BBC Worldwide announced two new licensing deals with India’s leading digital service providers, Hungama and Vuclip. With these SVOD deals, India viewers will have access to award-winning and popular BBC drama series never before seen in India. From end April 2016, viewers on Hungama will be able to watch BBC programmes premiering in India for the first time including crime dramas Prey, Not Safe For Work and Save Our Skins. These programmes and more will be available on demand for viewers to … [Read more...] about India can catch BBCWW content via digital
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Australia hit 17% SVoD in last 6 months
Subscription video on demand is growing rapidly in Australia, becoming an increasingly popular way to watch video content. From January to March 2015, Australia saw the launch of new SVoD services, including Netflix, Presto TV and Stan, and the take-up since then has been rapid. With the introduction of these services, Australians now have a greater range of video content viewing options. An ACMA survey found that an estimated 3.2 million adult Australians (17 per cent) watched video content via … [Read more...] about Australia hit 17% SVoD in last 6 months
BBC inks deal with Tata Sky
BBC Worldwide has announced its first VOD deal in India. The deal, with direct to home provider (DTH) – Tata Sky – comprises of SVOD and TVOD services. It gives subscribers in eight metros in India access to the best of the BBC’s drama and comedy via ‘BBC On-Demand’, a branded property on Tata Sky’s platform. Viewers can now also access it online via their TVs, PCs, tablets and mobiles. Programmes that will be available on the service include … [Read more...] about BBC inks deal with Tata Sky
Netflix lands in Australia and New Zealand
SVOD provider Netflix launched in Australia and New Zealand on 24 March. This gives viewers in those regions plenty of time to catch up to the first two seasons of Orange Is The New Black before the third season launches on 12 June. Other original programmes available on Netflix include the Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn and Sissy Spacek series Bloodline; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, House of Cards and Marco Polo, as well as local fare such as Jim Jeffries: Bare, a … [Read more...] about Netflix lands in Australia and New Zealand
“The Wiggles, Ready, Steady, Wiggle” debuts on Hulu
ABC Commercial’s Content Sales team announced an exclusive SVOD partnership with Hulu and the quintessential preschool team, The Wiggles. The Hulu subscription service will be the exclusive U.S. premiere home of Ready Steady Wiggle Series 2, and 104 episodes from The Wiggles, Ready, Steady, Wiggle will be available to Hulu subscribers. The Wiggles Managing Director, Paul Field said, “Anthony, Emma, Lachy and Simon are thrilled that their hugely popular latest TV series will be … [Read more...] about “The Wiggles, Ready, Steady, Wiggle” debuts on Hulu
First Tamil SVOD in Singapore
Singapore – From 10 January, audiences in Singapore will be treated to a new entertainment channel which will be the nation’s first Tamil Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) channel. Varnam (StarHub TV Channel 168) will offer viewers a mix of genres comprising movies, awards presentations, dramas, and reality programmes. Being an On Demand Channel, viewers will be able to catch their preferred programmes anytime they desire. Delivered in Tamil, programmes on Varnam will come … [Read more...] about First Tamil SVOD in Singapore
