As part of its panel at Anime Expo, Netflix has announced two new anime (Japanese animation) series, along with the renewal of popular series Aggretsuko for a second season, as well as date announcements and first look images for upcoming titles in their growing anime slate, including the following: New Series Ultraman will launch in […]
Figures published by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) show that UK consumers are more willing to pay for online content through subscription services. While overall levels of piracy remain the same compared to 2017, there has been a drop in illegal activity by some groups. This is especially true amongst young consumers, with over […]
The MENA region will have 20.8 million SVoD subscribers by 2023, up from the 5.22 million recorded by end-2017, according to Digital TV Research. From the 20 countries covered in the Middle East & North Africa OTT TV & Video Forecasts report, Turkey will remain the leader by some distance, with 6.72 million subscribers by […]
Netflix is testing a new, expensive subscription tier. The streaming giant is giving some users the offer to join an ‘Ultra’ service, which costs between €16.99 and €19.99, in tests that are running across Europe. A basic subscription currently costs €7.99. The new tier offers all potential subscribers 4K content, HD audio and streaming across […]
Addressable TV is set to shake up the TV advertising industry significantly over the next few years as commercial TV channels gain the ability to target advertising at finely segmented audiences. Extensive demographic data from Roy Morgan Research covering the attitudes Australians have towards advertising shows that contemporary Australians are largely sceptical of advertising, with […]
Hopster, the preschool learning and entertainment app, has partnered with TalkTalk, the UK telco, to bring the kids SVoD service to TalkTalk TV. TalkTalk is the first UK TV provider to make Hopster content directly available as part of its Kids TV subscription. In addition to ten of the UK’s biggest kids’ channels, TalkTalk TV […]
The announcement that CanalPlay is to close in France is another reminder of the growing requirement for major content investment to compete in the increasingly dynamic subscription video sector, particularly amongst local services. CanalPlay will join the list of high profile closures worldwide over the last couple of years, all with significant parent companies; that […]
DC Entertainment, the iconic comic book brand and home to an array of legendary superhero characters such as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, has revealed the first details of its soon-to-launch SVoD service, in partnership with Warner Bros. Branded ‘DC Universe’, the service will offer subscribers access to exclusive content, including original shows Titan (available […]
Appearing before the French Senate’s commission of Culture and Communication, Maxime Saada, chair of the Canal+ board, has announced that SVoD service Canalplay will cease operating in the coming weeks. “It’s over for Canalplay. In the last two years, we have been taken off the map in this market which is surplanting television. We had […]
Netflix executives Marzena Rembowski, in charge of institutional affairs in Brussels, Janneke Sloetjes, head of European public affairs and Damien Couvreur, who heads original content, have appeared before French Deputies and claimed a willingness to assist the country’s prodcos, but maintained Netflix will keep its business model. They said that the US streaming platform will […]