Following the launch of Amazon Prime Video, IHS Technology created country level forecasts for Amazon Prime Video subscribers, revenues and views, with Richard Cooper, Research Director, IHS Technology and Irina Kornilova, Senior Analyst, IHS Technology, suggesting the global launch will see active users of the service increase to 64 million worldwide by the end of […]
Cable MSO Comcast is teaming up with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, Lionsgate, Paramount Home Media Distribution and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to introduce enhanced movie extras, a new home entertainment offering on Xfinity X1 that paves the way for fans to explore, connect and engage with a wide variety of online content, all while watching […]
Findings from consultancy firm Decipher suggest that pay-TV subscriptions in the UK have not only increased since 2012, but SVoD subscriptions are growing faster amongst Pay homes – and in particular those with Top Tier packages – than any other. Decipher’s latest Mediabug report has
Premium ad management solutions provider FreeWheel has published its Q3 Video Monetization Report, stating that Q3 2016 was a unique quarter in a unique year, but the overarching trends continue within the premium video space. Content consumption in non-linear environments is growing significantly, and more that consumption is taking place on bigger screens. While major […]
Research from market and consumer information source GfK into the UK’s OTT viewing habits has revealed surprisingly low audience numbers on mobile devices. It seems that watching subscription video content on Netflix, Amazon and Now TV is, for now, most definitely an in-home entertainment experience. The vast majority (90 per cent) of the UK’s OTT […]
Netflix is pulling the plug on Marco Polo, its high budget 13th-century drama after only two seasons. Netflix does not disclose ratings, so it’s unknown how poorly Marco Polo did. But reviews were mostly negative, and there was no viral momentum built up. Originally developed for Starz, it was produced by the Weinstein Company, and […]
Streaming pay-TV service fuboTV (fubo.tv), which aims to provide the world’s best sports and entertainment programming, is more than doubling its national channel line-up following affiliate agreements with Fox Networks Group, NBCUniversal, A+E Networks, Crown Media Family Networks, Fuse Media, NBA TV and The Weather Channel. This will result in the launch of a new […]
Amazon has revealed that its Amazon Prime Video streaming service is now available to customers in more than 200 countries and territories around the globe. This means Amazon’s streaming service is now available in more countries than Netflix. Prime Video is now being offered at an introductory price of $2.99/€2.99 a month (half price) for […]
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, have formed a new joint venture that sees the two British content powerhouses combine forces to launch BritBox, an ad-free SVoD service, in the US during Q1, 2017. AMC Networks, which has a joint venture with BBC Worldwide for cable […]
The number of SVoD homes is forecast to reach 428 million across 200 countries by 2021, up from 177 million in 2015 and an expected 248 million by end-2016. The total will grow by 70 million in 2016 alone, according to the Global SVoD Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. “North America supplies most