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Intellectual Property, News, Videos - Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:42 - 24 Comments
Can Game of Thrones help save Quickflix?
news Struggling Australian streaming-media provider Quickflix has taken a punt on the hugely popular HBO series Game of Thrones, securing an electronic distribution deal that will allow online users to watch the series even if they aren’t Quickflix customers.
The decision will allow even non Quickflix subscribers to purchase episodes of the show on a casual basis, putting Quickflix in competition with Apple’s iTunes Store, which offers Australian customers access to Game of Thrones in HD for $3.49 per episode or $33.99 for a season pass; the Quickflix service, however, works across Android devices as well as iOS devices, potentially opening up a sizeable additional audience.
“We still love the subscription model, but we also recognise that current and recent series TV audience loves access to that content,” QuickFlix chairman and CEO Stephen Langford told Delimiter, indicating that the episodic model may be extended to other shows if the Game of Thrones offering proves successful. Continue…
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