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Apple TV+ launching on Prime Video US

Apple TV+ will be available via Prime Video in the US later this October as an add-on subscription for $9.99 per month. Prime members who subscribe to Apple TV+ via Prime Video will have access to premium entertainment including Severance, Slow Horses, Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, Presumed Innocent, Shrinking, Hijack, Loot, Palm Royale, as […]

October 10, 2024

Prime Video orders more Reacher

Prime Video has renewed hit series Reacher for a fourth season. The second season, starring Alan Ritchson in the titular role, was the most viewed 2023 release on the Prime Video streaming service, whilst the third season is set to debut on February 20th 2025. Season 3 of Reacher is based on the seventh book […]

October 10, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Nobody Wants This at Netflix #1

Nobody Wants This, Erin Foster’s semi-autobiographical romantic comedy series, starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, rose to #1 on Netflix’s English TV List on its second week of release, with with 15.9 million views in the week commencing September 30th.  Meanwhile, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story […]

October 9, 2024

Report alleges CTV “surveillance”

The Connected TV (CTV) video streaming industry in the US operates a massive data-driven surveillance apparatus that has transformed the television set into a sophisticated monitoring, tracking and targeting device, according to a new report from lobbying group the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD). How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era documents how CTV […]

October 7, 2024By Colin Mann

Data: Netflix tops UK streaming market in Q3

JustWatch, the streaming guide, has released updates on the UK market share of all major streaming platforms across 60 different countries. The results reflect data collected in Q3 2024. Netflix continues to secure the streaming crown, securing 27 per cent of the streaming market in the UK. Prime Video is in second place with shares […]

October 7, 2024

Prime Video to increase ad load

Prime Video streaming service is set to increase the number of ads viewers see whilst using the streaming service if they don’t pay the extra £2.99/$3.99 fee to remove them. Amazon will roll out more adverts on the service early in the new year, according to a report in the FT. It’s unclear just how […]

October 4, 2024

Report: East Asia leads in subscription bundling

More than a third (34 per cent) of subscribers in East Asia now sign up to services exclusively via third-party bundles and offers — a growing trend of bundling that is already significantly higher than in the US (20 per cent), Latin America (21 per cent) or even Europe (30 per cent). In Japan, nearly […]

October 3, 2024

Analysis: APAC consolidates lead for Netflix Scripted TV commissions

Amid cuts to its US Scripted productions, Netflix is increasingly looking to the APAC region for new content ideas. In the first eight months of 2024, 33 per cent of all new first-run Scripted TV series ordered by Netflix stemmed from its APAC markets, ahead of Western Europe (WE) which captured 29 per cent of […]

October 3, 2024

Report: US consumers support bundled services over SVoD

TiVo has published its Q2 2024 Video Trends Report which reveals that US consumers are pulling back on entertainment spending as the industry works to rebalance and bundle its current entertainment offerings. In 2020, entertainment consumption and spending surged as the pandemic limited consumer activities outside of the home. Now the pendulum is swinging back […]

October 2, 2024

Spain: Prime Video joins Kantar Media insights service

Kantar Media, the specialist in audience measurement and data, has announced that Prime Video has joined its Cross-Platform View service in Spain, which delivers audience insights across linear and streaming on-demand services. “We are delighted to welcome Prime Video to the growing list of clients who find value in our expanding range of solutions,” commented Antonio Wanderley, CEO […]

October 2, 2024