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Why Netflix and Amazon Are Outbidding The Competition For The Best Of Sundance

Tim Mulligan
Amid the cold wintery weather of Utah, something extraordinary is happening, and it is not just the annual Sundance Film Festival currently being held in the scenic location of Park City. For the world’s preeminent independent film festival is now firmly in the sights of the two largest global SVOD (subscription video on demand) services: Netflix and Amazon.
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Why Virtual Reality Will Not Break Through To The Mainstream in 2016

Tim Mulligan
The premier of Fox Home Entertainment’s second VR (Virtual Reality) content offering was received with much excitement at CES last week. 21st Century Fox’s blockbuster science fiction smash hit The Martian is the subject of the new VR project which is a combination of video game functionality and story-telling narrative and allows the viewer to experience the film from the perspective of the beleaguered NASA astronaut.
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Netflix Has Now Achieved What Pay-TV Could Only Dream Of

Tim Mulligan
When Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings gave his keynote presentation yesterday at CES in Las Vegas what caught the media’s attention was the scale of the Video Subscription Service’s global ambitions. Hastings boldly announced that Netflix is now available in 130 countries, including such diverse markets as South Korea , Russia and Saudi Arabia.
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T-Mobile Embraces The New Video Streaming Reality With "Binge On"

Tim Mulligan
From November 15th onwards T-Mobile will stop charging for data usage of selected online video services with the launch of a new feature call “Binge On.” Following on from 'Music Freedom' (its zero rated data for streaming music) Binge On From allowsqualifying customers to stream unlimited video on their mobile phones without it counting against their existing data allowances.
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