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Canadian streaming fans will certainly be delighted with the announcement that Crave, a new streaming service in the country, is arriving soon. Canada's Bell Media has confirmed the news. On November 1, 2018, CraveTV, the existing streaming service of Bell...

Customers of both HBO and Dish Network today may have experienced the inconvenience of having the movie channel and its other channels like Cinemax going off air. This rare event follows after the movie network and the pay TV provider...

In their attempt to entice and engage more customers, leading over-the-top (OTT) companies like Facebook and Amazon have tapped into the sports streaming market. At the Sport Business Summit held recently in London, executives from Facebook and Amazon have discussed...

WarnerMedia has ceased the operations of its three niche video streaming websites within the month of October. On October 16, the multinational entertainment and mass media conglomerate has shut down DramaFever which specifically offered Korean drama. What followed was Super...

The president and acting chief executive officer of the CBS Corporation has nothing but praises for Armando Nuñez, the veteran international TV sales head of the broadcasting firm. Nuñez has been promoted into a new position as the president and...

Cable and traditional TV subscription services are at the brink of defeat by modern entertainment methods. This has been the discovery of the survey performed jointly by the Hollywood Reporter and online survey research firm, Morning Consult. Conducted on October...

Netflix may soon need to pay for the proposed digital services tax in the United Kingdom. On Monday, the UK government announced that the streaming service giant together with other online platforms like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple would soon...

Mexico's Televisa Studios confirmed that the content of Netflix would be present in the company's streaming platform again besides its new content offerings for 2019. In February 2016, Televisa launched Blim as its streaming platform. The company withdrew all the...

Netflix has expressed its strong intent to capture more customers in India. This has been announced by Ted Sarandos, the company's chief content officer. Experiencing Netflix's "aggressive push" on its entertainment market, streaming enthusiasts will enjoy more movies and TV...

The Fantastic Film Forum happens this year in Trieste, Italy, on November 2 and 3. This conference will involve discussions about how streaming services like Netflix affect modern film production and distribution. Moreover, the focus of the assembly is how...

Followers of Fox News can mark their calendars regarding the definite debut date of Fox Nation, the news network's streaming service. On November 27, 2018, streaming enthusiasts can expect digitally available programming. Fox News officials informed that Fox Nation is...

Comcast head Brian Roberts notified on Thursday's earnings call that his company is not in a hurry to engage in the streaming business. Mindful that the direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming venture is evident to be the future of large media conglomerates,...

Beta-testing for AT&T's new Android TV-based streaming device is underway for its DirecTV Now streaming service. The forthcoming set-top box is reported to facilitate obtaining more customers. During AT&T's third-quarter earnings call today, its Communications CEO, John Donovan, confirmed that...

On its International Advertising Forecast, the World Advertising Research Center (WARC) recorded that the expansion of advertiser-funded video-on-demand (AVoD) industry has been more rapid, compared to other paid media services. By 2023, the spending on AVoD is forecasted to be...

Today, Netflix has refreshed its list of devices to which it added the High Dynamic Range (HDR) video support feature. The major streaming service provider added three new premium Android smartphones on the roster: the LG G7 One, the Sony...

Apple has confirmed that it is launching its TV subscription offering in the United States within the first six months of 2019. By the end of next year, the streaming TV service is foreseen to have reached more than 100...

In its effort to attract more subscribers through investment on original content, Netflix announced its extra load of the loan on Monday. Netflix has set its agenda of borrowing worth $2 billion. The loaned sum would help in funding the...

Customers of Netflix from Indonesia can now change their user interface settings into their local language. This positive development comes as Netflix further expands its global reach, making its service more customer-friendly to its Indonesian subscribers. The major over-the-top (OTT)...

Contemporary audiences select content that they desire to see. Today's viewers, apparently, put convenience as a priority and only watch programs that they think is worth their time and attention. In India, active users of digital videos are reported to...

Some PlayStation Plus customers may have recently received an e-mail message from Netflix. The patrons of Sony's ultimate gaming experiences reported that they would be able to enjoy free access to Netflix's premium content as stated by the promotional message....

Streaming enthusiasts no longer just have to rely on the PlayStation Vue application to watch their programs. The streaming TV provider of Sony has earned the distinct honor to be the first Internet TV service to be consolidated into the TV application...

With streaming services gaining ground today, movie aficionados may come across the website Yesmovies. It is a streaming website that offers TV shows, independent movies, and low-budget commercial films. Yesmovies sounds like a welcome addition to the websites which movie...

Content rights holders and streaming consumers are protected from the new bill which combats piracy. On Thursday, the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2018 was launched. It targets the fortification of the current and effective website-blocking policy introduced by the...

Roy Morgan Research announced the findings from their study which gives support to the traditional TV at the height of social media websites and video streaming dominance. According to statistics provided by the market research firm, more than 13 million...

Netflix's agenda of investing more on content production this year is bearing fruits.  Last year, it estimated its budget for the coming year to be in the neighborhood of $8 billion for the creation of films and TV series. The...

The head of the video technology service provider, Ooyala, has spoken about the company's plans after Telstra Corporation relinquished its grip of the company. Ooyala is now owned by its management. This development follows Telstra's writing down of the US-based...

Market research database, ResearchMoz, released information about a study citing that North America will keep its over-the-top (OTT) industry dominance worldwide. Within a ten-year perspective from 2018 to 2028, the research cited factors that will fuel this trend. First is...

Village Roadshow Films leads a coalition of entertainment firms supporting the ban of four websites which they reckon as perpetrating piracy. The group is disputing that Australian Internet service providers (ISPs) should stop the four Internet sites that illegally offer...

Councilors from the city of Albuquerque in New Mexico announced that they are thinking about giving Netflix an incentive package. The proposal is due to be discussed at a special conference on Thursday. Last week, the Albuquerque Development Commission voted...

The sister over-the-top (OTT) platforms of AMC Networks, Shudder and Sundance Now, are expected to launch in New Zealand and Australia at the culmination of this year. Streaming enthusiasts from the two countries will discover new and exciting content offerings...