Jeremi Gorman, President, Worldwide Advertising at Netflix, has said the company’s people are “excited at the opportunity to develop additional revenue streams” with the launch of a cheaper, ad-funded tier in a number of territories. Speaking on ‘What Netflix gives to media buyers that is unique’ at The Future of TV Advertising Global event in […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) executives are said to want ‘Max’ to be the new name for the platform that will combine the HBO Max and Discovery+ services. The concept is now being ‘lawyered’ according to CNBC. Meantime, internally WBD has given the new service a code name of ‘BEAM’ according to the report. WBD management […]
A peak of 20.4 million viewers across TV and streaming watched ITV’s coverage of England vs Senegal as the three lions booked their place in the World Cup quarter-finals on December 4th. This is 1.7 million viewers higher than the peak audience that watched England vs Wales in the Group B World Cup match on […]
Italian DTH platform Tivùsat has announced it will block the use of uncertified set-top boxes with official smart cards. The Tivusat smart cards are sold in a bundle with certified decoders and CAMs, however it is possible to find pre-activated Tivùsat smart cards on eBay and several online sites. It is a well-known fact that […]
At the end of 2021, a new phase of competition began in the Latin American OTT SVoD market, reports Dataxis. Three major US studios launched their platforms in the region: Disney+ and Star+ (Walt Disney Company), HBO Max (WarnerMedia Discovery), and Paramount+ (Viacom). They joined Netflix, the historical leader, and Prime Video (Amazon), the main […]
Judge Jeffrey White has set some key dates in the Intelsat ‘inside trading’ class action allegations. The judge has set the case to be “answered, or a Motion to Dismiss” on January 19th 2023. Any Opposition filing must be made by March 2nd with a subsequent response from the Petitioners set with a deadline of […]
When ITVX officially launches on December 8th, deaf viewers will have access to British Sign Language channel, solely featuring signed programming, which will include a range of shows including Emmerdale and Coronation Street omnibus episodes, Cilla, Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow, Vera, Lewis and The Saint. The channel will be regularly updated and will evolve to […]
Mobile marketing analytics platform, Adjust, and app intelligence provider, Apptopia, have released data on streaming app installs, sessions and session lengths pertaining to FIFA World Cup. Key insights include: Streaming app installs spiked globally during opening day. The start of the FIFA World Cup took place on November 20th and it was one of the […]
The first pair of Boeing-built mPOWER satellites for SES have been delivered to Cape Canaveral ahead of their planned launch – which will be handled by SpaceX – around the middle of December. The O3b mPOWER satellites are part of SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system operating at approximately 8,000 km altitude from the […]
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has officially surpassed 1 billion hours viewed on Netflix. The anthology series’ first installment from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan is only the third title in Netflix history to cross the 1 billion hour viewing mark within 60 days, and only the second ever English Language series. Dahmer […]