Industry Updates

Top US regulator emphasizes on ‘net neutrality’ 10 February 2015

The idea of net neutrality is that websites or videos load at about the same speed. This means you won’t choose to watch Downton Abbey on Amazon Prime instead of Orange Is the New Black on #netflix because Amazon has struck … Continue reading

‘Bienvenida Cuba! Netflix is now available…’, Netflix is at it again 10 February 2015

‘Bienvenida Cuba! #netflix is now available…’, this is what came off Netflix US’s twitter account yesterday.  Netflix is the latest white label #vod provider to join the list of US companies looking to take advantage of thawing diplomatic relations between the United … Continue reading

Time Warner reaches out to likes of Apple and Roku for HBO GO TV 09 February 2015

Citing difficulty in paying it’s Pay-TV distributors, Time Warner is now on the lookout to entice white label #vod providers like Microsoft, Roku, Amazon and Apple for the launch of it’s much awaited standalone video streaming service. With more than … Continue reading

VOD icons can put an end to content piracy, says Sunday Star Times 09 February 2015

With the arrival of white label VOD platform content providers like #netflix and strengthening of laws, industry now believes it’s possible to put the brakes on the content pirates. Slingshot general manager Taryn Hamilton said its statistics showed web traffic to … Continue reading

‘The Great Gatsby’ maker brings original hip-hop series ‘The Get Down’ to Netflix 09 February 2015

Not exactly breezy, but Netflix and legendary director Baz Luhrmann have agreed to a deal to bring Luhrmann’s new series The Get Down to Netflix. The Get Down is the story of how music, specifically hip-hop, punk, and disco gave life … Continue reading