iflix

Retail Asia15/09/2017

iflix and mobile payments firm Fortumo have launched direct carrier billing for iflix users, which number about 620 million people across Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand. Users can now subscribe to iflix and enjoy access to unlimited video entertainment by using their airtime balance or monthly phone bill to pay for the service. Carrier billing for […]

Retail Asia14/07/2017

Axiata Group and iflix, a subscription video on demand service provider, have inked a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to the expansion of their strategic collaboration to provide entertainment to Axiata’s more than 125 million customers in six countries. In a statement, Axiata said from two existing successful partnerships with Celcom in Malaysia and Dialog […]

Retail Asia31/05/2017

Southeast Asian Netflix competitor Iflix is playing a new game: it’s going to start streaming live sports events. That’s uncharted territory for the Malaysian on-demand video platform. Netflix, which launched in several Southeast Asian countries late last year, has so far avoided going down that route. Iflix announced today it will launch this feature in […]

Retail Asia09/03/2017

Foreign companies have long been salivating over the local streaming media market’s potential. Malaysia-based video streaming startup iflix has officially launched in Vietnam with the aim of tapping into the country’s sizable population, the company said on Tuesday at a press conference. Vietnam is currently ranked by Internet World Stats at 18th globally in terms […]

Retail Asia02/09/2016

Emerging subscription-based streaming video service iflix intends to set itself apart from Netflix by becoming a social media platform for television, according to company executive. “Netflix is very much into an original production base… they are really focusing their investment on content and user experience and interface,” Cam Walker, chief executive of iflix Indonesia, told […]

Retail Asia22/04/2016

Months after its global rollout, Netflix is facing problems in several major Asian markets as it struggles to provide enough strong content to attract consumers amid tough local competition, and also faces many regulatory hurdles, underlining concerns about disappointing subscriber numbers reported this week. From complaints that programming libraries offered in many countries are far smaller […]

Retail Asia16/03/2016

iFlix CEO Mark Britt shows his company’s streaming TV series and video service on a gadget. The Malaysia-based company has just received a capital injection from Indonesia’s Emtek and Rupert Murdoch’s Sky plc., the owner of national TV stations SCTV and Indosiar, has spread its wings by investing in Malaysia’s streaming movies and TV series […]

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iflix team with Fortumo for direct carrier billing

Axiata, iflix sign non-binding MoU

Iflix is going to live stream soccer games in a move to outflank Netflix

After Netflix, another foreign video streaming provider connects in Vietnam

Iflix wants to become a social media platform for TV

In Asia, Netflix trips on regulation, content, and competition

Indonesia’s Emtek, Murdoch invest in Malaysia’s