Rakuten Viki appoints Joanne Waage as CEO
Rakuten-owned streaming site Viki.com has appointed Joanne Waage as CEO, taking over from Tammy H. Nam, who remains an advisor to both Viki and Rakuten.
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INTERVIEW: Viki CEO Tammy H. Nam
Tammy H. Nam, CEO of global streaming service Viki.com, explains how the site’s avid community of subtitling fans is helping content to travel and break emerging talent.
Read moreWuaki.tv goes live in Italy
Barcelona-based Wuaki.tv has beaten Netflix to the Italian market, where it has rolled out its VOD service with content from both US studios and local content providers.
Read moreWuaki.tv hires Jayant as product director
Wuaki.tv has appointed Sidharth Jayant as global product director as the European VOD company gears up to expand its services across the continent.
Read moreRakuten expands Wuaki.tv to France
Japanese e-commerce and internet giant Rakuten has kicked off a soft launch of its Wuaki.tv content streaming platform in France, via clients of its local e-commerce site PriceMinister.
Read moreWuaki.tv plots European expansion
Just one month after Netflix announced aggressive European expansion plans, Japanese-owned VoD platform Wuaki.tv also looks set for a pan-European rollout. Currently operating in the UK and Spain, Wuaki has said it plans to launch in France, Germany and Italy before the end of the year.
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