Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media today revealed their Subscription Video-on-Demand service will be branded Stan.
StreamCo’s subscription streaming service Stan has secured a raft of film and TV product from MGM, the second deal with a US major following the agreement with Sony Pictures TV for Breaking Bad and the prequel Better Call Saul.
Foxtel is slashing the monthly subscription fee for its struggling movies streaming service Presto as a defensive move against the looming launches of Nine Entertainment Co's StreamCo and Netflix.
Two Netflix acquisition executives are due to spend most of next week in Sydney, another sign that the US streaming giant plans to launch Down Under.
Australian producers and independent distributors who were hoping to make tidy sums when Netflix launches Down Under in March will be disappointed, at least initially.
Alex Parsons has been named MD of Nine Entertainment Co's Nine Digital as part of a restructure which sees Mi9 being absorbed into NEC.
Nine Entertainment Co. has bought HBO’s 8% stake in Quickflix, becoming a significant investor in the DVD rental and subscription streaming service.