Confirming recent speculation, NBCUniversal is to acquire DreamWorks Animation, the creator of animated feature films, TV series, live entertainment and related consumer products in a deal valued at $3.8 billion (€3.5bn). The studio will become part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes Universal Pictures, Fandango, and NBCUniversal Brand Development. “DreamWorks Animation is a […]
Turner is launching FilmStruck the company’s first direct-to-consumer product in the US. The subscription video on-demand service for film aficionados, developed and managed by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in collaboration with the Criterion Collection, will feature a library of films comprised of an eclectic mix of contemporary and classic art house, indie, foreign and cult […]
Findings from Futuresource Consulting suggest that the relationship between SVoD and pay-TV is relatively complementary in most countries, with pay-TV households more likely to take SVoD services than free-to-air only households, although as SVoD becomes more established, this is less apparent. The eleventh edition of the firm’s twice yearly consumer research programme – Living with […]
Global pay-TV revenues for 138 countries will only grow by $99 million (€87.5m) between 2015 and 2021 to $205.92 billion; having peaked in 2018. This follows 19.5 per cent growth between 2010 and 2015, according to the Digital TV Revenue Forecasts report. North American pay-TV revenues will fall by $13.5 billion between 2015 and 2021. […]
Consumers’ video streaming behaviour has fundamentally changed the competitive landscape of the TV industry. Media companies now find themselves in a battle for attention, engagement, and audiences. To understand this competitive landscape better, Adobe and The Diffusion Group surveyed US video streamers off all ages. Key insights from the research include:
Netflix has announced that the first two episodes of its original series Marseille will be broadcast on French TV channel TF1 on May 12th – a week after all 8 episodes of the series debut globally online. ‘We’re delighted to be collaborating with TF1 to showcase the first two episodes of Marseille, the first French […]
Netflix has thus far resisted offering subscribers the choice to download and watch its shows offline, but that could change in the future. CEO Reed Hastings said the company was thinking about it: “We should keep an open mind on all this. As we expand around the world where we see an uneven set of […]
“Broadcast is alive, well, and continues to deliver value in today’s fragmented ecosystem,” asserted Howard Horowitz, president of Horowitz Research, at the Online Video Conference at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. In a presentation based on the research firm’s latest consumer data –The Value of Broadcast Content in Today’s Multiplatform World – Horowitz showed […]
A report from the European Audiovisual Observatory reveals that 27 per cent of films available on VoD in the EU are European productions, compared with 59 per cent for US films (from the 75 VoD catalogues analysed). Additionally, 30 per cent of films available on SVoD in Europe are of European origin, compared with 60 per cent […]
Netflix has unveiled its Q1, saying it had added a global net increase of 6.47 million subscribers during the quarter. This was better than its previous ‘best ever’ quarter (Q2/2015) when it added 5.59 million net new subs. US growth was 2.23 million, and helping Netflix’s overall global subs base to 81.5 million. Most of […]