The rollout of Disney+ in Southeast Asia is going strong, as the streaming platform launched in India in April 2020, followed by Indonesia in September 2020 and more recently Singapore in February 2021. With approximately 30 millions subscribers already (30 per cent of all Disney+ subscribers), Disney surpassed its own previsions. Different factors can explain […]
Italian broadcaster Mediaset is relaunching its VoD activities this month, with the merger of its two existing platforms, Mediaset Play and Infinity. Renamed as ‘Mediaset Play Infinity’, the new streaming platform will feature new graphics and include a new Smart TV application. It will offer both free content from the Mediaset terrestrial TV networks and […]
French global digital media brand Brut has launched SVoD service BrutX, initially in France, ahead of a European and worldwide roll-out within two years. Targeting young adults under 35 year-old, BrutX offers entertainment contents with films, drama and animation series as well as documentaries for a €4.99 fee per month. The ad-free service is available […]
A new TV Streaming App – ScreenHits TV – which combines a user’s TV streaming channels into one TV guide has launched on Apple iPads, Android TV, Chromecast and Fire Stick platforms. ScreenHits TV allows subscribers to integrate and manage many of the top TV/online streaming services, and users can also see what is trending; share […]
Brazilian media company Globo and infrastructure, platform capabilities and industry solutions provider Google Cloud have agreed a seven-year strategic partnership. The announcement aligns with Globo’s ongoing digital transformation, its restructuring focused on direct-to-consumer deliveries, and its journey toward becoming a mediatech company. Over the next several years, Globo will use Google’s experience in data management, […]
Full series consolidated data for the fourth series of police procedural drama Unforgotten reveals that the average audience has increased by an impressive 3 million viewers on the overnight audience, making it ITV’s most catch-up requested series since drama miniseries The Pembrokeshire Murders. The average audience per episode rose to 8 million viewers across transmissions, […]
The global pandemic and the shift to remote work/schooling engendered a captive audience that accelerated trends within the media and entertainment industry. Streaming video subscriptions climbed as households stacked subscriptions, driving subscription revenues to over $69 billion (€58bn) in 2020. Gaming in 2020 saw YoY growth of over 22 per cent with ISPs and CDNs […]
Satellite reception remains the dominant means of receiving TV despite the uptake of IPTV and streaming services in the MENA region, according to an Arabsat-commissioned study carried out by market research specialists IPSOS. Moreover, the study found that at least 45 per cent of viewers are less than 30-years-old, which “illustrates the strong sustainable relevance […]
The Asia Video Industry Association’s (AVIA) OTT Summit – The Future of Video Streaming welcomed 900 delegates and featured over 80 industry experts and leaders across its four-day conference last week Opening the OTT Summit was the streaming analyst Matthew Ball, Managing Partner of Epyllion Industries, who presented a deep dive into the OTT industry […]
Archewell Productions, in partnership with The Invictus Games Foundation, has announced its first Netflix series. Heart of Invictus, from the Oscar-winning team of director Orlando von Einsiedel and producer Joanna Natasegara (The White Helmets, Virunga, Evelyn), will follow a group of competitors from around the globe, all service members who have suffered life-changing injuries or […]