Netflix, as well as its other OTT players, is frequently accused of creating the perfect storm to kill off broadcasting and contributing to the cable and satellite TV ‘cord cutting’ syndrome. ‘Not so’, implies a note from research analysts at MoffettNathanson. “Over the past few years, there have been few narratives as powerful and as […]
Netflix is said to be in talks with the BBC to stream the new series of Top Gear, in a deal that could see the show go head to head globally with Jeremy Clarkson’s new Amazon Prime show. The revamped Top Gear, which will be hosted by Chris Evans, Matt Le Blanc and Eddie Jordan, […]
HBO plans to expand its online streaming service, HBO Now, to Argentina and Brazil this year, extending a global push to reach new viewers who pay for broadband but not TV. Brazil is already HBO’s biggest Latin American market, HBO CEO Richard Plepler said. “You’re just adding to the opportunity for the consumer to have […]
Sky in Italy has launched Sky Box Sets following the success of the service in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria. Customers in Italy can now access a huge catalogue of titles including House of Cards, The Walking Dead, The Sopranos and Californication. The service will allow customers initial access to 120 whole seasons of […]
US streaming service Hulu has jointly acquired the US rights to Joshy, obtaining exclusive streaming rights to the comedy after its January debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Hulu has acquired the rights with Lionsgate Entertainment, which will release the film in cinemas before it moves to the streaming service. The deal marks the first […]
Netflix has been streaming 4K content since April 2014 and when actual 4K content was extremely thin on the ground. Happily there are now plenty of consumers with Ultra-HD (UHD) displays and last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona saw one of its VP/interface innovation, Chris Jaffe, promise delegates that there would be plenty of […]
Amazon’s subscription video service could soon be launching in Australia, where it would directly take on Netflix, Presto and Stan in the country. The Australian Financial Review reports that Amazon wants to use the launch of its new motoring show with ex-Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to give it big […]
As an entertainment category, online video is thriving, offering viewers massive amounts of content, highly targeted genres and sub-genres, and bite-sized formats making it easy to watch on the go—all of which has made the category immensely popular with the types of young consumers advertisers covet, according to Hub Entertainment Research. Hub’s recently-released study – […]
Although Apple’s iOS operating system still sees the bulk of TV Everywhere (TVE) authentications, analysis from Adobe Digital Index (ADI) shows TVE consumption slowly moving toward connected devices, such as Apple TV and Roku. According to ADI’s Q4 Digital Video Benchmark report, iOS share of TVE decreased 20 per cent year over year (YoY), while […]
Findings from IHS looking at consumer spend on movies and TV suggest a clear correlation between the launch of Netflix and a decline in video spending. The IHS Technology report – Did Netflix Kill the Physical Video Market? – notes that before Netflix launched its streaming service in the US in 2007, spending on buying […]