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The Night Agent climbs Netflix Most Popular List

The Night Agent pulled in 90.04 million hours viewed in the week commencing April 10th, topping Netflix’s English TV list and climbing to the #6 spot on the Most Popular List with 605.62 million total hours viewed since its premiere. To date, the series has had more than 73 million views (605.62 million hours viewed […]

April 19, 2023

Love The Planet launches on Samsung TV Plus

Samsung Electronics and FAST channels brand Love TV Channels have unveiled Love The Planet, the latest channel to join Samsung TV Plus in Europe. The new channel, localised for the key markets of the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, will spread awareness on environmental issues via curated TV streaming content. Love The Planet created […]

April 18, 2023

Forecast: OTT revenues to reach $235bn by 2028

Global OTT TV episode and movies revenues will reach $235 billion (€212bn) in 2028, up by $81 billion from $154 billion on 2022, according to the Global OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. About $17 billion will be added in 2023 alone. AVoD will grow faster than SVoD. AVoD […]

April 17, 2023

ITVX hits 1bn streams

On April 9th, ITVX officially hit the one billion streams mark. The milestone came just over four months after the service’s launch on December 8th 2022. 2022 was ITV’s previous most successful year for streaming, when it took nearly seven months to hit the one billion streams mark. This follows on from ITVX achieving its […]

April 17, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Germany: Champions League sets Prime Video streaming record

The UEFA Champions League Quarter Final stage kicked off on April 11th with a clash between Manchester City and Bayer Munich which saw the Premier League champions defeat the German giants 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium. This first-leg match between two clubs broke Prime Video live streaming records in Germany, with over 4 million households […]

April 17, 2023By Nik Roseveare

AMC+ plans ad supported version

AMC Networks is planning to launch an ad-supported version of its AMC+ streaming service later this year. The move will offer additional flexibility to subscribers and allow the company’s advertising partners to reach viewers on its flagship streaming product and across an ad-supported content ecosystem that spans linear TV networks, streaming and digital/CTV platforms. AMC […]

April 17, 2023

UniqCast Cloud expands portfolio with Arte Video

UniqCast, a leading provider of end-to-end video delivery solutions, has announced that it has added another client to its rapidly expanding portfolio. Arte Video, an authorised encoding house of Apple iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, Sony, Disney+, Microsoft, Tatatu, and other VoD platforms, has selected UniqCast Cloud Platform to provide VoD services for their […]

April 17, 2023

LG Channels triples European users

LG Electronics’ free streaming service, LG Channels, has tripled its user base in Europe over the last year. The service was first launched in 2016 in the US and in 2019 in select European countries. According to LG data, as of January 2023, the number of LG Channels users in the 16 European markets where […]

April 17, 2023

Report: Digital services drive US consumer tech market

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has released its first US Consumer Technology Software and Services Industry Forecast. The report shows that software and services account for 31 per cent ($151 billion) of the US consumer technology market in 2023. The sector’s rise is driven by a broadening portfolio of subscription services including new offerings like […]

April 14, 2023

Prime Video orders McDonald’s All American Games doc

Prime Video has announced a feature documentary film from Roc Nation, Known, and Creative Control that chronicles the history of a storied basketball tradition, the McDonald’s All American Games. The documentary will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Candace Parker, Shaquille O’Neal […]

April 14, 2023