Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media could announce a joint venture to launch Stream Co in Australia as soon as next week.
The two companies are close to closing a $100 million deal to launch the new video on demand business, which has been in the pipeline for Nine for months.
As reported in today's Sydney Morning Herald, both media companies are set to invest $50 million in the venture and Nine Entertainment CEO David Gyngell is to chair Stream Co. The platform will be run by Nine executive Mike Sneesby.
The SMH reports that Fairfax has been in discussions with Nine to invest in its planned Stream Co launch for three months.
Stream Co will be another subscription video on demand service to compete with Netflix, which is expected to also launch in Australia next year, and Foxtel's Presto.
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