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‘Daredevil’ gets a second season on Netflix 23 April 2015

The Man without Fear — aka Daredevil — will be protecting Hell’s Kitchen in New York City for another season now that VOD service Netflix has renewed Marvel’s popular, gritty superhero series. Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) may be a lawyer … Continue reading

Aziz Ansari is making a Netflix sitcom with Parks & Rec producers 23 April 2015

Aziz Ansari is teaming up with some of the producers of Parks & Recreation for a new sitcom at video on demand distribution service Netflix. Deadline reports that the currently untitled show, which stars Ansari, has been given a 10-episode run. Eric Wareheim … Continue reading

Stan, Netflix lead in volume of video streaming content on offer 22 April 2015

The Foxtel and Seven West Media streaming service Presto is trailing its rival vod platforms in Australia in the amount of video content it offers, according to a new study. Content-focused app company Gyde found that Presto currently offers 4009 hours of television and movie content (including … Continue reading

Internet TV to replace linear in 20 years, says Netflix 20 April 2015

Over the next 20 years internet TV and video on demand platform are going to replace linear TV as the way that people consume video, according to Netflix president and CEO Reed Hastings.  Speaking on the firm’s first quarter earnings … Continue reading

Netflix Doesn’t Want to Kill HBO. It Wants to Kill TV. 17 April 2015

We’ve heard a lot about the battle between HBO and video on demand service Netflix in recent months, prompted by HBO’s move to offer its own Netflix-like Web service. But Netflix’s bumper Q1 earnings yesterday gave CEO Reed Hastings a … Continue reading

Netflix Gains More Users Than Projected, Benefits From Cord Cutting and Cable Decline 16 April 2015

Netflix Inc. added a better-than-expected 4.88 million subscribers in the March quarter, as the streaming service sacrificed some profits to keep up its aggressive international expansion. Investors cheered the subscriber growth, which topped Netflix’s own forecast for 4.05 million additions. … Continue reading

NO, Joe Hockey, a ‘Netflix tax’ wouldn’t raise ‘billions’ 14 April 2015

During the ongoing debate about tax evasion by multinationals, Joe Hockey has claimed that his latest thought-bubble, the “Netflix tax” would raise “billions”.To get “billions” of GST revenue from anything you need tens of billions of revenue. The total online … Continue reading

Same-day on-demand releases offer convenience but hurt theaters, writes Drew Pendleton 14 April 2015

In the past few years, a trend has begun to take hold in the movie marketplace: the same-day, video-on-demand release. In this scenario, a film is released on both digital video on demand platforms and in theaters – typically in … Continue reading

Adding GST to movie downloads could raise billions: Treasurer Joe Hockey 13 April 2015

Billions of dollars in additional revenue could be collected by applying GST to downloads of music and movies from international video on demand services such as Netflix, Treasurer Joe Hockey says. The move would see popular overseas media streaming services, … Continue reading

Netflix Now Decides What TV Is Good For You: Here’s How It Rates 09 April 2015

Online Video on Demand service Netflix is now making recommendations to its subscribers, but it’s not about which television program, movie or content series to watch. It’s actually slapping its approval on TV sets, smart televisions to be specific, that … Continue reading