Machinima partners with Amazon in an SVOD Pact
Machinima is coming to Amazon Prime Video as an add-on subscription service — the latest move by the digital programmer centered on fandom and gamer culture to diversify revenue beyond YouTube. In addition, Machinima reached a deal with British satcaster Sky, under which Machinima content …
Discovery Embarks on OTT ‘Million March’
Discovery Networks International is launching OTT services throughout Europe. Its top executives explain how the channel operator will win streaming customers in big numbers, as it starts on its ‘March to a Million’. By Stewart Clarke When TBI was the …
UK SVOD Users Set to Double by 2019
By Andrew McDonald for TBI Vision Subscription video-on-demand services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Instant Video and Now TV will see their UK user numbers almost double by 2019, according to Futuresource Consulting. The research firm claimed that the UK SVOD space …
One in Four U.S. Adults Watching Original Digital Video: Survey
By Darah Hansen for StreamDaily America’s appetite for original digital video programming continues to grow with a record 59 million adults in the United States turning to computers, connected TVs, smartphones and tablets at least once a month to find …
Buyer’s Briefing: Mike Cosentino, CraveTV
From TBI Vision Name: Mike Cosentino Title: Senior VP, programming, CTV Networks and CraveTV; chair, Bell Media Programming Council CraveTV launched in Canada last December in the fiercely competitive local SVOD scene that includes Netflix and Shomi, which is owned …
Netflix Goes Blue-Chip With “Planet Earth” Creators
By Jesse Whittock for TBI Vision Streaming service Netflix is going after the blue chip factual audience by commissioning a landmark 4K natural history series from the creators of the BBC hit Planet Earth. The subscription on-demand platform has partnered …
TV Cable Cord-Cutters Growing Faster Than Expected
By Christina Pellegrini for The Financial Post More Canadians ditched their TV subscriptions in 2014 than ever before, according to a new report. There were 95,000 fewer television subscribers in 2014, a stark 12-month decrease in the number of people …
YouTube Reveals Plans for Monthly, Ad-Free Subscriptions
By Stuart Dredge for The Guardian YouTube is planning to launch a subscription version of its online video service, for which viewers will pay to remove its advertising. The Google subsidiary announced its plans in an email to channel owners, while …
Exclusive: Choosing Between Netflix Dollars and Ratings Declines
By Sarah Barry James Thursday, December 11, 2014 – Netflix Inc. may be killing live TV. But it could also be making it stronger. At the recent UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York, there was a lot …