Amazon is raising the price of Prime membership in the US, and analysts say that UK customers will likely face a similar hike soon. The online shopping giant is increasing the Prime monthly subscription cost, which gives access to its Prime Video streaming service as well as speedier shipping on goods, from $10.99 to $12.99 […]
For the fourth year in a row German supermarkets Aldi and Lidl fill the top spots on YouGov BrandIndex’s list of the top 10 UK brands, with streaming service Netflix third, rising three places from last year’s list, overtaking BBC iPlayer (fourth) in the process. YouGov BrandIndex measures the public’s perception of brands on a […]
Network-connected devices and services revenue security and enhancement specialist Verimatrix has confirmed the API integration between its MultiRights OTT multi-DRM security solution and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Media Services through AWS Elemental MediaConvert and AWS Elemental MediaPackage. AWS Media Services are cloud-based services with pay-as-you-go pricing, which provide customers the capability to ingest, process, package, […]
Turner International’s Digital Ventures & Innovation (DV&I) Group and Warner Bros Digital Networks (WBDN) have formed a joint venture to launch a new, multi-territory movie streaming service. FilmStruck’s launch in the international marketplace will leverage the strength of assets at both companies, bringing together a broad and diverse movie catalogue as well as long-standing expertise […]
AXN, Sony Channel and Animax are now available for the first time as part of the Amazon Channels service in Germany and Austria. In a ‘first of its kind’ deal between Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) and Amazon, the linear pay-TV channels and associated on-demand programming will be available to subscribers on the streaming service. […]
Netflix has yet to conquer the hearts and minds of the French, according to research from media analyst firm Ampere Analysis. Despite a global march to SVoD viewing on services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, France solidly bucks the trend with the lowest uptake of SVoD among countries surveyed. This is despite having one […]
Analysts at New York-based BH Insights have said they expect Netflix to report net subscriber growth for its December 4th quarter-year of some 7 million, and better than consensus expectations of 6.3 million. Netflix will deliver its numbers on January 22nd. Daniel Ives, GBH Insights’ head of technology research, explained that the numbers would likely […]
According to the seventeenth edition of TMT Predictions 2018 from business advisory firm Deloitte, traditional TV viewing by 18-24 year-olds in the UK will decline by 10 per cent to 15 per cent in 2018 and 2019, but thereafter the rate of decline may lessen. “Many forces that distracted young people away from traditional TV, […]
France’s Canal+ Group and the M6 Group have agreed a global partnership for M6 content in Canal+ packages. Canal subscribers will be able to continue to have access to the M6 Group’s channels (M6, W9, 6ter, Teva, Paris Premiere, M6 Music, Girondins TV and M6 Boutique la chaîne) and their associated services and will soon […]
Digital consumption in the Middle East and North Africa region is growing at one of the fastest paces in the world, driven by a large population, fast-improving mobile connectivity and a flood of new streaming platforms in the market, according to an EY report commissioned by the Dubai World Trade Centre, DWTC. EY compiled its […]