Advanced Television

VOD

Data: Over 19m UK homes have SVoD

BARB, the UK’s television audience measurement currency, has released data from its Establishment Survey for Q4 2021. BARB says the Establishment Survey enables it to understand the characteristics of UK households, part of ensuring that its daily reporting of television audiences is representative of the whole population. One of the most-discussed metrics that the Establishment […]

February 17, 2022

Forecast: US to add 104m SVoD subs by 2027

Gross SVoD subscriptions (for movies, linear channels and TV episodes – excluding other platforms such as sports) in the US will climb from 354 million at end-2021 to 458 million in 2027, according to the North America OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. About 86 per cent of TV […]

February 17, 2022

Analysis: Amazon to take Spotify’s crown in 2022?

According to Craig Armer, Strategic Insights Director at Kantar, 2022 could be the year Amazon dethrones Spotify as the UK’s biggest music streaming platform.  Kantar’s Entertainment on Demand study into the UK’s music habits has uncovered the following trends: 53 per cent of UK consumers with a music streaming subscription have a Spotify account, compared […]

February 17, 2022

Netgem powers Zeop multiscreen TV

Reunion-based triple play fibre operator Zeop is launching a next-generation multi-screen television service, ZEOPTV. ZEOPTV offers an enhanced entertainment streaming experience to all fibre subscribers who can watch any live or on-demand content on any screen, whether on their iOS, Android or PC/MAC devices, and for the first time on the NetgemTV- powered platform also […]

February 17, 2022By Colin Mann

ViacomCBS to become Paramount

Media and entertainment company ViacomCBS is to become Paramount Global (referred to as Paramount), effective February 16th, bringing together its portfolio of premium entertainment properties under a new parent company name. “Paramount is an idea: A promise to be the best,” said Shari Redstone, Non-Executive Chair of the company’s Board of Directors. “That promise has […]

February 16, 2022By Colin Mann

Paramount+ expands to France

As part of a wide-ranging series of announcements, including the changing of the overall company name to Paramount Global, ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), a division of ViacomCBS, has agreed a long-term strategic partnership that will bring Canal+ subscribers ViacomCBS content. The strategic partnership includes the distribution of Paramount+ as the service expands to France this year. […]

February 16, 2022

Forecast: Netflix to remain SVoD leader in LatAm

In 2021, the dynamics of the SVoD OTT market in Latin America were altered by the entrance of some of the world’s largest content producers, namely Disney (with Disney+) and Warner Media (with HBO Max), notes Dataxis. As a result of this increased competition, the subscription growth reached an all-time record, with a 47.2 per […]

February 16, 2022

Starzplay expands in Nordics

Starzplay, the international premium streaming service from Starz, has has extended its offering for customers in the Nordics with the launch of the direct-to-consumer Starzplay app and a dedicated Starzplay channel on the Apple TV app. In addition, after releasing an early selection of Starzplay content that launched across all five Nordic territories on NENT’s […]

February 16, 2022

WarnerMedia boost for RTL+

RTL Group’s RTL Deutschland business unit has signed an exclusive agreement for an extensive, multi-year programme volume deal with Warner Bros Entertainment. Starting from Q1 2022, RTL Deutschland will receive access to exclusive films and series, including HBO Max originals, to complement the increasing number of German originals on its rapidly-growing streaming service RTL+. In […]

February 16, 2022

Viewers flock to Netflix Oscar noms

As viewers whet their appetite for the upcoming Oscars ceremony, Netflix’s two best picture nominations, The Power of the Dog and Don’t Look Up, both took spots in the Netflix Top 10 English Films for the week commecing February 7th. The Power of the Dog, which received 12 nominations, re-entered the English Films list off […]

February 16, 2022By Nik Roseveare