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Canal+ launches streaming platform in Czech, Slovakia

Canal+ Group has expanded its presence in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with the launch of a new streaming platform under the Canal+ brand. After the introduction of Canal+ Sport channel in August 2022 to host Premier League football, and Canal+ Action just recently in these two countries, Canal+ has now launched a content offer […]

April 28, 2023

My5 now on Sky Glass, Sky Stream

My5, the broadcast VoD service from Channel 5, is now available on Sky Glass TVs and the Sky Stream service, bringing viewers live and on-demand programming from Channel 5. To launch the app, users can simply say, “Hello Sky, open My 5”, to their Sky Glass or “My 5” into their voice remote, or find […]

April 27, 2023

Tubi to house FOX digital businesses

Fox Corporation has formed the Tubi Media Group under the leadership of newly appointed CEO, Paul Cheesbrough. Farhad Massoudi, Chief Executive Officer of Tubi, will leave the company. The new division will house FOX’s standalone digital businesses – including Tubi, Credible and Blockchain Creative Labs – as well as the digital platforms and teams that […]

April 27, 2023By Colin Mann

Prime Video acquires animated Batman titles

Prime Video has announced the acquisition of two new DC animated Batman series, alongside an original animated film from Warner Bros Animation and DC. The film Merry Little Batman is ordered with a spinoff series, Bat-Family, along with a two-season order for Batman: Caped Crusader, from executive producers Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves. […]

April 27, 2023

Disney+ confirms Welcome to Wrexham Season 2

Disney+ has confirmed that a second season of Welcome to Wrexham is coming to the streaming service, and it will launch later this year. The first season of the hit sports docuseries from FX, which premiered in August 2022, documented the events of Welsh association football club Wrexham AFC, as Hollywood stars Rob McElhenney and […]

April 27, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Research: Half Netflix ad subs say ‘too many ads’

Though Netflix’s ad-supported tier averages less than five minutes of advertisements per viewing hour, 49 per cent of ‘Basic with Ads’ subscribers found it to varying degrees heavy, with 17 per cent seeing it as excessive, according to analyst firm Aluma Insights. This despite the fact linear TV programming has over 13 minutes of ads […]

April 26, 2023

Spain: Netflix password clampdown costs 1m subs

Putting a stop to password sharing has led Netflix to losing 1 million subscribers in Spain in the first quarter of the year, according to data from Kantar.Netflix tripled its churn rate in the quarter versus the previous quarter, with half of those giving up saying that they will not pay for the service. The […]

April 26, 2023From David Del Valle in Madrid

Research: Sweden sees strong SVoD growth in Q1

Household penetration for paid streaming services in Sweden increased by 9 percent in the first quarter, compared to the same period in 2022, reports Mediavision. This is a significant shift, after a period of relatively slow growth. Now, close to 70 per cent of households in Sweden have at least one paid streaming service, either […]

April 26, 2023

The Diplomat debuts at Netflix #1

Netflix viewers flocked to political dramas as The Diplomat and The Night Agent took the top two spots on the English TV List in the week commencing April 17th. Starring Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell, new series The Diplomat was the most viewed title of the week with 57.48 million hours viewed and appeared in […]

April 26, 2023

Research: Streaming Nordics’ most-watched TV form

Findings from omnichannel sell-side advertising company Magnite’s study, The Rise of Streaming TV: An In-Depth Look at How Streaming TV is Evolving in the Nordics, indicate that 78 per cent of TV viewers in the Nordics are watching streaming TV, which comprises television content streamed via the Internet on any device, and that it is […]

April 25, 2023