Dreamworks Animation is ditching pay TV after signing a streaming deal with NetFlix in the US.

The studio, which you may remember from such hits as Shrek and How to Train Your Dragon, has opted for Netflix streaming rather than renewing its current deal with HBO, a premium TV channel in the US.

Dreamworks' outspoken CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg described the partnership as "game-changing", while Netflix's chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, said it signals "power moving back into the hands of content creators.

"When a company like DreamWorks ends a long-running pay TV deal – when a new buyer in the space steps up – that's a really interesting landscape shift."

No no to HBO

The current HBO deal concludes at the end of 2013, although some Dreamworks films will be available online before then.

Netflix, a LoveFilm-alike film renting service, is yet to make its way to the UK's shores and broadband connections, but after its splash last week as one of Facebook's media partners, we don't think it'll be long before it makes the leap across the pond.

It'll have quite a battle on its hands from the Amazon-owned LoveFilm, however, which has deals streaming deals in place with Optimum Releasing (now part of StudioCanal) and The Walt Disney Company.

Amazon looks set to unveil its first foray into the tablet market this week, with a press conference pencilled in for Wednesday that's likely to include an Amazon tablet announcement.

There's been much rumour and speculation that the e-shopping site is set to reveal a rival to the iPad, which will clock in at a much cheaper price and run Android.

It is reported that the Amazon tablet is likely to have a 7-inch screen and link into Amazon's many web properties, including its Kindle service and the Amazon App Store.

Tablet talk

Because of this, it is unlikely that an Amazon tablet UK release date will be announced. For a start, we still don't have access to the App Store – although a loophole last week saw the store open up to non-US customers.

There have been plenty of rivals to the Apple iPad, including the Samsung Galaxy Tab and more recently the Sony Tablet S, but if Amazon can deliver on the price point and monopolise on its already decent web store, then we could have a proper tablet fight on our hands come Christmas.