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Sundance Now comes to Canada, enters the Netflix, Amazon race
Tuesday March 28th 2017As if you didn’t already have a plethora of television and streaming networks to choose from, AMC Network’s Sundance Now, a U.S.-based streaming service that features documentary, art-house and independent selections, is now available in Canada.
This makes the American network’s first international move since launching in 2014, bringing it into the streaming race alongside Netflix, Amazon, Shudder and CraveTV, just months after Rogers’ Shomi shut its doors.
The digital platform costs $6.99 a month in Canada after a seven-day free preview. The ad-free catalogue can be accessed online or through mobile apps for iOS and Android, or through Chromecast, Apple TV and Roku.
The network’s intent is to focus primarily on independent and Canadian cinema. In fact, as part of its launch, Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald is even curating a special selection of his favourite movies.
“We’re still in the United States, and paying special attention to Canada now. It will be a targeted launch into whatever territory we’re going into,” George Schmalz, Sundance Now’s curator, said to The Hollywood Reporter. “We’re another channel, another option. Our focus is on the documentary and art house movies. With that in mind, we offer something a little bit different than those other services.”
Whether that’s enough to persuade Canadians to shell out a little extra along with their existing Netflix subscriptions is yet to be determined, but it will give Sundance a leg up on Hulu and HBO Go, which are still conspicuously missing in the streaming race in Canada.
Source: National Post
Front Page, Headline, Industry News
Sundance Now comes to Canada, enters the Netflix, Amazon race
Tuesday March 28th 2017As if you didn’t already have a plethora of television and streaming networks to choose from, AMC Network’s Sundance Now, a U.S.-based streaming service that features documentary, art-house and independent selections, is now available in Canada.
This makes the American network’s first international move since launching in 2014, bringing it into the streaming race alongside Netflix, Amazon, Shudder and CraveTV, just months after Rogers’ Shomi shut its doors.
The digital platform costs $6.99 a month in Canada after a seven-day free preview. The ad-free catalogue can be accessed online or through mobile apps for iOS and Android, or through Chromecast, Apple TV and Roku.
The network’s intent is to focus primarily on independent and Canadian cinema. In fact, as part of its launch, Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald is even curating a special selection of his favourite movies.
“We’re still in the United States, and paying special attention to Canada now. It will be a targeted launch into whatever territory we’re going into,” George Schmalz, Sundance Now’s curator, said to The Hollywood Reporter. “We’re another channel, another option. Our focus is on the documentary and art house movies. With that in mind, we offer something a little bit different than those other services.”
Whether that’s enough to persuade Canadians to shell out a little extra along with their existing Netflix subscriptions is yet to be determined, but it will give Sundance a leg up on Hulu and HBO Go, which are still conspicuously missing in the streaming race in Canada.
Source: National Post
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Front Page, Headline, Industry News
Sundance Now comes to Canada, enters the Netflix, Amazon race
Tuesday March 28th 2017As if you didn’t already have a plethora of television and streaming networks to choose from, AMC Network’s Sundance Now, a U.S.-based streaming service that features documentary, art-house and independent selections, is now available in Canada.
This makes the American network’s first international move since launching in 2014, bringing it into the streaming race alongside Netflix, Amazon, Shudder and CraveTV, just months after Rogers’ Shomi shut its doors.
The digital platform costs $6.99 a month in Canada after a seven-day free preview. The ad-free catalogue can be accessed online or through mobile apps for iOS and Android, or through Chromecast, Apple TV and Roku.
The network’s intent is to focus primarily on independent and Canadian cinema. In fact, as part of its launch, Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald is even curating a special selection of his favourite movies.
“We’re still in the United States, and paying special attention to Canada now. It will be a targeted launch into whatever territory we’re going into,” George Schmalz, Sundance Now’s curator, said to The Hollywood Reporter. “We’re another channel, another option. Our focus is on the documentary and art house movies. With that in mind, we offer something a little bit different than those other services.”
Whether that’s enough to persuade Canadians to shell out a little extra along with their existing Netflix subscriptions is yet to be determined, but it will give Sundance a leg up on Hulu and HBO Go, which are still conspicuously missing in the streaming race in Canada.
Source: National Post
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