Streaming giant, Netflix, could soon start accepting payment from Kenyan subscribers via mobile money. The move is aimed at establishing itself as the dominant player in the Kenyan market. Netflix has already established a strong foothold in Nigeria and South Africa, two of Africa's largest economies. Netflix is reportedly working ...
Netflix is introducing new playback controls to let users choose what speeds they want to watch something with on phone or tablet. Users on Android mobile devices will stream at either 0.5x or 0.75x speeds for slowed-down viewing and 1.25x or 1.5x speeds for faster watching. Those are slightly fewer ...
Netflix stock fell by 8 per cent on Friday, recording a loss of $19 billion for the video-streaming giant's market capitalization. The revenues fell despite subscriber growth predictions in the quarter. According to the company, the decline is due to the struggling subscriber growth projected by the company in the ...
Netflix yesterday reported its 2020 Q1 earnings after the bell. In this quarter, Netflix has reported a big jump in new paid subscribers from less than 10 million in Q4 2019 to 15.8 million in Q1 2020. The jump is attributed to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic which has ...
Yesterday, Netflix users took to social media to express their distress with Netlfix noting that they are experiencing outages. Many users are unable to connect to the streaming services for both mobile, PCs and smart TVs. At the moment, due to lockdown in most countries. People have resolved to Netflix ...
A bunch of older Samsung and Roku devices will no longer be able to access Netflix starting on December 1, 2019. Netflix has been around long enough officially that certain older devices will no longer be supported by the service by the end of the year. This will be the case ...
Nearly 30 new movies and shows will premiere on the streaming platform starting November 1st. Food aside, one of the best things about the holidays is curling up on your couch with a blanket and watching Christmas movies! Well, Netflix is already getting into holiday mode as it recently announced ...
Apple TV Plus is Apple's long-rumored, Netflix-like video streaming service. which was unveiled back in March with a parade of top-level Hollywood talent producing content for the new service. During the unveiling celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and J.J. Abrams were on hand alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook at ...
DStv Premium customers in South Africa will now get Showmax, worth R99 per month, at no charge in addition to their local and international content first already on DStv. The deal will also see them get boxsets of previous seasons from Showmax plus Showmax’s current catalogue of more than 25 ...
Launched two years ago, Showmax this year set up its East Africa headquarters in Nairobi to support further expansion in the region and aims to invest more in the region to boost both its local content inventory and create opportunities for local producers. Today, the Naspers-owned subscription-based video on demand ...
First came digital TV and then followed Video on Demand (VOD) online services. Netflix is synonymous with this field having been the pioneer in it. Its early entrant into them market has given it enough time to mature over its competitors. Now that fast internet connectivity technologies have penetrated ...
Just days after Disney announced plans to drop Netflix as its content distribution partner in 2019, iflix has announced it has partnered with the The Walt Disney Company’s to bring popular films and franchises to its users in Asia. The deal will see iflix showcase Disney branded channels on its ...
Disney has announced that it will remove its films from Netflix in 2019 and launch its own streaming service later that same year. The House of Mouse made the announcement during a recent earnings report. It plans to introduce an ESPN-branded sports streaming service in 2018, with a general consumer ...
iflix, a Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) service for emerging markets has raised $133 million led by Hearst and new investors Singapore-based EDBI and clients of DBS private bank and existing shareholders Evolution Media, Sky PLC, Catcha Group, Liberty Global, Jungle Ventures and PLDT Inc. to bring the world’s best ...
A good number of people in the UK use Netflix (UK version) to watch their favourite TV shows and movies. After all, it’s one of the best streaming services out there, with an amazing array of content that can be accessed for a reasonable monthly fee. Although you can watch ...
SEA's video-streaming site Iflix has raised $90 million led by Liberty Global and Zain Group to expand operations in South East Asia and launch in Middle East and Africa targeting the growing smartphone users. iflix co-founder and group CEO Mark Britt said, "We are incredibly excited with the demand we ...
ShowMax has partnered with SEACOM, to host ShowMax caching servers in Nairobi, allowing for peering to take place with local internet service providers (ISPs). According to ShowMax's Head of Distribution Mike Raath,“The net effect of placing caching servers in Nairobi is that customers can pull video content from much closer ...
Amazon's Prime Video is now live in over 200 countries and territories around the world with original series in English, with French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish subtitles just days after BBC and ITV launched BritBox and Netflix unveiled its simple download features. Apart from Netflix, Prime Video's competition in ...
irokotv has hit hit five years and expects to be revenue positive in 2017 after surviving the launch of Netflix in the country and allegations of mismanagement late 2015. "Five years ago, we set out to build a dedicated community for Nollywood online. For 3.5 of those years, we didn’t ...
Afrostream, the YC-backed subscription video-on-demand service has today launched in 24 countries across French-speaking Africa marking its first major move outside Europe, where it is available in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, as well as the French overseas DOM-TOMs. The service, which delivers a mix of Afro-American, Caribbean, African and French content for ...
Image credits: Tomsguide.com Liquid Telecom Kenya's retail broadband product, Hai, is acquiring linear TV licenses under its Kwese brand to take on Zuku, StarTimes and Multichoice in a retail push that will see it offer broadband, linear TV and VoD services for its customers across Africa. ...
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has differed with the Kenya Films and Classification Board (KFCB) over the handling of American online movie streaming service Netflix, which launched operations in Kenya last week. The Communication Authority has defended Monday said Netflix will not be asked to apply for a local ...
If you have used Netflix, then you will want more of it. To make it even more interesting, the firm is said to have penned a deal with iROKO to launch a section for Africa movies, so guys can watch Nollywood whenever and wherever they want. This deal, announced just ...
Internet Corporation Yahoo, plans to get into Video content in which it is set to acquire the kind of original programming that typically winds up on high-end cable-TV networks and streaming services like Netflix. The considered projects would be led by writers or directors with experience in television and unlike ...
‘House of Cards’ stars Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright will get another season of their hit Netflix series to bring on the drama. Netflix says its acclaimed drama "House of Cards" will get a third season. The online video provider had previously been cagey about the future of the series, ...
Sandvine, a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today released its Internet traffic trends report, entitled “Global Internet Phenomena Report 2H2013”, based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 250-plus service provider customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin ...
We like Jason Njoku, founder and CEO of iROKOtv, and admire what he is doing for African artists and entrepreneurs. Yesterday he interviewed by Komla Dumor at BBC Broadcasting House for the BBC's daily Focus on Africa programme. In the interview, Njoku and Dumor discussed Nollywood and the success of iROKOtv as the world's ...
