer is unlikely to look to expand…
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WarnerMedia’s “Netflix killer” service to offer three tiers
WarnerMedia owner AT&T has revealed that the company’s upcoming SVOD service will include three separate…
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Netflix to launch crime procedural set in four different countries
Netflix is set to launch Criminal, a new format-bending procedural series that comprises of 12…
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YouTube to wind down Premium offering
YouTube is planning to put its original content ahead of its paywall in what marks…
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WarnerMedia brings in AT&T exec to head up streamer
WarnerMedia has appointed AT&T Entertainment’s Brad Bentley as general manager and executive VP for direct-to-consumer…
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Netflix to launch tragic K-drama Hymn of Death
Netflix is set to launch new K-drama Hymn of Death across Asia and English-speaking territories this…
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BBC tests int’l SVOD offering post-BBC Player launch in Germany
The BBC has confirmed it is experimenting with “different ways to reach audiences in different…
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Netflix takes Murder Mountain from Lightbox
Simon and Jonathan Chinn’s Lightbox is producing a new six-part documentary series for Netflix that…
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Orange launches Spanish SVOD service FlixOlé
FlixOlé, the first homegrown Spanish subscription video-on-demand service, focusing on Spanish movies, has officially launched…
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Netflix orders WWII animated drama from A+E, Unique Features
Netflix has ordered World War II animated drama series The Liberator, produced by A+E Studios…
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Report: Netflix experimenting with lower-priced options in Asia
Netflix is reportedly testing a cut-price mobile-only subscription offering in Malaysia in an apparent bid…
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Netflix now available on LG U+ set-top boxes in South Korea
Netflix is set to launch on IPTV set-top boxes in South Korea for the first…
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Netflix round-up: Scandal producer inks overall deal, UCP vet joins int’l originals
Netflix has signed Scandal writer-producer Chris Van Dusen to a multi-year overall deal. Under the…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix cancellations in context
The recent slew of Netflix cancellations can reveal some important strategy plans coming from the…
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Netflix loads up on German originals with five new titles
Netflix is set to produce five new German originals, following the success of 2018 supernatural…