SVoD service Walter Presents, which has won plaudits and a loyal following for delivering foreign-language dramas to UK, US and Australian audiences, will be teaming up with Discovery Italia, in the next stage of a planned global roll out, to bring its award-winning dramas to Italian audiences from September 2018. Discovery Italia will now also […]
hayu, an NBCUniversal SVoD service, has revealed plans to launch in Canada within 2018. This strategic territory expansion for the all-reality service, will extend the number of hayu subscriber markets to eight countries: hayu has been available in the UK, Ireland and Australia since March 2016 and in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark since November […]
According to findings from Hub Entertainment Research’s What’s TV Worth, the firm’s annual study on the perceived value of TV services, there is a large gap in perceived value between online TV services and traditional cable, satellite or fibre optic services. Highlights from the study:
vMVPD (Virtual multichannel video programming distributor) and D2C (Direct-to-consumer) revenues will reach $24 billion (€19.8bn) by 2023 – eight times the $3 billion recorded in 2017, according to the vMVPD and D2C TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. vMVPD will overshadow D2C with its revenues more than triple the D2C total by […]
The news that Europe (collectively its Parliament, Council and European Commission) is contemplating ruling that OTT platforms such as Amazon and Netflix must face tough new ‘made in Europe’ 30 per cent quotas, is infuriating. As we reported last week, and according to Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip, the new rules “reflect […]
Britbox, the US SVoD service, is to offer an array of programming for the forthcoming Royal Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, including live coverage of the event in cinemas. The service, co-owned by BBC Studios, ITV and AMC Networks, will allow US subscribers to watch a live broadcast of the wedding. In addition […]
Amazon has reported that Q1 revenue grew 43 per cent year-on-year to $51 billion (€42.2bn). The company’s cloud-computing unit Amazon Web Services posted strong gains, registering a 49 per cent in sales over the previous year and generating $1.4 billion in operating income. The company has also announced that the cost of a Prime subscription – […]
Indian DTH player Tata Sky and Netflix have entered into a strategic partnership which the pair say will give subscribers of both Tata Sky and Netflix easy access to a world of content through future Tata Sky platforms. Tata Sky subscribers will be able to browse and access the entire Netflix service, including TV shows, […]
Cinedigm and Gatherer Entertainment have launched a partnership to launch a women’s (35+) lifestyle SVoD service in the US. The Gatherer Network is expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2018 across Cinedigm’s addressable base of more than 535 million consumer devices, with distribution plans for web and mobile, including both iOS and Android […]
In a landscape still dominated by TV, the Asia Pacific online video industry is on a sure path to more than double its share of video industry revenues ex-China from 9 per cent in 2017 to 20 per cent by 2023, according to analysis from consulting firm Media Partners Asia (MPA). The analysis covers