Findings from the Precise Advertiser Report: Kids report from research agency Giraffe Insights indicate that YouTube dominates most categories in terms of viewership and performance, with nine in 10 kids surveyed saying they consume YouTube content. Furthermore, 84 per cent of kids say YouTube is the main way they consume video content, with 40 per […]

Kantar’s Entertainment on Demand study reports that from September to December 2022, the number of US households with video streaming rose 2.5 million, reaching a total of 115.6 million households. Household penetration of video streaming is now 89 per cent. SVoD contracted for the second consecutive quarter, but like in Q3, categorical declines are driven […]

Netflix’s plan to limit or end password sharing could backfire in Spain, as 58.7 per cent of customers says they would be willing to cancel their subscription, according to a report from the consultancy firm Barlovento Comunicacion. In Spain, the use of shared accounts is very popular – above all for Netflix, the streaming platform […]

French comms regulator Arcom, together with trade bodies l’Association pour la protection des programmes sportifs (APPS) [Association for the Protection of Sports Programmes] and la Fédération Française des Télécoms [French Telecoms Federation] (FFTélécoms) have welcomed the signing of an agreement between the four major ISPs and APPS to strengthen the fight against the illegal distribution […]

Nielsen has announced an expansion of its relationship with Netflix, which includes a multi-year agreement to provide linear and streaming audience data across the US, Mexico and Poland. In the US, Netflix will subscribe to Nielsen’s National TV measurement data and Streaming Platform Ratings. In Mexico and Poland, Netflix will subscribe to cross-platform audience insights […]

Amagi, the global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced that the free global streaming media platform, Plex, has joined its end-to-end content marketplace as a platform partner. Plex is a leading Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) platform in the United States that offers its viewers premium content across genres […]

Abacus Media Rights has sold S4C’s Welsh-language crime caper, Dal y Mellt, to Netflix. This will be the first Welsh-language drama licensed on Netflix and will stream this April in the UK. Dal y Mellt (which translates to  ‘Rough Cut‘) was released in October 2022 on S4C Clic and BBC iPlayer, garnering critical acclaim and proving […]

A Uswitch study has revealed the most popular streaming releases of 2022, and Netflix dominates the rankings, with Heartstopper, The Last Kingdom and Cheer ranking top. The study by analysed audience reviews, critic ratings, and online popularity for Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video 2022 original titles, to reveal the UK’s most popular streaming releases from […]

As Netflix cracks down on password sharing, a study by Horowitz Research suggests that the decision may not spell doom and gloom for the service. Horowitz’s State of OTA 2022 report found that seven out of 10 Netflix users who password share would be willing to pay full price for the service if they could […]

Viaplay Group and Bell Media’s Crave streaming service have agreed a partnership that brings Nordic content to audiences across Canada through Viaplay Select. Crave subscribers can now access a selection of Viaplay films and series, with a focus on Nordic noir, along with curated third-party productions from the region. The agreement makes Canada the 19th […]