Quad-play operator Swisscom has reacted to the September 2014 launch in Switzerland of online entertainment streaming service Netflix by offering a new video flat rate service – Teleclub Play – with several thousand hours of television series, classic films, children’s programmes, documentaries and sports programmes. “In collaboration with Teleclub, we have put together a particularly […]
Netflix is expected to achieve 17 million paying subscribers to its international operations by the end of 2014, following its announcement of 14.4 million international subs in September. Launches in six European countries during September will help to boost the total, according to Digital TV Research. Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, said:
Spaniards are now able to watch all Telefónica’s pay-TV channels from Movistar TV without the need of using a set-top-box. The company has entered into an alliance with Samsung to create Movistar TV Ready which will be available on all Samsung’s Smart TVs, featuring all the services currently distributed by Movistar TV. The integration of […]
TV technology specialist Vision247 has extended to the number of channels that it is streaming via the FreeviewHD service to include new channels focused on news, shopping and religion. The new channels include France24, TVC, Best Direct ShowcaseTV, BelieveTV, GodTV, ACBN. These will join more than 20 other news, sport and lifestyle channels freely available […]
MTG’s online streaming service Viaplay has entered into a partnership with Swedish telco Tele2, enabling Tele2 to offer Viaplay to its 3.7 million Swedish mobile and mobile broadband subscribers. The deal increases both the reach and availability of Viaplay. The partnership is the first of its kind for Viaplay. Both new and existing Tele2 customers […]
The third season of Netlix’s award-winning political drama House of Cards is set to begin on February 27 2015. Netflix revealed the news via a Twitter announcement, advising followers: BREAKING NEWS: President Underwood and the First Lady will be making an announcement today at 11 A.M. EST. Please stand by … A link to a […]
UK based MNO Vodafone is considering buying the Tesco-owned video and music streaming service blinkbox to give it access to content as it gears up to become a quad-play operator. Reports emerged in early October that the UK supermarket retailer was planning to sell off or shut down the loss-making operation, which has struggled to […]
An innovative response to digital piracy has seen global giants Apple search out a group of New Zealand and Australian independent filmmakers, ahead of the release of their film Sunday, on December 7. A joint NZ/Australian production, the film’s multi-platform distribution plan is a world first that will see it being released simultaneously across 20+ […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has said he believes free-to-air TV will be extinct by 2030. Speaking at a Netflix event in Latin America, Hastings compared broadcast television to the horse and cart and said it will simply be a ‘casualty of evolution’. “It’s kind of like the horse, you know, the horse was good until […]
French telco Orange has confirmed informal talks with Chinese group PCCW regarding video platform Dailymotion. CEO Stéphane Richard, who is seeking an investor to boost the international development of its 100 per cent subsidiary, met Richard Li, the son of Asia’s wealthiest man Li Ka-Shing, the founder of Hutchison conglomerate. The group owns PCCW, the […]