A research study from Hub shows a dramatic difference between younger and older consumers when it comes to their preferred TV brands. Highlights from the study, entitled The Evolution of Video Branding, include:
Netflix has entered into a multi-year overall deal with Kenny Ortega – a producer, director, and choreographer best known for the High School Musical franchise. Ortega has directed and choreographed a number of international hits including the Descendants trilogy, Newsies, and Hocus Pocus, and choreographed a plethora of classic movies including Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller’s […]
We may be living through a golden era for content, but it is also the age of big data audience analysis, empowering broadcasters with more information than ever before to make their renewal and cancellation decisions. Ampere’s analysis of renewals and cancellations between September 2018 and March 2019 reveals that the streamers have been the […]
Netflix has opened its first European production hub in Tres Cantos, Madrid. This is part of a multi million Euro investment in Spanish language content, which the streaming giant says will help to support Spain’s growing creative community. Since launching in Spain four years ago, Netflix has invested heavily in Spanish language shows: local stories […]
Discovery and BBC Studios have concluded a series of agreements, reigniting their historic relationship with a significant multi-million pound global content partnership spanning a library of premium factual series to power a new global streaming service, and a bespoke development deal for BBC Studios’ iconic genres of natural history, animals, adventure, science, travel, space, history […]
DC Universe has unveiled a slate of new features and programming updates for its digital subscription service. At the WonderCon event in California, the service revealed that its members will now have access to DC’s vast digital comics library that encompasses many thousand single issue comics published over 80 years. Members can read, view on […]
Carolyn McCall, chief executive of UK commercial public service broadcaster ITV, has refuted a suggestion that the proposed BritBox SVoD service it is planning in partnership with the BBC was “far too late” to market and “completely dwarfed by recent announcements from California,” suggesting that its distinctive British programming offered something that other services did […]
Marking the first AMC UK original production, An Accidental Studio, a new feature-length documentary examining the history of HandMade Films is to premiere in first window on AMC internationally, being available in the UK on May 4th at 9pm, exclusively to BT customers. Featuring never-before-seen interviews with key players, the documentary captures an extraordinary moment […]
IHS Markit has offered its insight following Apple’s unveiling of its new streaming TV and news service from Apple Apple’s commitment to content across all media forms, as well as credit and payment options, indicates the company will continue to invest in its expanding service provision businesses, according to Maria Rua-Aguete, executive director, IHS Markit, […]
YouTube is halting the production of premium drama and scripted comedy, and has consequently stopped taking pitches from producers, according to reports in the US. As Apple preps its TV service including original content, it seems YouTube appears to confirm it is ducking competing head on with the premium streaming services. Bloomberg reports that the […]