“As television finales go, it may not have generated the viewer anticipation of the last episodes of Seinfeld or Friends.
But 76 years of television history came to an end at midnight on Wednesday when the analogue TV signal was switched off in Northern Ireland.”
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“Four months after launching in the UK and Ireland, video streaming service Roku has added its 150th channel.
‘We’ve added almost a channel a day since we launched, and there’s much more to come,’ Clive Hudson, vice-president, Roku Europe said.”
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“Hitting any milestones or goals are usually worthy of a celebration, and on this occasion it’s Roku’s turn to party on.”
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“Following Netflix’s lead, Roku has launched its line of streaming media set-top boxes in the UK and Ireland today.
The company’s set-top boxes allow people to gain streaming access to over 350 channels of content from video, music, social and gaming services —”
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“Miramax is the latest film studio to sign on to Netflix‘s streaming service in the UK and Ireland, with a planned launch early next year. Financial terms of the multi-year licensing agreement were not disclosed.
It’s not clear how much of Miramax’s back-catalog will be made available, nor how soon new releases will make their way to the service. Presumably, many if not all of the “hundreds” of Miramax films available through Netflix’s U.S. and Latin America services should be included.”
Netflix and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) this morning announced a multi-year licensing agreement that will make Netflix the exclusive subscription streaming service in the …
Netflix will launch in the U.K. and Ireland early next year, but where is it going after that? A recent job offer revealed a number of candidates, including countries like Korea, Germany, Russia and France.
After enduring a torrid few months, Netflix is hoping to get that it can generate some positive momentum by announcing plans to launch in the U.K. and Ireland early next year — its first product launch outside the Americas.
British Sky Broadcasting (Sky), the most comprehensive multichannel, multi-platform television service in the UK and Ireland, selected ioko, now rebranded and part of KIT digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: KITD), the premium software and technology services provider for multi-screen video delivery, to support and manage its new multiplatform TV service, Sky Go.