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Audible, Disney launch new kid-focused originals

Audible, the audiobook and podcast service, and Disney Publishing have released three new Audible Originals from Disney’s Frozen, Disney & Pixar’s Cars, and Star Wars, in addition to 60 audiobooks featuring stories including Finding Dory, Marvel’s Avengers, Monsters Inc, Mulan, and Toy Story. The three, new Audible Originals releasing today feature multiple Disney character voices and immersive sound design. The […]

September 20, 2024

UK titles rule Netflix’s H1 most-watched shows

Netflix has shared its latest Engagement Report, which shows what people watched on Netflix from January to June 2024. Introducing the report, the streaming platform said: “Watchtime — or engagement — is our best indicator of member happiness. When people watch more, they stick around longer and recommend Netflix to others. In the first half of […]

September 19, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Sportian boost for ONE Championship anti-piracy fight

Sportian, the sports division of Globant, is partnering with martial arts organisation ONE Championship to protect its content against piracy. Using Globant Sportian’s Content Protection services, an evolution of the services originally developed by La Liga, illegal broadcasts can be detected in real-time and tracked across streaming sites, apps, VoD platforms, search engines, social media, […]

September 19, 2024By Colin Mann

Germany: NHK World-Japan expands distribution via HD+

NHK World-Japan, the English-language international service of Japan’s public media organisation NHK, is expanding its distribution in Germany in collaboration with HD+. The German TV platform operator has integrated the channel into its streaming package HD+ IP as well as its multiscreen service HD+ MultiScreen, enabling reception on smartphones, tablets and further TV sets in […]

September 19, 2024

Channel 4 streaming minutes up 25% in 2024

Channel 4’s streaming growth continues, with minutes viewed up 25 per cent (to 42 billion) between January and August 2024. In August alone, total viewer minutes grew 11 per cent year on year (to 4.4 billion viewer minutes). Latest Barb data also shows the channel continues to grow its overall audience, with a 4 per […]

September 18, 2024

Report: Olympics fuels US TV viewership in August

US Television viewing in August was boosted by the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to The Gauge report from Nielsen. The Summer Games had the most notable impact on broadcast viewership, notching growth levels more typical for September with increases of 8 per cent versus July and 11.7 per cent year over year. The broadcast category […]

September 18, 2024

The Perfect Couple holds on to Netflix #1

Susanne Bier’s whodunnit limited series The Perfect Couple, starring Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber, spent another week atop Netflix’s English TV List clocking 21.9 million views in the week commencing September 9th. Season 4, Part 2 of Emily in Paris debuted in second place with 11.5 million views. The ladies of the Oppenheim Group sent […]

September 18, 2024

Sarandos: “Still so much potential in TV”

Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, in delivering his keynote speech at the Royal Television Society London Convention, began by declaring that Britain is one of the best places for TV and film production. “The Royal Television Society always holds a special place in my heart because it was here, back in 2016, that I showed […]

September 17, 2024Colin Mann @ RTS London Convention

Report: Kids reduce churn for streaming services

With streamers nearing market saturation in Western markets, retaining subscribers is more important than ever. A report from Ampere Analysis shows that households with children are less likely to cancel streaming service subscriptions than those without them. As a result, streamers are scooping up kids’ titles to appease this influential audience. Olivia Deane, Research Manager […]

September 17, 2024

Culture Secretary: “Produce more outside of London, SE”

The UK Culture Secretary is to challenge the TV industry to commission and make more shows outside London and the South East. In her Royal Television Society convention keynote address, Lisa Nandy will say that broadcasters must be more ambitious in continuing to grow the UK’s world-leading TV sector beyond London and the South East, […]

September 17, 2024Colin Mann @ RTS London Convention