The UK government is reportedly looking at a range of options to support the startup industry, possibly involving a co-investment model involving state-owned funds (via the British Business Bank) and
New UK early stage VC firstminute Capital launched in June last year to the tune of $60m, with European VC Atomico as its first cornerstone investor. They were joined by 30 unicorns founders from Euro
London ‘proptech’ startup <a target="_blank" href="http://www.goodlord.co/">Goodlord</a>, which offers cloud-based software to help estate agents, landlords and tenants manage the rental process,
Amazon is getting out of the DVD rental business with the closure of Lovefilm, the so-called “Netflix of Europe” that Amazon bought in 2011 for a reported $312 million valuation. The comp
Last summer it seemed like the subscription video segment in Scandinavia was heating up, as both Netflix and HBO announced plans to make their services available in that market. Now, less than a year
The ongoing war between rival on-demand streaming services as they build out their catalogues to win customers means rarely a week goes by without news of another content licensing deal being inked. B
Another day, another content licensing agreement in the online streaming space. Amazon-owned LOVEFiLM, a European Netflix competitor, has signed a new streaming deal with NBCUniversal International TV
The war for customers for streaming video is being played out at all age demographics. Today, Amazon's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lovefilm.com">LoveFilm</a> upped the ante on the youth front
Amazon has confirmed it's using LOVEFiLM, the movie rental company it acquired at the start of 2011, to power the video service in Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets sold in the U.K.. The slates g
As Amazon gears up for its quarterly earnings later this week, the company today has announced an expansion that points to its big ambitions in digital media, and an increasing focus on how that growt
Amazon-owned <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/lovefilm">Lovefilm</a>, which competes with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix">Netflix</a> in t
In the midst of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/23/amazon-partners-with-paramount-brings-hundreds-more-movies-to-prime-instant-video-service/">Amazon's recent moves</a> to rapidly grow its co
<img src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/netflix.jpg" class="shot2" />
<a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix">Netflix</a> has <a href="http://blog.netflix.com/2012/01/n
<img src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/netflix.jpg" class="shot2" />
<a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix">Netflix</a> has <a href="http://blog.netflix.com/2012/01/n
<a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix">Netflix</a> has <a href="http://blog.netflix.com/2012/01/netflix-launches-in-uk-ireland-today.html">made its debut</a> in the UK and Ireland in earl
Amazon took full control of Europe's largest movie and TV subscription service earlier this year and now, starting tomorrow, <a href="http://www.lovefilm.com">LOVEFiLM </a>will hit LIVE-enabled Xbox 3
<img alt="" src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0001/7426/17426v3-max-250x250.jpg" title="Lovefilm" class="shot" width="250" height="72" />In what is being billed as a first outside o
<img alt="" src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0001/7426/17426v3-max-250x250.jpg" title="Lovefilm" class="shot" width="250" height="72" /><a href="http://lovefilm.com/">Lovefilm</a>,
<img src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/drinks.jpg" class="shot2" />With Amazon's <a href="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/2011/01/20/amazon-acquires-lovefilm-the-netflix-of-europe/">
<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0001/7426/17426v1-max-250x250.png" class="shot2" /><a href="http://LoveFilm.com">LoveFilm</a>, currently the source of speculation over whethe
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