Amazon’s efforts to unbundle its Prime video and shipping subscriptions have spurred more viewers to sign up for its streaming video service. eMarketer forecasts that Amazon will add more viewers to its service this year than previously projected. At the same time, eMarketer has adjusted its usage estimates for Netflix and Hulu downward due to […]
A dive by Ampere Analysis into its proprietary consumer research in the UK and US highlights some gaps between content availability and subscriber preferences on Netflix and Amazon Prime SVoD services. Alex Varatharajah, Analyst at Ampere Analysis explains:
The Asia Pacific region will have 157.78 million SVoD subscribers by 2021, up from 41.68 million in 2015 and 76.12 million expected by end-2016. The total will be nudging 100 million by end-2017, according to the Asia Pacific SVOD Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. Rapid smartphone subscription growth means that China will command 47 […]
Video publishing destination Vimeo has taken the opportunity of the MIPCOM 2016 Global Market to launch officially launched its new global television storefront in partnership with Lionsgate, the first major Hollywood studio to provide content for the new worldwide venture, including the hit television series Orange is the New Black, Casual, The Royals, Mad Men, […]
Netflix has reported that in it added 0.4 million members in the US in Q3 compared with its forecast of 0.3 million and 3.2 million members internationally versus its forecast of 2 million. According to the entertainment streaming service, its “over-performance” against forecast (86.7 million total streaming members vs. forecast of 85.5 million) was driven […]
Announcing a partnership with Netflix, European telco Telia Company says its TV customers will now have the possibility to access seamlessly a broad selection of content, including critically acclaimed original Netflix series, Hollywood movies, top TV shows, documentaries, independent films, stand-up comedy and a wide range of kids’ titles. Telia Company’s customers in Sweden and […]
Telemundo and Netflix have announced that the newest ‘Super Series’ from Telemundo including El Chema, Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraíso and Guerra de Ídolos, among others, will premiere exclusively on Netflix in Latin America, including Mexico and Brazil, and will also be available exclusively in Spain and in the US The extension of the deal […]
Fifteen per cent of French broadband users are also SVoD subscribers according to figures released by Médiamétrie. This is an increase of 25 per cent from eight months ago. Mediamétrie’s data also revealed that half of the SVoD say they use the service(s) every day, whilst three in four use it at least once a […]
Chris Rock is making his return to the stand-up comedy, following an eight-year absence, with two upcoming Netflix comedy specials in a deal reportedly worth $40 million (€36.3m). Rock will tape his first show for the streaming giant in 2017, according to Variety, with a second to follow at an unconfirmed time. Rock previously recorded […]
According to a study by the Streaming Observer, the US Netflix service offers just 31 movies from the top 250 as voted for by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). The report also suggests that the number of these popular movies available to Netflix users is shrinking. A previous study by a Reddit user in 2014 […]