Anne Sweeney, President of Disney-ABC Television Group, has branded the Barry Diller-backed Aereo online TV service as “opportunistic piracy”. Interviewed at the AllThingsDigital conference, Sweeney said: “I think Aereo is wrong, it is illegal, and it is opportunistic piracy, It’s taking advantage of our content, of our creative community, and using it for their own […]
The success of content ownership ecosystem UltraViolet will depend on the actions of those major studio, CE and online players who are currently holding out against UltraViolet, according to ABI Research. By 2018, the firm expects active UltraViolet (UV) accounts (those with multiple movies) to exceed 65 million worldwide – up from the estimated 6 […]
Netflix stock fell by more than 6 per cent as investors reacted to poor reviews of the first new Arrested Development episodes since Fox canned the TV series seven years ago. The shares shed $14.55 on Tuesday to close at $214.19, marking the biggest one-day drop in the stock in nearly six months. Netflix declined […]
Amazon has announced the five original TV series it will make this year after seeking customer feedback on 14 pilot shows. Political comedy Alpha House, starring John Goodman, and Betas, a sitcom about Silicon Valley, were among those selected for full series production. Children’s programmes Annebots, Creative Galaxy and Tumbleaf will also be made. The […]
Dailymotion has agreed new content deals with leading Indian movie company Venus to bring Bollywood movies to fans around the world. The new partnership will see more than 100 additional Bollywood movies uploaded onto Dailymotion in the coming months, making it the place to go for Indian film content online. They will also be hosting […]
Scripps Networks Interactive channel Food Network is now available in Greece for the first time. The global food entertainment and lifestyle channel is broadcasting on Greece’s Hellas Online (HOL) IPTV network. The launch follows the recent announcement that Food Network and Fine Living are now available in Norway on the cable platform Canal Digital Kabel […]
Less than 12 months after launching in the Netherlands, Horse & Country TV, the specialist equestrian sports and lifestyle network, has confirmed it will be carried by Dutch cable carrier Ziggo from the beginning of June 2013. H&C TV CEO, Heather Killen, said: “Joining the channel line-up at Ziggo represents a major milestone for Horse […]
Netflix is planning to introduce a 4K video streaming service “within a year or two”. Chief product officer Neil Hunt, who runs the company’s all-important video streaming technology, says that much of the service’s House of Cards blockbuster was shot in 4K and that Netflix was looking to have a House of Cards 4K encode […]
The opportunity for OTT video to prosper in emerging markets is strong. In order to take advantage of this, telcos need to take into consideration five factors, according to a new from Pyramid Research. The report – that examines the growth of OTT video in markets across Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe and the Middle […]
The long-awaited fourth season of Arrested Development made its Netflix debut on Sunday and although Netflix itself has not released official data, network intelligence company Procera has offered up a preliminary report of the impact of the cult show on overall Netflix traffic. Highlights from the report, which sampled 10 different networks that it monitors […]