Netflix’s global hit series La Casa de Papel (also known as Money Heist) rolled out its highly anticipated fourth season on April 3rd only to see it immediately soar to the number one most in-demand series in the world, according to global demand data insights company Parrot Analytics. From April 3rd to 5th, La Casa de Papel was 31.75 times […]
Research from consultancy firm Ampere Analysis on commissions, renewals and cancellations in 2019 has found that Reality was the second-most commissioned genre for linear services and third-most commissioned genre for video on-demand (VoD) services. Data from Ampere’s Analytics service indicates that Netflix has ramped up production of Reality content compared to previous years. While in […]
Disney’s adaptation of Artemis Fowl, the first in a series of fantasy novels by Eoin Colfer, is set to forego a cinema release and debut straight on the Disney+ streaming platform. The movie had been scheduled to land in cinemas on May 29th, but with most screens closed all around the globe as a result […]
Quibi, the new mobile-first video service, featuring short-form original content, is to be made available on US carrier T-Mobile’s network, with the exclusive partnership giving its customers an entirely new entertainment source, at no extra cost. According to the telco, people are streaming more video more than ever before, and over 85 per cent of […]
BritBox, the SVoD service created by the BBC and UK commercial PSB ITV, is now available on LG Smart TVs, specifically those manufactured from 2014. Users can find the app in the LG content store. BritBox is now widely accessible on TV streaming devices including Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Google Chromecast, and through […]
The Trolls World Tour movie sequel arrives on Rakuten TV on April 6th. In light of the current circumstances that have made it impossible for audiences to view films in cinemas, Rakuten and NBCUniversal (NBCU) have partnered to allow Rakuten TV users to rent some new NBCU movies, such as Trolls World Tour, during the […]
Mobile app intelligence specialist Apptopia, and customer engagement platform Braze have revealed key findings from a joint report, 2020: The Year of Streaming, analysing the state of the streaming industry, with streaming poised for a breakout year in 2020. Disney+ has demonstrated that new streaming services can enter a crowded market and be successful, and […]
The Disney+ SVoD platform attracted 5 million downloads in one day when it launched on March 24th in seven new European markets – Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK – according to estimates from app insights specialist App Annie. With many Europeans on lockdown at home, many with children looking to be […]
Netflix has fixed a temporary outage that affected some users in the US and Europe during the evening of March 25th, according to the SVoD service. The website refused to load when users navigated to the site. Problems were also reported by those using the app, although some who were unable to access the website […]
Netflix and CAKE, in partnership with Rovio Entertainment, have announced a new animated series Angry Birds: Summer Madness based on the iconic world of the Angry Birds. The 40 x 11 minute episode series will debut globally starting in 2021, taking its cue from the humour and tone of The Angry Birds Movie franchise while revealing […]