The Walt Disney Company has announced a major restructuring under reinstated CEO Bob Iger, which will see some 7,000 jobs cut – an estimated 3.6 per cent of its global workforce – as part of an effort to save $5.5 billion (€5.1bn) in costs, and make its streaming business profitable. Iger specified he intends to […]
Netflix is rolling out limits on password sharing in four more countries: Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain. Subscribers in these countries are being asked to pay an extra fee if they want to share their subscription with someone who lives in a different household. The move follows a crackdown on sharing passwords in South […]
Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) global streaming plans has taken a new twist with reports that the company is planning on keeping Discovery+ as a stand-alone streaming platform. It appears customer surveys have indicated a lot would resist moving ‘up’ to a mega bundler including HBO Max. The plan appeared to have been that WBD would […]
Research carried out by advertising platform Innovid, in partnership with marketing and retail professionals community Ascendant Network, highlights how advertising strategies have changed to reach and engage with audiences across linear, connected TV and digital. The report, The Future of Converged TV: How Advertisers Are Adapting the Video Mix to Reach and Engage with Audiences […]
In an average month in 2022, over a quarter (28 per cent) of Swedish households rented or bought TVoD content. Compared to 2021, TVoD has grown 15 per cent and is at a new record level, reports Mediavision. This also means that household spend on TVoD has increased by nearly six per cent in the […]
Disney has announced that Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is the most-watched Marvel film premiere on Disney+ globally, based on hours streamed in its first five days – without revealing any hard numbers. In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora […]
Viaplay Group will launch its Viaplay streaming service on a direct-to-consumer (D2C) basis in the US on February 22nd and in Canada on March 7th. Viewers will be able to stream more than 1,500 hours of premium European content through the Viaplay app at launch, with at least one premiere to follow every week. Viaplay’s […]
According to research from analyst firm Aluma, if a show is available simultaneously on both an SVoD streaming service and a live TV channel – for example, on both NBC’s broadcast channel and Peacock – adult viewers are more than twice as likely to prefer a paid streaming service over a regular live TV channel. […]
VIDAA USA has launched VIDAA Free, its streaming hub of free advertising supported content, and is now available on millions of connected TVs powered by VIDAA, the smart TV operating system preinstalled on most TVs manufactured by Hisense, Toshiba and many more TV brands. The service offers VoD, live linear, and ad-supported content for free […]
20th Century Studios has released a first-look image from White Men Can’t Jump today, and has also announced that the movie will stream exclusively on Disney+ from May 19th. White Men Can’t Jump is a modern remix of the iconic 1992 film that celebrates the streetball hustling culture of Los Angeles. Multi-platinum rap superstar Jack […]