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NETFLIX BECOMES A FULLY FLEDGED TV BUSINESS

Tim Mulligan
Netflix’s decision to not renew its $1 billion dollar licensing deal with Epix the movie distributor has been presented as a significant gamble for the company. The fact that one of Netflix’s rivals Hulu has been so quick to replace the Video on Demand Player as Epix’s new licensee suggests th...
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THE SVOD WAR OPENS A NEW FRONT IN JAPAN

Tim Mulligan
Not to be outdone by Netflix, Amazon has announced that sometime in September it too will be launching its SVOD (Subscription Video on Demand) service Amazon Prime Video, in Japan. With Netflix due to launch its Japan service on September 2nd, Japan has suddenly become the battlefront between the tw...
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Liberty, ITV And The OTT Effect

Tim Mulligan
The decision by Liberty Global, John Malone’s Pay TV group, to increase its stake in ITV to 9.9% signals a new round of deal-making in the wider TV industry as company’s struggle to make sense of the onrushing OTT (Over The Top-Internet based TV services) juggernaut.
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