Rentrak Releases Report on State of VOD Indicating Primetime Viewing up 24%
Rentrak, the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the release of the latest Rentrak State of VOD Report. The new report, which includes five years of video-on-demand (VOD) analysis from Rentrak’s OnDemand measurement service, shows that …
Yahoo to Invest in Original Web Series Programming
By Mike Shields and Douglas MacMillan for The Wall Street Journal Yahoo Inc. is raising its ambitions in online video, with plans to acquire the kind of original programming that typically winds up on high-end cable-TV networks and streaming services like Netflix, people …
YouTube Releases Multi-Platform Campaign to Promote Top Content Creators
By Melita Kuburas for StreamDaily When spending money on YouTube, advertisers want to know exactly what they’re buying. In the latest attempt to address buyer requests for a better understanding of what content their ads are wrapped around, the Google-owned …
eOne To Develop Horror Drama Series Produced By Gary Oldman
By Nellie Andreeva for Deadline.com Entertainment One Television has teamed with Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanski‘s Flying Studio to develop and produce The Diabolic, a serialized horror drama series. Daniel Kay (Timber Falls) will write the pilot script based on …
Vimeo Pledges $10 Million Fund to Bring Independent Film Projects to its VOD Platform
By Todd Spangler for Variety Vimeo is upping the ante in trying to bring independent film projects to its online video-on-demand service, announcing that it has set aside $10 million to help creators fund and promote their works on its platform. …
Fox Expected to Confirm US Release the Hounds Commission
By Stewart Clarke for TBI Vision The US Release the Hounds commission has not been officially announced by Fox, but the US network is expected to confirm it shortly. The order will be a major coup for Gogglebox Entertainment, the …
Publicists Feel Increased Need to Manage Star Client’s Social Media Activities
By Randee Dawn for Variety It’s not always easy to know the exact moment when your job shifts gears, but Prime co-founder and partner Joy Fehily is pretty sure she has a good idea: It was a few years ago, …
Disney Launches Cloud-Based Digital Movie Service
By Mansha Daswani for World Screen Disney Movies Anywhere is a new cloud-based digital movie service allowing consumers to purchase and watch Disney, Pixar and Marvel titles on their mobile and web devices, with an initial slate of 400 films, …
Amazon Rebrands LoveFilm Video-On-Demand Service
By Mark Sweeney for The Guardian Amazon is hitting back at Netflix in the UK by rebranding its LoveFilm video-on-demand service. LoveFilm, bought out by Amazon three years ago in a deal worth nearly £200m, will be folded into the …
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