Netflix, the US streaming service, which launched in the UK and Ireland yesterday, says it will surpass the success of the BBC iPlayer and go head-to-head with BSkyB.
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YouView, the long-awaited connected TV service from partners including ITV, BT and TalkTalk, has spent almost £20 million in its first nine months of operation and paid more than £1 million to staff.
LOVEFiLM has bolstered its content offering following new licensing deals with the BBC and ITV.
Last night’s Sherlock secured the prime time ratings with a high of more than 8.3 million peak viewers.
A new deal between Time Warner’s film studio and Netflix and Blockbuster will mean customers signed up to the services will have to wait 56 days for films after the DVDs first go on sale, instead of 28 days.
News Corp shares rose to a 52-week record in the year’s first week of trading – topping the highs it reached before the phone-hacking scandal in July.
News Corp’s BSkyB has acquired a 10% stake in social TV start-up Zeebox.
Trinity Mirror has acquired digital communications company Communicator Corp for £8 million.
Facebook is one of the most popular apps on Samsung connected TVs worldwide, according to Futuresource Consulting.
By 2016, marketers will spend $77 billion on interactive marketing – as much as they do on television today, according to Forrester’s new US interactive marketing forecast.
