In a fireside conversation at AVIA’s Future of Video India conference, part of the inaugural World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), Kelly Day, Head of International & Vice President, Prime Video, and Gaurav Gandhi, Vice President, Asia Pacific & MENA, Prime Video, discussed Prime Video’s growth strategy, with a particular focus on India. Day […]
Prime Video and entertainment company CJ ENM have announced a strategic collaboration, securing multi-year worldwide distribution rights (excluding Korea and China) for Korean content. The announcement was made at the World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) in Mumbai, India. Throughout 2025 and 2026, Prime Video will launch multiple new exclusive titles from CJ ENM, […]
It is well known that the pandemic increased streaming consumption – and now Kantar Media TGI has put a percentage on that. It has compared data on consumer sentiment and behaviour data for media consumption and found that, in March 2019, 26 per cent of British adults agreed that online TV streaming means they now […]
WikiFlix, a new free streaming platform developed by Wikimedia Germany, the parent company of Wikidata, has gone live. The service gives users access to a library of freely licensed films and aims to provide an alternative to commercial streaming giants, while complementing public broadcaster media libraries. Some of the titles available include 20,000 Leagues Under […]
Samsung Ads has published new analysis of Smart TV users, revealing how the growing fragmentation of TV is shaping the new reality for TV advertisers. Behind the Screens: TV Phone Home takes app usage insights from the largest deterministic data set in Europe, combining nearly 70 million Samsung TV devices across EU5 with 20 million […]
BBC Studios is expanding its content offering for audiences in the Netherlands with the launch of a multi-genre VoD and streaming service, BBC NL+. The service will launch with KPN later this year. The new service will complement BBC Studios’ linear channel BBC NL and enable viewers to discover more programming and iconic brands from […]
Prime Video is now shoppable with Shop the Show, Amazon’s fan-fueled shopping experience. The new feature, initially available in the US, delivers a seamless customer-first experience that allows viewers to simultaneously watch and shop their favourite content without interruption. The second-screen mobile experience is built around natural fan behaviour, enabling customers to discover toys, apparel […]
MGM+ has announced that The James Bond Collection will be available to stream from June 1st 2025, for a limited time period, across 32 countries. Twnty-five of the iconic James Bond movies, ranging from Sean Connery’s Dr No. to Daniel Craig’s No Time to Die, will be available at no extra cost to MGM+ subscribers. […]
TiVo, a wholly owned subsidiary of entertainment technology company Xperi, has released its Q4 2024 Video Trends Report and found consumers in the US and Canada have begun to declutter their video libraries, in an effort to simplify their entertainment experiences. This trend of streamlining video services underscores the critical role high-quality content has in […]
Netflix has announced Mating Season, a new adult-animated series from the same minds behind hit series Big Mouth. Mating Season will debut on Netflix in 2026 and is set in the animal world – starring a cast of bears, raccoons, deer, foxes and a host of other forest critters as they navigate love, relationships and […]