Wuaki.tv


Wuaki follows Netflix with France launch

Wuaki.tv, the streaming video service owned by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, has launched in France just two weeks after the launch of Netflix in the country. Wuaki.tv will be available on the interent, game consoles, tablets, PCs smart TVs and via the Chromecast HDMI dongle in France. Unlike Netflix, Wuaki.tv has until now adopted a […]

Wuaki launches new 4K smart TV app, preps France launch

Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki.tv has launched a new smart TV app with 4K ultra high definition support and an updated user interface. The app will be shown for the first time at German consumer electronics trade show, IFA, in the coming days, and will be demoed on smart TVs by Wuaki partners LG […]

Wuaki: browser streaming will die out

Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki.tv has predicted the death of browser-based streaming in the next two years, thanks to content being streamed directly to smart TVs and connected devices. Since Wuaki introduced native apps for smart TVs made by the likes of LG, Samsung and Panasonic, it claims to have seen a massive 65% […]

LA Screenings 2014: Jacinto Roca, Wuaki.tv

As buyers flock to Los Angeles for the May Screenings, TBI speaks with key players about what’s on their 2014 shopping list. Which channel or channels or service are you buying for? We are attending on behalf of Wuaki.tv, a video-on-demand movie and TV streaming service currently available to Spanish and UK audiences.   How […]

Wuaki adds Hunger Games, Expendables

European streaming service Wuaki.tv has added Lionsgate UK-distributed movies such as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Expendables. The deal with Lionsgate UK will give Wuaki hundreds of hours of feature films, including recent releases and classic movies such as Pulp Fiction. Wuaki already offers movies from Warner Bros., Disney, Sony Pictures Entertainment and […]

Oscars bounce drives Wuaki on-demand rentals

Streaming service Wuaki.tv has attributed a massive spike in new release rentals to Sunday’s Academy Awards. Wuaki released seven-Oscar winner Gravity on Monday and this became the site’s biggest ever rental title on its first day of release. Rentals were 273% higher than average day one new release sales. Throughout the week, Gravity has continued […]

Playstation 4 on-demand launch partners revealed

The BBC iPlayer, Lovefilm and Netflix will be among the services offered by the Playstation 4 console when it launches on Friday (November 29) in Europe. A total of 18 services will be available from launch, with another following on December 4. An additional 20-plus apps are scheduled to launch on the platform by Spring […]

Wuaki to expand into 13 Euro territories

Wuaki.tv, the Spain-based OTT service owned by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, will launch in France, Germany and Italy next year, with a further 10 European territory launches planned for 2015. Rakuten already has a presence in four of the five countries in which Wuaki.tv will be present in Europe in 2014. Countries penciled in for […]

ITV shows set for Wuaki’s UK service

UK VOD website Wuaki.tv has closed a deal for hundreds of hours of programming from broadcaster ITV. The catalogue TV and movie deal hands the Rakuten-owned site shows such as The Royle Family, Cold Feet, Lewis, Law and Order (pictured), Prime Suspect, Endeavour, Lemon La Vida Loca and Titanic, which ITV’s sales arm ITV Studios […]

UK OTT service Wuaki cuts connected TV deal

Wuaki.tv, the OTT service recently launched in the UK, has cut a deal with Panasonic and will make its service available through the consumer electronics firm’s connected TVs. Consumers in the UK will need to download the relevant app to access Wuaki via their Panasonic set. The TV series and movies streaming service is owned […]