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Captain America: Brave New World sets Disney+ premiere

Disney+ subscribers can watch the latest chapter of the Captain America legacy, experiencing high-stakes action and cinematic visuals, when the movie premieres on the streaming platform on May 28th. The movie, titled Captain America: Brave New World, is the fourth instalment in the Captain America film series and and the 35th film in the Marvel […]

May 14, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Australia: Nine scores World Rugby deal

World Rugby has announced a long-term broadcast deal with Nine Entertainment to create the exclusive home of World Rugby competitions for fans in Australia through to 2029. Through the multi-year agreement, the 9Network, Stan Sport and 9Now will showcase rugby’s biggest global competitions, including Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cups, WXV Global Series, HSBC SVNS, […]

May 12, 2025By Colin Mann

Research: Studios delaying movie streaming releases

More than half (55 per cent) of US studio movies took 90 days or more to hit subscription streaming platforms in 2024, according to research by Ampere Analysis. The 90-day new normal for big-budget films reflects studios’ revived strategy of encouraging US audiences back to cinemas by delaying movie releases on streaming. With box office […]

May 7, 2025

Prime Video signs CJ ENM content deal

Prime Video and entertainment company CJ ENM have announced a strategic collaboration, securing multi-year worldwide distribution rights (excluding Korea and China) for Korean content. The announcement was made at the World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) in Mumbai, India. Throughout 2025 and 2026, Prime Video will launch multiple new exclusive titles from CJ ENM, […]

May 6, 2025

MGM+ to add James Bond collection in 32 countries

MGM+ has announced that The James Bond Collection will be available to stream from June 1st 2025, for a limited time period, across 32 countries. Twnty-five of the iconic James Bond movies, ranging from Sean Connery’s Dr No. to Daniel Craig’s No Time to Die, will be available at no extra cost to MGM+ subscribers. […]

May 1, 2025

Netflix orders Mating Season from Big Mouth creators

Netflix has announced Mating Season, a new adult-animated series from the same minds behind hit series Big Mouth. Mating Season will debut on Netflix in 2026 and is set in the animal world – starring a cast of bears, raccoons, deer, foxes and a host of other forest critters as they navigate love, relationships and […]

April 30, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Netflix expands Mexican originals lineup

Netflix has announced the start of production of four new series in Mexico: Santita, Love 9 to 5 (Amor de oficina), I’m not afraid (No tengo miedo) and Corruptors (Los corruptores). Netflix has also confirmed the end of production of Lovesick (Mal de amores), the adaptation of the novel written by Ángeles Mastretta and directed […]

April 30, 2025

Amazon Japanese Original Marry My Husband on Prime Video in June

Prime Video has announced that the Japanese Amazon Original drama series Marry My Husband will premiere exclusively on Prime Video on June 27th. Prime Video customers in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide will be able to enjoy weekly episodes of the series. Based on the popular NAVER web novel, this Japan-Korea joint project […]

April 28, 2025

Netflix adds ‘dialogue only’ subtitles

Netflix is introducing a new subtitles option: original language that shows only the spoken dialogue. Until now, if viewers wanted subtitles in the original language, they’d turn on ‘Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH/CC)’, which includes not only dialogue but also audio cues such as [phone buzzing] or [dramatic music swells], as […]

April 25, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Data: Prime Video, Apple TV+ lead new subs in Q1

Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, has revealed growing adoption of ad-supported streaming, strong competition between Prime Video and Apple TV+, and a breakout performance by Mubi, which recorded its best-ever quarter in the Entertainment on Demand (EoD) GB streaming market data. The study in Great Britain, from Kantar’s Worldpanel division, uncovered the following […]

April 24, 2025