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SVOD
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Grand Tour beats rivals in Europe – again
Jeremy Clarkson petrol-head series The Grand Tour remains the most in-demand digitally produced original programme…
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Global OTT revenues set to double by 2022
Global over-the-top TV (OTT) revenues will more than double between 2016 and 2022, driven by…
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Netflix agrees C$500m originals deal with Canada
Netflix has committed to a five-year, C$500 million (US$400 million) spend on Canadian original programming,…
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Amazon to ‘increase content spend again’
Amazon will keep apace with Netflix’s original content spend, with Roy Price reportedly promising staff…
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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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Barcroft goes D2C with TV app
UK-based factual prodco Barcroft Productions is leaping on the success of its YouTube channel by…
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BBC iPlayer unlocks programming vault
The BBC has added a section to its iPlayer catch-up service that will include a…
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Game, set and match for Amazon’s ATP tennis deal
Amazon has been confirmed as the official worldwide streaming partner for the tennis ATP World…
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Deutsche Telekom orders first original
German pay TV provider Deutsche Telekom has commissioned its first original series, a French-coproduced comedy….
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Sagansky launches OTT prodco Golden Karavan
Top entertainment execs from the US and India have launched Golden Karavan, an Indian-focused OTT…
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In-demand chart: Kids TV Europe (September 11-17, 2017)
The top ten kids shows in Europe show old favourites reigning supreme across 34 territories….
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YouTube shuts down paid channels
YouTube has ended its 2013-launched paid channels initiative and has instead introduced sponsorships in a…
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Viaplay commits to Conspiracy of Silence
MTG video streaming service Viaplay has ordered an eight-part political thriller named Conspiracy of Silence….
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Illegal streaming box sales boom in UK – FACT
More than one million illegal set-top boxes that allow users to stream content illegally have…
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AMC confirms Stillerman replacement
David Madden has been confirmed as president of original programming for US networks AMC and…
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The Story Lab names iflix exec as Asia Pac chief
The Story Lab, part of Dentsu Aegis Network’s media investment arm Amplifi, has appointed iflix…
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TBI Weekly: The best of Cartoon Forum
Cartoon Forum took place this week, bringing in some of the best animators, distributors, producers…
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NBCU plans Nordic expansion for Hayu
NCBUniversal (NBCU) International is set to expand its reality TV SVOD service, Hayu, into the…
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‘US giants to offer channels through new SVOD net’
Channels from US cable TV giants like Discovery, AMC Networks and Viacom are set to…
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Netflix CFO defends $6bn content spend
Netflix financial chief David Wells has claimed Netflix’s multi-billion dollar content spend is the key…
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New SVOD movies service for French launch
A new French movies-on-demand service, e-cinema.com, will launch on October 20, bringing international movies not…
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Video viewing ‘pushes UK smartphone use past PCs’
Video viewing will help smartphones to pass computers for the first time this year as…
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Sky’s Spanish SVOD service launches
European satcaster Sky has debuted in Spain’s increasingly crowded and competitive subscription VOD service. The…
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Russian withdrawal for Netflix & Amazon predicted
Netflix and Amazon Prime Video will withdraw from Russia due to new laws on OTT…
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Pay TV industry set for ‘unprecedented change’
The pay TV industry is due to face a period of “unprecedented global change”, according…
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Disney confirms Stars Wars & Marvel for SVOD app
The Walt Disney Company’s upcoming international SVOD service will offer Star Wars and Marvel Universe…
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Disney confirms Stars Wars & Marvel for SVOD app
The Walt Disney Company’s upcoming international SVOD service will offer Star Wars and Marvel Universe…
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Amazon catching Netflix in Asia Pacific – study
Netflix is still outpacing Amazon Prime Video globally in numbers of active users, but Amazon…
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Netflix nabs Swedish original from The Bridge scribe
Netflix has commissioned its first original series from Sweden, which has the head writer from…
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Netflix, Amazon take UK int’l prod spend to £468m
UK production companies made £468 million (US$606.7 million) in commissions from international broadcasters and SVOD…