The Connected TV (CTV) video streaming industry in the US operates a massive data-driven surveillance apparatus that has transformed the television set into a sophisticated monitoring, tracking and targeting device, according to a new report from lobbying group the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD). How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era documents how CTV […]
JustWatch, the streaming guide, has released updates on the UK market share of all major streaming platforms across 60 different countries. The results reflect data collected in Q3 2024. Netflix continues to secure the streaming crown, securing 27 per cent of the streaming market in the UK. Prime Video is in second place with shares […]
FreeCast is launching YouBundle, a new service that lets consumers in the US build a customised bundle of streaming video products, centralise their subscription management, and consolidate media costs into a single monthly payment. FreeCast says the product is the first piece of its omni-channel media industry solution to be rolled out, with several more […]
Prime Video streaming service is set to increase the number of ads viewers see whilst using the streaming service if they don’t pay the extra £2.99/$3.99 fee to remove them. Amazon will roll out more adverts on the service early in the new year, according to a report in the FT. It’s unclear just how […]
More than a third (34 per cent) of subscribers in East Asia now sign up to services exclusively via third-party bundles and offers — a growing trend of bundling that is already significantly higher than in the US (20 per cent), Latin America (21 per cent) or even Europe (30 per cent). In Japan, nearly […]
Amid cuts to its US Scripted productions, Netflix is increasingly looking to the APAC region for new content ideas. In the first eight months of 2024, 33 per cent of all new first-run Scripted TV series ordered by Netflix stemmed from its APAC markets, ahead of Western Europe (WE) which captured 29 per cent of […]
TiVo has published its Q2 2024 Video Trends Report which reveals that US consumers are pulling back on entertainment spending as the industry works to rebalance and bundle its current entertainment offerings. In 2020, entertainment consumption and spending surged as the pandemic limited consumer activities outside of the home. Now the pendulum is swinging back […]
Kantar Media, the specialist in audience measurement and data, has announced that Prime Video has joined its Cross-Platform View service in Spain, which delivers audience insights across linear and streaming on-demand services. “We are delighted to welcome Prime Video to the growing list of clients who find value in our expanding range of solutions,” commented Antonio Wanderley, CEO […]
Prime Video has unveiled its new Christmas Special Jack In Time For Christmas, led by comedian and actor, Jack Whitehall. The UK Original is set to launch exclusively on Prime Video worldwide this December. The special is produced by Workerbee and Jackpot Productions. In this semi-scripted festive feature, Whitehall finds himself stranded in the US […]
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story held strong at #1 on Netflix’s English TV List with 19.5 million views in the week commencing September 23rd, ranking in the Top 10 in 89 countries and was the most watched title of the week. The second installment of the […]