Amazon’s European subsidiary now has exclusive second pay-TV window rights locked up for three of Hollywood’s six major studios, leaving precious little premium content left over for rival Netflix to acquire when it expands into Western Europe later this year. Read more »
Amazon’s Lovefilm is extending existing deals with ITV (LSE: ITV) and BBC Worldwide to gain a larger catalogue of their shows for online str… Read more »
Amazon’s LoveFilm is continuing its film and TV content rights war with U.S. rival Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), signing a deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE… Read more »
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) definitely didn’t break out Kindle Fire pre-order numbers in the investor call following today’s earnings report, but CF… Read more »
Sky Movies’ stranglehold on UK subscription on-demand rights for movies may not be broken by competition authorities until 2014, according t… Read more »
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) paid less than some recent reports suggested for the rest of Lovefilm.
The £200 ($318.51) million quoted by many was a… Read more »
Lovefilm eschewed a possible IPO option because Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) gives it a global-scale parent with resources enough to land the rights… Read more »
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has finally confirmed it’s buying the 58 percent of Lovefilm it doesn’t already own – its bid to become a major European… Read more »
Reality check: The prospect of Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Lovefilm becoming online-first subscription businesses looks a long way off – they h… Read more »
With M&A murmurs still bubbling and the great IPTV opportunity beckoning, DVD and online movie service Lovefilm is one of the more interesti… Read more »
An interesting trial balloon was floated by The Sunday Times which, perhaps thanks to that title’s new reader fees or perhaps because the st… Read more »
LoveFilm, which is often regarded as the “Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) of the Europe,” has struck a major deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that… Read more »
By Steve Busfield: The Guardian Media Group group director of digital strategy and development, Simon Waldman, is to join LoveFilm.
Waldman… Read more »
DVD-by-post rental business Lovefilm told us it is reviewing some kind of sell-off options, after earlier FT reports hinted at a deal. A spo… Read more »
Lloyds TSB’s corporate markets division is giving £10.5 million in debt funding to European DVD and games rental service Lovefilm, designed… Read more »
