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Pee-Wee Herman exclusive for Netflix

A new Pee-wee Herman film, produced by Judd Apatow and star Paul Reubens, will be exclusively available on streaming service Netflix. Production on the movie, entitled Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, is due to start in March. Reubens and former Arrested Development writer Paul Rust have written the script, which John Lee will direct. Reubens created the […]

February 25, 2015By Nik Roseveare

Ericsson: Mobile data dominated by top 5 apps

Findings included in the interim edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report reveal the top five apps in a given country dominate in terms of mobile traffic generated on smart devices. In the countries illustrated in the report – the US, South Korea, and Spain – they account for around two-thirds of all app traffic over […]

February 24, 2015

Survey: Telefónica TV lags in LatAm

Telecommunications company Telefónica remains Latin America’s fifth largest pay TV group, according to new research from Dataxis. As of Q3 2014, the Spanish company ranked behind America Móvil, DirecTV Latin America, Televisa and Clarín. As of Q3 2014 Telefónica had

February 24, 2015

Top 10 YouTube games channels 2.2bn views a month

The 10 most popular games channels on YouTube generated more than 2.2 billion video views in January alone, led by Let’s Play gamer Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg with 417.9 million views that month. PewDiePie topped

February 24, 2015

MTV launches OTT apps

MTV is to give mobile network operators on-demand access to its extensive international content library and its global music expertise through the launch of international OTT apps, MTV Play and MTV Trax. The new video and digital music apps will be offered to operators as part of exclusive brand licensing agreements, designed to transform operator […]

February 24, 2015

Freeview Play manufacturers revealed

Digital UK – the body supports the UK’s terrestrial TV service and its viewers – and DTT platform Freeview have announced that Panasonic will be the first manufacturer to launch TVs featuring the Freeview Play connected TV service. The news follows the recent announcement of Freeview Play as the brand for the service as part […]

February 23, 2015By Colin Mann

Australia: Netflix launch next month

Hit series House of Cards will be the key title when Netflix Australia launches next month. The online streaming service has confirmed it has beaten Foxtel in the battle for the Australian rights to the acclaimed series. Netflix told Daily Mail Australia: ‘We can confirm that all three seasons of House of Cards will be […]

February 23, 2015By Nik Roseveare

YouTube launching kids’ app

YouTube will launch a new app specifically for children on February 23rd in a bid to make using the service safer. The app will run separately to the main YouTube service and it will initially be available in the US only, but will be reportedly rolled-out in the UK at a later date. The move […]

February 20, 2015

YouTube launching ad-free subscription service

Google is preparing to launch an ad-free YouTube subscription service. The online video portal is in the midst of “fine-tuning the experience” which is likely to launch in a few months, according to Robert Kyncl, YouTube’s head of content and business operations, speaking at the Code/Media conference in California. Kyncl added that a subscription offering […]

February 19, 2015

Canada: Third of Netflix viewers use fake IP

According to a report by Media Technology Monitor via Marketing of new and emerging Canadian media habits, nearly a third, or 29 per cent, of Canadians admit to faking a US IP address to access a better selection of content on Netflix. Surveying more than

February 19, 2015