Showmax, the African streaming service is relaunching in February 2024 with a new look, new app and entirely new product suite. This comes following the announcement of the partnership between Showmax and Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky earlier this year. The new Showmax will have three plans: Showmax Entertainment, Showmax Entertainment Mobile and the exciting Showmax […]
Channel 4 recorded its biggest-ever month of streaming in October – including records for a single day’s views – driven by programmes including Married at First Sight UK and The Great British Bake Off. The industry data released by Barb showed the channel registered 6.7 billion viewer minutes in October – the largest since official […]
TF1 Group will launch its free of charge, ad-supported streaming platform TF1+ on January 8th 2024. Set to broadly replace the current catch-up and AVoD platform MyTF1, the new service will focus on news content and family entertainment. The launch date will coincide with the launch of a revamped version of the long-running soap Plus […]
Setanta Sports, the sports multimedia platform across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Netflix have announced an exclusive partnership in 13 countries to make it easier to acess both services as part of a single offer. The new joint bundle, called Fan Pack, allows viewers to subscribe to Setanta Sports and Netflix and for a […]
Director David Fincher’s new thriller The Killer starring Michael Fassbender went straight to the top of Netflix’s English Films List in its debut week with 27.9 million views. It was the most watched title in the week commencing November 6th, placing at #1 in 88 countries and reacing the Top 10 in 93 countries. Returning […]
AudienceXpress, FreeWheel’s video sales house, has announced the findings from the fourth iteration of its Advanced TV Uncovered study, conducted by independent media research firm CoLab Media Consulting. The study explored UK marketers’ spending plans and objectives for the year ahead. It uncovered significant optimism for Advanced TV, especially regarding AVoD and FAST budgets. The […]
Over 40 per cent of Brazilian households with TVs now have access to subscription-based streaming services, according to a survey by IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The survey, which was conducted in Q4 2022, found that 43.4 per cent of households with TVs had access to SVoD services, which is equivalent to […]
The latest report from consultancy firm GECA reveals that streaming users in Spain are increasingly migrating to OTT platforms with advertising – with the sector mow representing over 50 per cent of viewers. Since Netflix launched its ad-tier in the country, one in every two new subscribers has opted for the service with advertising. Prime […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its fourth quarter and full year ended September 30th 2023. Financial Results for the Quarter and Full Year. Revenues for the quarter and year grew 5 per cent to $21.24 billion (€19.8bn) and 7 per cent compared to the prior-year quarter and prior year, respectively. Disney+ added […]
Dame Caroline Dinenage, Chair of the UK House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has welcomed the introduction of the Media Bill after the Secretary of State confirmed that the Government has accepted the majority of recommendations made by the Committee after its pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill. Commenting on the First Reading of […]