Amazon Prime Video has renewed its deal with Entertainment Film Distributors to be the UK and Ireland’s first window streaming home to the studio’s recently released and upcoming theatrical feature films. The multi-year deal will enable Prime members in the UK and Ireland, or those subscribing to the monthly standalone Prime Video service offer, to […]
ViacomCBS has announced that Pluto TV will launch in Latin America at the end of March. The free, ad-supported, streaming service will offer a range of genre-based content in Spanish and Portuguese. Pluto TV will be available on cable operator platforms, @ pluto.tv, and in an app on IOs and Android devices. Pluto TV in […]
New Zealand pay-TV operator Sky has confirmed the completion of the purchase of entertainment streaming service Lightbox from Spark. The deal enables Sky to merge Lightbox with its own entertainment streaming service Neon, creating what it says will be a super-charged service for New Zealand customers with the best content from New Zealand and around […]
On the heels of the release of Murder Mystery, Adam Sandler’s most popular Netflix film to date, the streaming service has extended its deal with the Hollywood actor and Happy Madison Productions to make four more exclusive films. Netflix has revealed that over two billion hours have been spent by its members watching Sandler’s movies […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has extended its content partnership with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) in a multi-year deal. Viewers of NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service and Viasat pay-TV channels will remain the first in the Nordic region to see the latest films and series from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), while […]
Amazon has revealed in its Q4 figures that it now has over 150 million Prime subscribers globally – putting it close to the current 167 million subscribers that Netflix has. Subscribers to Amazon Prime get access to the Prime Video streaming service, as well as a variety of shopping and shipping incentives. Popular Prime video […]
The Digital Entertainment Group Europe (DEGE), the global industry association focused on the home entertainment sector, has rebranded itself as the Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI) with immediate effect. The move reflects the trade body’s increasingly global outlook as it drives regional transactional activity while also meeting the evolution and opportunity presented by subscription streaming […]
Apple has hired Ruslan Meshenberg, one of Netflix’s top engineers, to lead the technical team on its newly launched Apple TV+ streaming service. Meshenberg, who helped build Netflix’s platform and was involved in key initiatives to create a more consistent service for viewers, joined Apple’s internet-services organisation this week, according to the WSJ. Although the […]
One Piece, one of the biggest-selling Manga series of all time, is to be made into a live-action TV series by Netflix. The streaming platform has partnered with Tomorrow Studios and Japanese publisher Shueisha to bring the pirate adventure story to audiences around the world in a 10 episode series. The original Manga, written by […]
Digital platform and cyber security specialist Irdeto has confirmed that its TraceMark forensic watermarking solution has been chosen by Russian online video streaming service ivi in its bid to fight online piracy. The partnership highlights Irdeto’s continued expansion into the Russian market, supporting local operators and content providers to protect the delivery of high value […]