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Gachiakuta coming to Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll has announced that new shonen series, Gachiakuta, will stream exclusively on the anime platform in July. Produced by the renowned studio Bones Film (My Hero Academia, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood), Gachiakuta is set in the dystopian floating city known as The Sphere, where both rubbish and criminals are cast into an endless abyss. With a […]

March 14, 2025

Survey: 23% of US spend $100+ a month on subscriptions

Nearly a quarter of US subscribers (23 per cent) spend over $100 (€92) per month on streaming and subscription services ($1,200+ per year), according to data from Bango. The Subscriptions Assemble study — which surveyed 5,000 US subscribers — reveals new trends, including Americans swapping their standalone subscriptions for combined ‘bundle’ deals. According to the […]

March 13, 2025

AQOA joins DEGI

AQOA has become the newest member of DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International. The announcement follows AQOA’s support for DEGI’s recent campaign, Les VODays, with AQOA providing analytics and data for the January 2025 campaign. AQOA is a data analytics firm specialising in a range of sectors, including Travel Retail, Beauty, Publishing and the Entertainment […]

March 13, 2025

Paramount+ orders Landman Season 2

Paramount+ has renewed breakout hit Landman for a second season. The debut season of Landman ranked as a Top 10 SVoD Original Series across all SVoDs for Q4 alongside Paramount+ originals Tulsa King and Lioness. This marks only the second time since Nielsen began tracking SVODs (Q3–17), that a service had three of the top 10 series […]

March 13, 2025

TNA+ rolls out price drops and new sub options

TNA Wrestling is introducing new subscription plans for its TNA+ streaming service, with pricing designed to provide fans with greater access to premium content at more affordable prices, based on fan feedback. The revamped TNA+ now offers three distinct subscription options for fans in the UK: • Annual: Priced at £139.99 per year (down from […]

March 13, 2025

Mufasa: The Lion King coming to Disney+

Streaming audiences around the world will be able to stream the musical drama Mufasa: The Lion King on Disney+ from March 26th. Directed by Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins and featuring all-new songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda – including the viral sensation, I Always Wanted a Brother – Mufasa: The Lion King has been a huge hit […]

March 12, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Barb appoints RSMB to build new analytics system

Barb, the audience measurement specialist, has appointed RSMB to build a new analytics system that will support full-cycle campaign planning and reporting on linear and VoD services. The new system will be a web-based interface where Barb clients can access and export data from Barb’s pre-campaign planning and optimisation tool, Advanced Campaign Hub and post-campaign […]

March 11, 2025

Vietnam climbs Netflix ISP Speed Index

Six per cent of Internet Service Providers saw an increase between 0.2 and 0.6 Mbps, 75 per cent stayed the same, and 19 per cent decreased by 0.2 Mbps this month on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. Thirty-nine countries and regions […]

March 11, 2025

Netflix to become exclusive home for WWE in India

Netflix will become the exclusive new home for WWE in India from April 1st. As part of Netflix’s long-term partnership with the sports entertainment company, Indian fans will be able to stream all of WWE’s weekly flagship shows — Raw, SmackDown and NXT — as well as WWE’s Premium Live Events (PLEs) including SummerSlam, Money […]

March 10, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Research: Competition intensifies in Finnish streaming market

Since 2018, the number of paid streaming subscribers in Finland has doubled, surpassing three million by the end of 2024. Today, 60 per cent of the households have at least one paid streaming service, according to research from Mediavision. This is considerably lower than in the other Nordic countries, where the household penetration averages around […]

March 6, 2025