North American OTT TV episode and movie revenues will reach $107 billion (€101bn) in 2028; up from $74 billion in 2022, according to the North America OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. The US will contribute $30 billion from the $33 billion additional revenues, with Canada supplying the rest. […]
BritBox International, the British streaming platform, has reached a milestone of three million total subscribers across the eight international markets in which its streaming service is available – the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. This represents over 15 per cent subscriber growth during the past year across all of the […]
Netflix has cut its monthly subscription fees for a number countries in parts of Asia, Europe, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. The streaming giant announced that, for example, the mobile planin sub-Saharan Africa will now cost around $3, and the Premium plan coming in at just under $10. The new prices will […]
Club illico, the Canadian SVoD service, has reached a Pay-One licensing agreement with Paramount Global Content Distribution to stream new films from Paramount Pictures’ slate after their theatrical release. Club illico is consequently now the exclusive French Language home for all new Paramount Pictures feature films following their theatrical release in Canada. Future titles to […]
Netflix has announced its first partnership with the NFL: a new docu-series called Quarterback that will take a unique look at each season, told through the lens of NFL quarterbacks. The series features exclusive, unprecedented access to the likes of Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota from the beginning of the 2022 season to […]
TNT Sports will be the new name for the premium sports brand to be launched later in 2023 by the Joint Venture between BT Group and Warner Bros Discovery. The pair say the new name heralds an important step in the previously announced plans to unite the collection of premium rights from BT Sport and […]
Viaplay, the Nordic direct-to-consumer streaming service, has launched in the US. Subscriptions are available for $5.99 (€5.61) per month, with a seven-day free trial. Subscribers will have access to a library of Nordic film and television content, all subtitled in English. “Viaplay’s direct-to-consumer streaming service is now widely available in the US,” commented Vanda Rapti, […]
Murder-mystery series You was Netflix’s most-viewed title again in the week beginning February 13th as Season 4, Part 1 drew 64.1 million hours viewed, landing in the Top 10 in 88 countries. In its first 11 days, the first five episodes of the new season had 38 million views (156.1 million view hours divided by […]
Barb has committed to expanding its measurement of audiences to include fit-for-TV content on video-sharing platforms. This decision follows an industry consultation led by Barb in autumn 2022. Practitioners from across the UK TV and advertising ecosystem took part to establish a consensus on the type of content on video-sharing platforms that should be part […]
It takes someone with the self-confidence born of being born into one of the founding families of second-generation television to call out that the third-generation simply isn’t working. James Dolan is the chair of AMC Networks, the content spin-off of Cablevision, one of the founding father companies of the US, then global, cable and pay-TV […]