Streaming service Rakuten TV has launched its offer on 4K HDR (High Dynamic Range) for Smart TVs. Over 100 titles will be available, including 2017 hits Transformers: The Last Knight, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Baby Driver and Baywatch among others. Users of Samsung Tizen UHD HDR TV sets will have a 4K HDR app in their devices […]
Parks Associates has released its list of the top 10 subscription OTT video services in the US market in 2017, based on number of subscribers. Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu continue to hold the top three slots while HBO Now made a significant move into the top five. Netflix Amazon Video Hulu MLB.TV HBO Now Starz […]
Vivendi, the French media group, has launched its mobile SVoD platform Studio+ in the US, with an app currently available on the AppStore, and a Google Play app to follow shortly. After a one-month free trial, a subscription will cost $3.99 per month. Launched in 2016 in France, Italy and Latin America, the platform claimed […]
Canadians are increasingly turning to platforms and devices connected to the Internet for their video and audio content, according to the 2017 Communications Monitoring Report from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Canadians aged 18-34 years old are leading the trend with 23 per cent watching TV exclusively online. Nationally, 13 per cent of […]
US-based cinema chain AMC is to enter the US home entertainment market, suggesting it has “strong studio support” to be participants in the business. Speaking on the company’s Q3 2017 Results Earnings Call, Adam Aron, Chief Executive Officer and President, described AMC as the largest player amongst exhibitors in the US movie industry ecosystem. “Twenty […]
Sling TV has become the first live and on-demand over-the-top (OTT) service available on select Samsung Smart TVs. The launch of Sling TV on this new platform enables Sling TV to expand its position in device compatibility, currently supporting other platforms that include tablets, game consoles, computers, smartphones, streaming devices and other smart televisions. “With […]
Findings from analyst house Juniper Research indicate that global consumer spend on digital content will reach $202 billion (€175bn) in 2018, up by 10 per cent on this year’s total of $184 billion. The research found that SVoD services will be a key driver of growth, with major OTT players such as Netflix and Amazon […]
Pay-TV only subscribers are decreasing in the US, Europe and Australia according to Ampere Analysis. Amongst those taking subscription services, pay TV only subscribers continue to decline, while SVoD only subscribers increase. More than one third of those taking subscription services have both pay-TV and SVoD. In all 11 countries stufes (Spain, Italy, France, Australia, […]
The rise of SVoD services such as Netflix and Amazon is threatening the future of British TV, the BBC’s director general Tony Hall is set to warn in a speech.Hall is due to give the speech at Liverpool’s John Moores University today (November 2nd) warning of the “serious threat” due to changes taking place in […]
Fox Networks Group Asia (FNGA) has launched its streaming service Fox+ in Hong Kong, as both a standalone app and on the Now TV pay-TV platform. The service will stream blockbuster movies such as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Logan and Beauty And The Beast, as well as Chinese hits including The Adventurers, Love […]