The debut episode of the highly-anticipated new Amazon Original Series, The Grand Tour, has become the biggest show premiere ever on Amazon Prime Video, with millions of Prime members streaming the first episode in the US, UK, Germany, Austria and Japan over the opening weekend. Viewership has even exceeded that of the previous number one […]
Connected consumers across APAC are watching more video content than ever before, according to the findings from Kantar TNS’s Connected Life study into the behaviours of Internet users across the globe. The study shows that people are consuming a wide variety of online video – from online TV or subscription services like Netflix, to free […]
In a move that it says creates a TV Anywhere home for performance motoring and motorsport, Motorsport Network has acquired Motors TV, consolidating the world’s largest automotive and motorsport digital technology business with a global broadcast operation. The acquisition of the broadcaster that reaches more than 30 million homes with 130 rights agreements and 700 […]
The major release by Amazon Prime of the Clarkson-Hammond-May The Grand Tour motoring show, reportedly a $100 million investment, and hot on the heels of Netflix’s The Crown, again with a massive per-episode budget, is a sign of how the video industry is changing. The Grand Tour will be available in more than 200 markets […]
Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company, and specialist in personalised content discovery technology, has released the 15th edition of its quarterly Video Trends Report covering key topics across pay-TV, VoD, PPV, OTT, TV Everywhere, connected devices, and content discovery (now branded TiVo’s Q3 2016 Video Trends Report). Based on a survey of over 3,100 consumers, the Q3 2016 […]
UK commercial public service broadcaster Channel 4 has revealed a new look for its on-demand service All 4. The service’s brand new interface for big screens (Smart TVs and games consoles) will launch in the coming weeks, followed by new-look home screens on iOS, Android and All4.com. All 4’s user experience design and interactions will […]
In a move that it says will dramatically enhance its content recommendations for linear and on-demand video viewing, premium entertainment streaming service Hulu has acquired The Video Genome Project’s contextual attribution technology for an undisclosed sum. The Video Genome Project (The VGP) is recognised as one of the largest, broadest and most granular structured databases […]
Amazon has announced that UK customers will have the opportunity sign up to Amazon Prime for £59 (€67.9), a £20 saving on the first year’s annual membership fee. The offer is available from now until midnight on November 18th. The news comes ahead of the launch of the highly-anticipated new TV show, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard […]
TV4 Entertainment, a US portfolio of genre-specific OTT channels, and Vimeo, have formed a new partnership in which Vimeo will power over 20 of TV4 Entertainment’s direct-to-consumer SVoD channels. With existing distribution partners that include Hulu, Amazon, AOL, Sony PlayStation and many others, the partnership with Vimeo is an important first step for TV4 Entertainment […]
Icflix, the Middle East and North Africa streaming service, is expanding its digital footprint in the Kingdom of Bahrain with the announcement of a strategic partnership with Zain Bahrain, a leading telecoms operator focused on innovation in customer experience. “This partnership will give Zain Bahrain customers a value-for-money entertainment experience,” said ICFLIX founder and CEO, […]