Casey Bloys will fill Michael Lombardo’s shoes at HBO after the president of programming announced his exit following a 33-year stint at the premium cabler. Bloys was given a wider role at HBO earlier this year, adding drama to his comedy brief, in the wake of Michael Ellenberg’s departure. He has now been upped again, and […]
Multichoice-owner Naspers is attempting to head of Netflix with a new SVOD service for the African market. Multichoice’s pay TV service covers sub-Saharan Africa and local reports suggest Naspers is set to announce a new streaming service and launch ahead of Netflix. US-based Netflix is rolling out internationally, and expected to hit South Africa this […]
Australian on-demand services Presto and Stan have both scored new programming deals. The deals come as Australia’s on-demand market adapts to a number of new services launching in the territory in recent months, and ahead of the upcoming launch of Netflix. Presto’s deals hand the Foxtel-owned SVOD service HBO programming including The Sopranos, Entourage, The […]
Amazon has launched its Prime Instant Video OTT service on Android phones in the UK, Germany and US for the first time. The retail giant said that Amazon Prime members will be able to access its Prime Instant Video catalogue of “tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes” via an update for the Amazon […]
Streaming and download-to-own service Wuaki has snagged a raft of HBO content after striking a UK content deal with the US premium cable net. Wuaki, which is owned by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, will offer consumers in the UK titles including Game of Thrones, True Detective, Girls, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire and Veep (pictured), which […]
Blinkbox is taking on Netflix and Lovefilm with its biggest ever marketing campaign. The UK streaming and electronic sell through service is owned by Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer. The autumn marketing push, launched today, highlights the Blinkbox content line-up against that of SVOD services Lovefilm and Netflix. Blinkbox says it has ten times more […]
HBO has decided to end vampire series True Blood’s run after its upcoming seventh season. The new ten-episode season will go out on the US premium cable network next summer. The sixth season ended last month having garnered strong ratings. “True Blood has been nothing short of a defining show for HBO,” said Michael Lombardo, […]
Swedish pubcaster SVT has acquired ITV sitcom Vicious, the latest seasons of Downton Abbey and Homeland and Gillian Anderson drama Top of the Lake for its fall schedule. The broadcaster has tapped Shine International for the 6x60mins Vicious, which stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as a cantankerous gay couple who have lived in the […]
Gaumont has hired a trio of executives for its international TV division. Carol Trussel has been hired as head of production, Adam Fishbach as senior VP of creative affairs and Mary Carol Bulger director of production administration. The trio will be based at Gaumont International Television in LA, which is run by CEO, Katie O’Connell […]
UK streaming service Blinkbox will offer consumers free episodes of US TV series in a marketing push it has dubbed ‘try TV on us’. Blinkbox, which is owned by UK retailer Tesco, is an electronic sell through service but has inked deals with major US studios Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. and HBO […]
