Asian-led stories, talent, and cultural touchpoints are driving engagement and viewership across every major demographic group, not just Asian American audiences, according to Nielsen’s report titled The Crossover Effect: AANHPI Audiences X Content. From some of the world’s biggest live sporting events to K-Pop Demon Hunters to BTS and to Squid Game, Nielsen’s proprietary research […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga), have announced a legal victory in their fight against content theft, following a court decision granting a blocking injunction against livetv.sx, the largest illegal sports piracy website in Germany. Active for more than 13 years, livetv.sx is estimated to have accounted for a significant […]
Sky has announced that new customers will be able to get Sky, HBO Max, Disney+, Hayu and Netflix together as part of Sky Ultimate TV from £24 a month – rolling out this March. Existing customers will get access as part of their Sky TV subscription, with over £20 worth of streaming apps included each […]
Manhattan TV, the British TV device specialist, has announced that the Aero 4K TV Streamer with Freely – the free streaming platform backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 – will launch in February. Users can connect Aero to their broadband network over Wi-Fi, with no aerial or satellite dish required, to gain […]
Parks Associates has unveiled consumer research from its Tech Ecosystem Consumer Insights Dashboard showing that smart TVs are the dominant gateway for streaming video in US households. Now, 61 per cent of US internet households use a smart TV as their primary streaming video device, continuing the shift in viewing behavior away from streaming media […]
Over the past year, major streamers have turned to successful bundling strategies to boost retention and simplify viewer access to a wider range of content. With more services than ever competing for screen time, the question remains: how do audiences navigate what to watch next? Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Conquering Content study finds that, while […]
ESPN has rolled its new direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service and a set of new features on an enhanced ESPN App, making ESPN’s full suite of 12 networks and services available directly to US sports fans for the first time. The launch comes in time for a key stretch of sports programming across ESPN networks and […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has reported that its coverage of Roland-Garros 2025 resulted in a record-breaking edition with more fans across Europe (excluding France) streaming action from the tennis Grand-Slam than ever before. Millions of viewers enjoyed coverage of all 900 available matches on WBD’s platforms Max, HBO Max and discovery+ with streaming audiences increasing […]
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch has announced that the company’s upcoming streaming service will be called Fox One. Speaking during the company’s Q3 earnings call, Murdoch also revealed that the service will launch ahead of the 2025/26 NFL season. The new streaming service will house all of Fox’s content across news, sports and entertainment. “Fox One […]
Consumption of long-form content on YouTube is rising rapidly in the US, accounting for 73 per cent of all viewing time on the platform by the end of October 2024, according to research by Digital i, a provider of cross-platform streaming data and analysis. Findings showed that average viewing time spent by US YouTube users […]