ITV Hub is offering a new comedy collection comprising of some of ITV2’s funniest shows. The ITV2 Comedy Heroes collection is now available on the ITV Hub streaming service and includes Seasons 1-3 of BAFTA-nominated sitcom Plebs plus all three seasons of the Stand Up Sketch Show. The collection also includes Timewasters (seasons 1 and […]
In a move that will complement its portfolio in the Southern Cone of Latin America, ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has agreed to acquire Chilean free-to-air television channel Chilevisión from WarnerMedia. Through the transaction, VCNI further expands its footprint in Latin America and bolsters its streaming business with a new premium content library and pipeline to […]
Total Asia Pacific pay-TV industry revenue, comprised of subscription fees and local and regional advertising sales, contracted by 3 per cent in 2020 to reach $53 billion, according to Asia Pacific Pay-TV Distribution, a report published by industry analysts Media Partners Asia (MPA). MPA forecasts indicate that total pay-TV industry revenues will grow at a […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that 82 per cent of US households have at least one streaming video service from eleven top direct-to-consumer (DTC) and subscription video on-Demand (SVoD) services; 51 per cent of all households have three or more of these services. However, not all of these services are being paid for directly […]
Acorn TV, the streaming service from AMC Networks offering content from Britain and from other English-speaking countries, is now available on Amazon Prime Video Channels in Spain as an add-on subscription. With a monthly price of €3.99, the Acorn TV channel offers members a wide range of drama, mystery and comedy series from the UK, […]
Eastern Europe’s SVoD sector is finally taking off, prompted mainly by launches by global platforms such as Disney+ and HBO Max, according to the Eastern Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research, who forecast 40 million SVoD subscriptions by 2026; up from 15 million at end-2020. From the 25 […]
The launch of Disney+ in 2020 fundamentally changed the competitive landscape for streaming in Sweden in many ways – but perhaps most notably in the battle over families with young children. Analysis by Mediavision shows that Disney+ has a very strong position among these families. The immensely fast adoption of Disney+ upon launch in clearly […]
Playground TV is launching a dedicated German on-demand kids’ channel in partnership with Your Family Entertainment AG Spearheading the launch is the children’s entertainment brand Fix & Foxi. It is part of Munich-based Your Family Entertainment AG, the European independent kids content company. Originally created by Rolf Kauka, the cartoon characters Fix and Foxi have […]
A study by The Diffusion Group finds one-in-seven adult SVoD users co-watched a TV show or movie with friends or family via an online watch party during the pandemic. “The pandemic not only drove home media consumption, but accelerated the use of connected TVs and video-based chat,” advises Lauren Kozak, Senior Analyst and report author. […]
Social media platform SaaS provider Tubular Labs has released its SVoD 2021 report, The New Battlefield: How SVODs Leverage Social Video to Win the Streaming Wars, which looks at how TV streaming platforms are competing not only for audience engagement online but for paid subscribers and TV programming tune-in. Among the key takeaways from the […]