Tag: LOVEFiLM
Sin City, Kill Bill coming to LOVEFiLM through Miramax deal
LOVEFiLM have announced a new content partnership with studio Miramax that will see the independent studio's movies hit the LOVEFiLM Instant Streaming service. Films including There Will Be Blood, The Aviator, Sin City, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill and Kill Bill…
LOVEFiLM sign content deal with Twentieth Century Fox
LOVEFiLM have signed a multi-year deal that will see their Instant members gain exclusive streaming access to top Twentieth Century Fox shows, as well as some of the summer's biggest blockbusters from the studio. From July, shows like Sons of…
LOVEFiLM sign exclusivity deal with Universal Pictures: Snow White and the Huntsman, Battleship streaming incoming
LOVEFiLM have today secured a new multi-year exclusivity deal with Universal Pictures that will see the Amazon-owned rental and streaming service get first dibs when it comes to streaming Universal's movies as of the second pay window. Through the LOVEFiLM…
Q&A: Gamefly co-founder Sean Spector on digital subscriptions, Steam and the indie gaming boom
Gamefly, the USA's leading videogame rental service, has made the jump over the pond and are looking to take old Blighty by storm with their digital PC games download platform and forth-coming digital subscription service. We caught up with…
Sky announce Now TV: New Netflix, LoveFilm rival to launch this summer
Sky are to launch a brand new video on-demand offering called Now TV, which will open up their catalogue of shows and movies on pay monthly and pay as you go deals. Though details are scarce at the moment, Sky's…
LOVEFiLM movie streaming hits LG Smart TVs
LOVEFiLM have struck a deal with LG to provide their Smart TV platform with access to their movie streaming platform. In a move to further bolster LOVEFiLM's position following the launch of rival Netflix in the UK, it's the…
Q&A: Netflix CPO Neil Hunt on LOVEFiLM, HBO disc deals, DVD subscriber fallout and avoiding the fate of Blockbuster
After a lengthy wait, the Netflix streaming service is now open for business in the UK, offering a robust catalogue of movies and TV shows onto a wide variety of devices, with an intelligent platform and UI that the company…
Desperate Housewives, Lost hit LOVEFiLM through new Disney/ABC deal
LOVEFiLM have inked a new deal with Disney that will see shows from ABC, including Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives, Castle, all six seasons of Lost, Ghost Whisperer and Happy Endings, hit the video-streaming platform. Kicking off later this month,…
LOVEFiLM nabs ITV and BBC Worldwide streaming deal
LOVEFiLM has grabbed the rights to stream ITV and BBC Worldwide content to their subscribers with access to their web-connected video streaming apps. A timely move with the imminent UK launch of Netflix looming, the deal will bring ITV shows…
LOVEFiLM signs multi-year exclusivity contract with Sony Pictures
LOVEFiLM, the subscription-based DVD, Blu-ray and gaming rental and movie streaming service, have announced that they have signed a multi-year exclusivity contract with Sony Pictures, giving their customers first dibs on a range of streaming content from the studio. Films…