Industry Updates

Netflix grabs Jamie Dornan’s Jadotville at Berlin Film Festival 18 February 2015

Netflix next year will release “Jadotville,” a war film starring “50 Shades of Gray” star Jamie Dornan. In a statement, the streaming video service said the movie “thrillingly depicts the 1961 siege of a 150-strong Irish UN battalion… by 3,000 … Continue reading

Pyramid Research predicts five-fold growth in SVoD accounts by 2019 17 February 2015

A research report by Pyramid Research finds that cumulative paid OTT revenue from SVoD and TVoD services is projected to be as much as $18.8 billion for the 2015-2019 period, over 80 per cent of which will come from the … Continue reading

Go cable-free, choose VOD : Max Byres, BrandPost 17 February 2015

The FCC’s most recent #report on the cost of cable found that the price of expanded basic cable service increased by 5.1 percent in 2012, and additional reports show that those prices have continued to rise, unabated, ever since. Millions of … Continue reading

VOD sales rocket past DVD and Blu-Ray in Belgium 17 February 2015

For the first time, #vod and EST business exceeded that sale and rental of physical media (DVD and Blu-ray) in Belgium during 2014. According to figures published by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), based on research by GfK, electronic sales and … Continue reading

Ridley Scott’s Halo : Nightfall moves from XBOX to VOD 17 February 2015

“Halo: Nightfall,”  is an original feature-length film executive produced by Ridley Scott, will soon be available for purchase via Blu-ray, DVD, and most importantly, video streaming platforms. Developed by Microsoft’s 343 Industries, “Nightfall” is set between the events of “Halo 4″ … Continue reading