Fans of the Premier League’s newly-promoted teams face paying £35 (€41.85) per game to watch them play on pay-TV and streaming services this season – three times more than the biggest clubs, reveals comparison and switching service Uswitch.com. Latest research shows a quarter of Brits with a sports package feel it’s the most important part […]
The number of unique users of SVoD platforms in Italy reached 16.1 million in March 2022, a growth of 1.6 million on the same month in 2021, according to the Q1 report of Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom). On average, Netflix recorded 9.2 million unique users (+5.5 per cent y/y), followed by Amazon Prime with 7 […]
With the English Premier League season kicking off on August 5th, 1.25 million Brits (2.4 per cent) admit to having illegally streamed at least one Premier League game over the past 12 months, according to new research from personal finance comparison site finder.com. This is close to the average viewership for Premier League games shown […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media has confirmed the availability of Disney+ on the Virgin TV 360 service. The app joins 360’s line-up as Virgin Media also introduces a new personalised home screen, tailored specifically to customers’ viewing habits, and an updated catch-up catalogue, making it easier for viewers to catch up on shows they’ve missed. […]
Whip Media, the leading enterprise software platform and data provider to the world’s largest entertainment organisations, announced today that VIZ Media, a world-leading producer of manga and anime distributor, will utilise Whip Media’s platform for real-time performance data on digital content. VIZ is at the forefront of America’s Japanese pop-culture phenomenon, which today dominates multiple […]
GroupM’s addressable TV business, Finecast has partnered with technology platforms and broadcasters aiming to make connected TV advertising better, and help advertisers reach bigger audiences through BVoD campaigns. Header Bidding technology enables advertisers to access more BVoD inventory and invest bigger budgets in CTV campaigns to reach bigger audiences. First launched in Australia and Thailand, […]
The Foxtel Group and The Walt Disney Company are to integrate the Disney+ app on set-top boxes of more than 1.7 million Foxtel subscribers over the coming weeks, boosting Foxtel’s streaming aggregation strategy and bringing what Foxtel calls the world’s best content, all in one place. The Disney+ app integration means Foxtel customers with a […]
International content producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media has confirmed the promotions of Craig Junner to SVP, Programming + Content Strategy, Global Media and Andrea Harrick to VP, Content Acquisitions, Global Media. Both promotions arrive on the heels of a year filled with significant growth in the free streaming arena for Blue Ant […]
Findings from research and advisory group Omdia indicate that nonlinear viewing continues to gain greater hegemony in the daily viewing habits of TV users across the US, Europe and Australia with online long form and social media video viewing growing beyond the previous year’s boom in viewing time. Omdia’s new Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time Report […]
England’s historic win over Germany in the Women’s Euro 2022 final at a sold-out Wembley Stadium pulled in a peak TV audience of 17.4 million on BBC One, making it the most-watched women’s football game on UK television of all-time and the most-watched programme in 2022 so far. Across BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website […]