Vodafone Ireland has launched TV services for the first time in Ireland. According to the telco, Vodafone TV has all the content and features customers expect from a state-of-the-art TV service with first-to-market extras. TV lovers can catch up, record and restart their favourite programmes at any point with the most versatile and seamless TV […]
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has threatened to block Netflix claiming it is a “threat to our moral values and national security.” KFCB chairman Bishop Jackson Kipkemoi Kosgei said Netflix must be must be subject to Kenya’s rules and regulations and claimed the KFCB had legal grounds to try and block the service due […]
Netflix’s numbers this week were impressive. In a nutshell, their subscription growth is accelerating – as it should as it rolls out access to a global marketplace and strong demand. Netflix reported 17 million new subs over the past year, compared to 14 million a year ago. Equity analysts at Exane-BNP/Paribas issued a blunt warning […]
Hybrid TV device and cloud solutions specialist Amino has confirmed the availability of the new Amino 6 Series, a comprehensive range of 4K Ultra HD and HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) Hybrid TV Devices to spearhead operator rollout of next generation entertainment services. According to industry analysts IHS Electronics and Media, strong growth in demand for […]
Streaming giant Netflix said its customer numbers surged more than expected last quarter, rising a record 5.59 million customers in the three months to December, bringing total member numbers to 74.76 million. However, it said it missed its forecast for US subscriber growth – but its US-listed shares still shot up as much as 8 […]
Sky has revealed the biggest ever redesign of Sky Go in Europe. From this week in the UK and Ireland, Sky will start rolling out the new design, beginning with a new home page for the mobile app and web service. Later in the year, Sky says the streaming service will “introduce new features to […]
A lot of people would like to know how many users watch what on Netflix. The fact they won’t say – but do certain claims for some shows – is getting some competitors riled. Last week NBC exec Alan Wurtzel revealed supposed estimated viewership information for several of Netflix’s original shows that premiered in the […]
Analysts from Media Partners Asia (MPA) estimate that Netflix could secure 9 million paying subs in Asia-Pacific by 2020, without assuming significant localisation in markets such as India and Korea. Vivek Couto, executive director of Media Partners Asia, suggests that the Internet TV service’s wider entry into Asia-Pacific is a major catalyst for the growth […]
Singaporean telco Singtel has become the latest operator to offer Netflix to its customers by agreeing an exclusive tie-up with the streaming service. Customers stand to get up to nine months’ worth of complimentary Netflix subscriptions if they re-contract or sign up for a mobile plan and/or Singtel’s fibre entertainment bundle from January 22nd to July […]
Responding to pay-TV competitor Singtel’s deal to offer its customers access to Netflix, Singaporean operator StarHub and Netflix have agreed a partnership that will bring the streaming service to StarHub’s Fibre TV customers through their set-top boxes by the early second quarter of 2016. StarHub will also join the Netflix Open Connect programme to provide […]