Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky has told analysts that Amazon will double its video content spend during the second half of 2016 compared to the same period last year. Speaking during the company’s Q2 earnings call, Olsavsky also said that Amazon was “nearly tripling” its number of new Amazon Original shows – TV shows and movies compared with the […]
They may only be little people, but kids – and particularly young kids – have a huge impact on in-home entertainment decisions. Across Europe and the US, their presence in a household means more non-linear TV, SVoD, apps and streaming sites are viewed, and more ‘baby-sitting electronics’ are owned. In this latest research, produced exclusively […]
Netflix and CBS Studios International announced a ‘landmark international licensing agreement’ for the new Star Trek television series. Netflix will be the exclusive premiere home of Star Trek in 188 countries (excluding the US and Canada). Each episode of the new series will be available globally within 24 hours of its US premiere. Additionally, all […]
A study from Juniper Research has found that the value of digital content transactions paid for by carrier billing is expected to reach $47 billion (€42.5bn) by 2020, more than 4 times 2015’s figure of just under $11.3 billion. According to the research, Apple’s decision to test carrier billing in
The meteoric rise of streaming services such as Spotify and Netflix may be having a chilling effect on illegal copyright infringement according to research commissioned by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) which has revealed a fall in online infringement and a steep rise in consumer use of streaming. Kantar Media’s Online Copyright Infringement Tracker, […]
Netflix and The CW Network, a joint venture between CBS and Warner Bros, have announced a new multi-year content licensing relationship that allows Netflix to remain the exclusive US subscription television service for previous seasons of scripted series broadcast on The CW. The new relationship spans all current CW series, as well as all future […]
Netflix is set to host a remake of the 1960s sci-fi TV show Lost In Space after ordering a 10-episode series. “The original series so deftly captured both drama and comedy, and that made it very appealing to a broad audience,” Netflix vice president Cindy Holland told Variety. “The current creative team’s reimagining of the […]
Uptake of subscription video on demand (SVoD) services delivered over the Internet continues to run hot in Australia with 2.7 million active subscriptions expected by the end of June 2016, representing a growth rate of 46 per cent over the same period in 2015, according to research by technology analyst firm Telsyte. Telsyte’s Australian SVOD/OTT […]
AMC Networks International Iberia, producer of thematic TV in the Iberian market, is partnering with Machinima, the global many2many programming service focused on gamer culture, to launch the first SVoD channel dedicated to gaming, eSports and heroes in Spain and Portugal across pay-TV operators, smart TVs and on iOS/Android apps. Programming will feature Machinima’s most […]
US streaming service Hulu has signed a new content licensing agreement with Disney/ABC that will make full prior seasons of popular kids titles from Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD available on Hulu. The deal will bring over 500 episodes and more than 20 original TV movies from Disney/ABC’s suite of networks to the […]