Canal+ has restructured its drama and movies offering and will relaunch it under new on-demand brand, Ciné+ OCS, on July 3rd The French pay-TV group acquired the OCS pay-TV bouquet, and its production arm Orange Studio, from Orange France in January. Available via the Canal+ bouquet as well as through services operated by various distributing […]
JioCinema, the Indian streaming platform, has bolstered its content offerings with anew Anime slate. JioCinema is now home to top Anime shows, and the launch will be headlined by the global simulcast of Season 4 of Demon Slayer. JioCinema Premium members will have unlimited access to the Anime Hub, with plans starting at Rs 29 (€0.32) per month. […]
Channel 4 streaming grew 22 per cent year-on-year in April – with a total of 6.5 billion viewer minutes – according to BARB data. The figures show viewing among 16-34s was up 15 per cent year on year to 1.7 billion viewer minutes, as Channel 4 streaming reached more young viewers (16-34) than any other […]
Spanish pay-TV platform Movistar hopes to gain new subscribers for its streaming service Movistar Plus+ through a deal with electronics manufacturer Samsung. From May 15th, the South Korean brand will offer Movistar’s OTT service for free for three months to all buyers of its smart TVs in Spain. It is estimated that the Movistar Plus+ […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has appointed entertainment creative advertising and marketing specialist, Once Upon a Time, and brand consultancy and creative agency, BigSmall, to handle the launch of Max, its enhanced streaming service. Max will launch in the first European countries beginning May 21st. Max brings together HBO Max’s programming, Discovery’s real-life entertainment and all […]
Disney has announced that the celebratedcomedy series The Bear will premiere its third season on June 27th only on Disney+ in the UK, with all episodes available at premiere. Season three of FX’s The Bear follows Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri) and Richie Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they do what […]
Prime Video has ordered drama series Haven (working title), produced by Drama Republic. The series stars Sophie Turner, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd and Archie Madekwe. Crime novelist S.A. Nikias is set to write, and Sam Miller is lined up to direct the first three episodes as well as serve as an executive producer. The series will premiere […]
Disney Entertainment and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have announced a new streaming bundle that includes Disney+, Hulu and Max. Beginning this summer in the US the streaming services will be offered together, featuring content from ABC, CNN, DC, Discovery, Disney, Food Network, FX, HBO, HGTV, Hulu, Marvel, Pixar, Searchlight, Warner Bros, and more. The new […]
Baby Reindeer, the true story of creator Richard Gadd’s experience with a stalker, was the most-watched title on Netflix in the week beginning April 29th, spending its third consecutive week atop the English TV List, with 18.6 million views. Also having a big week was Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (India), the period drama from BAFTA […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported Q2 revenues increased to $22.1 billion (€20.5bn) from $21.8 billion in the prior-year quarter. Disney’s Entertainment Direct-to-Consumer business was profitable in Q2. While Disney said it was expecting softer Entertainment DTC results in Q3 to be driven by Disney+ Hotstar, it continues to expect its combined streaming businesses to […]