Rakuten and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have announced that all games from the 2019-20 NBA season, due to begin on October 23rd, will be streamed live and on demand on the new service, NBA Rakuten, in Japan. The season starts with defending champions Toronto Raptors vs New Orleans Pelicans followed by an LA derby […]
Amazon has revealed that the third series from The Walking Dead universe will be coming to its Prime Video streaming service in the Spring of 2020. The series follows the global success of The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead. “TV audiences around the world have demonstrated their passion for The Walking Dead universe, […]
Multichannel programmer Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and UK multiplay operator Virgin Media have agreed a new multi-year distribution deal in the UK and Ireland spanning TV channels, on-demand rights and a range of new streaming applications. The renewed partnership ensures Virgin Media customers will continue to enjoy access to some of their favourite TV […]
DTH provider Dish TV India has collaborated with Amazon Prime Video to offer Prime Video app to its Dish TV and d2h subscribers on its upcoming hybrid set-top box. The deal will enable Dish TV and d2h subscribers seamlessly to access Amazon Prime Video app on their TV and enjoy Amazon’s latest and exclusive blockbuster […]
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has reached an agreement with streaming platform Netflix to jointly produce movies. The partners will co-finance seven titles and Netflix will contribute most of the funding, according to reports. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will be in Rome on October 8th to officially announce the multi-year deal. In August, Mediaset CEO Piersilvio Berlusconi […]
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit media and educational organisation, has agreed to deal to bring four new series and five new seasons of Sesame Street, annual specials, as well as its historic 50-year library, to HBO Max – the new SVoD service scheduled to launch in spring 2020. Beginning with season 51, Sesame Street will premiere […]
Netflix has ordered Human Resources, a new workplace comedy set in the world of the monsters from its Emmy nominated animated series Big Mouth. Big Mouth creators Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett signed an overall deal with Netflix back in June under their newly formed animation production company, Brutus Pink. In […]
Australia has the sixth highest household SVoD household penetration globally. In recent research, Ampere Analysis predicts that SVoD household penetration in Australia will reach 65 per cent by the end of 2019, making it an extremely attractive market to streamers. Amazon, in particular, has been aggressively targeting the market here to meet growing subscriber demand. […]
In the latest issue of Euromedia we look at the dawning of the era of D2C. It is, I suppose, the natural evolution of the stunning success of the era of SVoD as exemplified by the ‘world domination’ of Netflix. Netflix has achieved much: it has disintermediated traditional gatekeepers, it has changed viewing habits and […]
A survey of 1,500 visitors to UK comparison site Broadband Genie set out to discover how people felt about the splintering of streaming services, and whether they might turn to piracy. Amazon Prime and Netflix are by far the most popular services for UK streaming subscribers. Both boast extensive libraries at a relatively low cost. […]