US producer Ryan Murphy dominated the Netflix charts in the week beginning October 10th, with three titles in the Top 10. Since its debut on October 13th, Murphy’s real-estate thriller The Watcher has taken the #1 spot with 125.01 million hours viewed on the English TV List. Starring Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale, the series […]
Viaplay Group will launch its Viaplay streaming service in the UK on November 1st. Potential subscribers will be offered two packages: the Films & Series package focused on Nordic storytelling with Viaplay Originals and curated third-party content, and the Total package that also includes the combined UK sports line-up of Viaplay and pay-TV sports operator […]
SVoD service SkyShowtime will launch in both the Netherlands and Portugal on October 25th, bringing its premium offering of exclusive and iconic entertainment to Dutch and Portuguese homes for the first time. The launches follow SkyShowtime’s official launch across the Nordics. Customers will have access to exclusive television premieres of first-run theatrical films, new and […]
Paramount+, the SVoD service from Paramount Global, has confirmed that the service will arrive in France on December 1st, followed by Germany, Austria and Switzerland on December 8th. Audiences in both regions will gain access to a mountain of entertainment for the whole family spanning new and exclusive Paramount+ originals, hit shows and blockbuster movies […]
Findings from technology research and advisory group Omdia show that TikTok has leapfrogged Netflix to become the second most popular service in the US, with only YouTube retaining the crown for under-35s viewing. The service remains heavily skewed by age and occupies sixth place for above 35 years old. The results from Omdia’s latest consumer […]
Disney+ has released the official trailer for Welcome to Chippendales, and has announced that the upcoming Original limited series will premiere on January 11th 2023 in the UK exclusively on Disney+. A true-crime saga, Welcome to Chippendales tells the incredible story of Somen Steve Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the […]
Findings from the latest Entertainment on Demand report from evidence-based insights and consulting company Kantar reveal that between July to September 2022, the number of VoD-enabled households that subscribed to at least one video streaming service in Great Britain fell to 16.18 million, down -234k, quarter on quarter, representing 56 per cent of households in […]
Research from Ampere Analysis shows that Disney has taken a firm lead for scripted content in North America, having ordered more new scripted content by the end of September than it took in the whole of 2021. Netflix has focused more on international with its scripted output falling by 15 per cent in North America […]
Netflix has revealed further details of its lower-priced, ad-supported plan. In a Blog post, Greg Peters, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Product Officer, said the company is “excited” to launch Basic with Ads — its ad-supported plan — in November. The plan will cost £4.99 a month in the UK and launch on November 3rd […]
From holding a 72 per cent share of the 100 most popular SVoD titles in the US in August of 2015, Netflix has seen a steady decline to under 30 per cent in the last seven years, notes Josh Rustage, Analyst at Ampere Analysis. “Ampere’s proprietary Popularity Score, which measures online engagement with individual titles, […]