Orange Spain has reached an agreement with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment to enhance its VoD service with up to 100 new titles, including a number of recent releases such as Ferdinand and The Greatest Showman as well as classic hits from the studio such as Alien and Ice Age. With this deal, Orange’s VoD […]
20th Century Fox has invested nearly €6 million to buy a 4 per cent stake in Italian TVoD platform Chili, reports local daily Il Sole 24 Ore. Milan-based Chili is a transactional service which offers a digital catalogue of over 50.000 films and TV series, which can be streamed or downloaded on various devices (Smart […]
The British public spent more money on music, video and games in 2017 than on books, magazines and newspapers, according to official figures published for the first time in the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) Yearbook. It is the first time in history that revenues from entertainment exceeded those of the printed word. The key driver […]
IQTV, a mobile and online SVoD service to offer intelligent quiz shows, will launch this July in the UK initially, with International roll-out in other territories planned to follow. The new streaming service, targeting fans of intelligent quiz shows, will aggregate classic episodes from the UK’s leading titles in the genre and provide fans with […]
In a sign of the increasing need for one-time adversaries to work together, Sky and Netflix are partnering to bundle the full Netflix service into a new Sky TV subscription pack. Describing it as a “pioneering partnership, the first of its kind”, Sky says the initiative will give millions of its customers seamless access to […]
The Online & On Demand 2017 report, based on research conducted by Nielsen on behalf of Screen Australia, finds streaming services have completely changed how Australians view content, yet broadcast TV remains popular and piracy levels have declined drastically. “The global screen industry is in a rapid period of change, driven by technology,” noted Fiona […]
Formula 1 is set to launch F1 TV early in the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season, which it describes as an innovative way for fans to enhance and enjoy their experience of Grand Prix racing. F1 TV is Formula 1’s OTT platform and marks F1’s biggest investment in its digital transformation to date. […]
The number of households worldwide which pay for streaming video services such as Netflix and Amazon Video has now broken through the 250 million mark, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics’ TV and Media Strategies service. The report, Home Video and OTT Video Forecast – Global, predicts that the number of homes paying […]
Amazon and global content provider Lionsgate have signed an exclusive multiyear agreement under which Lionsgate will deliver a diverse line-up of Hollywood blockbusters to Amazon Prime Video customers across Mexico, Brazil and the rest of Latin America. The agreement provides for Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment label films to premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video following […]
Findings from The Best Bundle: Consumer Preferences in a Peak TV World from Hub Entertainment Research point to increasing consumer frustration with the rapid expansion of TV viewing options. Highlights from the study