TNT Sports will be the new name for the premium sports brand to be launched later in 2023 by the Joint Venture between BT Group and Warner Bros Discovery. The pair say the new name heralds an important step in the previously announced plans to unite the collection of premium rights from BT Sport and […]

Viaplay, the Nordic direct-to-consumer streaming service, has launched in the US. Subscriptions are available for $5.99 (€5.61) per month, with a seven-day free trial. Subscribers will have access to a library of Nordic film and television content, all subtitled in English. “Viaplay’s direct-to-consumer streaming service is now widely available in the US,” commented Vanda Rapti, […]

Murder-mystery series You was Netflix’s most-viewed title again in the week beginning February 13th as Season 4, Part 1 drew 64.1 million hours viewed, landing in the Top 10 in 88 countries. In its first 11 days, the first five episodes of the new season had 38 million views (156.1 million view hours divided by […]

Barb has committed to expanding its measurement of audiences to include fit-for-TV content on video-sharing platforms. This decision follows an industry consultation led by Barb in autumn 2022. Practitioners from across the UK TV and advertising ecosystem took part to establish a consensus on the type of content on video-sharing platforms that should be part […]

It takes someone with the self-confidence born of being born into one of the founding families of second-generation television to call out that the third-generation simply isn’t working. James Dolan is the chair of AMC Networks, the content spin-off of Cablevision, one of the founding father companies of the US, then global, cable and pay-TV […]

Subscription OTT services’ spend on sports rights globally will reach $8.5 billion (€7.9bn) in 2023, a 64 per cent increase compared to 2022, according to a report from Ampere Analysis analysing the role of sports in the streaming wars. The research also predicts that the share of spend on sports rights by streaming platforms will […]

A global study of 5,000 families across 10 countries, spanning six continents, has identified significant trends in the way that families are connecting with media content. Parents are increasingly co-viewing with children as they take a more active role in selecting appropriate content, giving rise to increased fandom opportunities. That said, the report also highlighted […]

Nippon TV, Japan’s multiplatform entertainment company, has finalised a deal with Netflix to produce a new Netflix comedy variety series Ariyoshi Assists. This deal marks the first time that Nippon TV will produce a show exclusively for a global streamer which will not air nor stream on Nippon TV. Ariyoshi Assists, which is filmed in […]

Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 19.42 million UK homes (67.7 per cent of households) had access to an SVoD service in Q4 2022. This was a -0.6 per cent decrease from 19.54 million in Q3 2022. Netflix and NOW saw quarterly drops in the number of UK homes with access […]

Nielsen’s January 2023 TV usage summary from The Gauge, the media measurement company’s monthly snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption in the US, revealed that January was defined by heavy TV usage, most notably of sports and broadcast content, and overall viewing was up 1.3 per cent compared to December 2022. Despite the monthly increase of […]