First the good news: Amazon Prime Video is finally available in Canada. The Netflix-like streaming service was only in the U.S. and the UK the past few years. Canadians got a window on a few Amazon shows such as Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle on shomi. Now it’s shomi the door, enter Amazon, and let
A day after the announcement of shomi’s demise, the service put out a release saying it recently topped 900,000 subscribers. SVP David Asch was quoted as saying that this “would likely make shomi a Top 10 service in North America.” Hey, I was one of them and if you were into Transparent, Mozart in the
Rogers finally pulled the plug on their doomed digital streaming service shomi. You can read their “We surrender!” release here. The service is set to end Nov. 30. Rogers, which joined with Shaw on the venture just a couple of years ago, expects to incur a loss of $100M to $140M in its third quarter. Shomi how to
Nobody does network promotions like the folks at FX. This package arrived in today’s mail and the photo on the cover of the plain, brown shipping box is a work of art. The shot was taken by James Minchin, a Los Angeles-based photographer who has also provided key art for shows such as Mad Men, Sons
If you’ve been waiting for Season 2 of Transparent, wait no longer. All 10 new episodes dropped this weekend on Amazon Prime in the U.S. and UK and on shomi in Canada. The first new episode, “Kina Hora,” is a beaut. I wrote about what the series means to Jeffrey Tambor and Judith Light, the
Election manipulator Stephen Harper’s favourite streaming service–Netflix–is crushing it in Canada with over four million subscribers and counting. The big head start for the U.S.-based content hub has forced Rogers and Shaw to get more aggressive about selling their own little streaming upstart, Shomi. Starting Tuesday, Sept., 1, Shomi will be available to all Canadians
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.–Ever watch TV with a thousand people? That’s sort of like the experience of attending PaleyFest. The eight day festival–billed as “where TV Fans Get Their Fix”–concluded Sunday with screenings and cast panel Q&As featuring Jane the Virgin (available in Canada exclusively on shomi and in the U.S. on The CW) and FX’s American Horror
If Rogers is puzzled as to why the numbers on Hockey Night in Canada are so dramatically down this season, they may have to look beyond the spiraling fortunes of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Last Saturday, Feb. 21, a Toronto/Winnipeg tilt on CBC’s Rogers rental Hockey Night in Canada drew 1,407,000 overnight, estimated viewers. The late