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Nielsen: Viewers facing content discovery challenges

Nielsen has released its 2023 State of Play report outlining new findings on the fast-evolving streaming video landscape highlighting data and insights from Gracenote, Nielsen’s content solutions business unit. The report illuminates the surging number of programme titles and streaming video services, as well as the resulting challenges for viewers who now spend 10.5 minutes […]

August 29, 2023

Redbox expands Perks loyalty programme to TVoD

Redbox, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Company, has expanded its Redbox Perks loyalty programme to now include its Transactional Video-on-Demand (TVoD) platform. By simply renting or purchasing movies, consumers in the US can quickly accrue points. They can be exchanged for free rentals at approximately 29,000 Redbox kiosks or discounts for TVoD rentals […]

August 29, 2023

ITVX hits 2bn streams

ITVX has announced it has reached two billion streams since launch (in December 2022). Last year was ITV’s previous most successful year for streaming with 1.9 billion streams across the whole 12 months. ITVX reached 1 billion streams on April 9th this year. From January to June this year, ITVX attracted more viewers with monthly […]

August 25, 2023

Research: SVoD subs increasingly app-hopping

Research from Aluma Insights finds one-sixth of adults that subscribe to subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services regularly ‘hop’ between these apps, signing up for a service for a limited time—usually less than three months—then cancelling once a specific end is met (e.g., watching one show, movie or a season of shows then cancelling). In 2017, only […]

August 24, 2023

Analysis: Netflix password crackdown still boosting subs

Analysts at insights firm Antenna have sought to establish whether the spike in Netflix sign-ups they observed immediately following the company’s password sharing crackdown that started rolling out in the US in late May 2023 has continued. “In a word, yes,” asserts Brendan Brady, Content Strategy Associate at Antenna, noting that Netflix commanded 2.6 million […]

August 24, 2023By Colin Mann

Forecast: LatAm AVoD growth to exceed SVoD

OTT TV episode and movie revenues for 19 Latin American countries will increase by $7 billion (€6.4bn) between 2023 and 2029 to reach $17 billion, according to the Latin America OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. From the additional revenues, SVoD will provide $2.8 billion and AVoD $3.5 billion. […]

August 24, 2023

Research: Consumers cutting streaming services to save money

Parks Associates, the technology research firm, has released the consumer study Video Services: Shifting Demand, presenting a focused analysis of the video services landscape, including insight into why consumers are switching and canceling streaming services. The research shows the average annualised subscriber churn rate for streaming video services in the US stands at 47 per […]

August 24, 2023

Disney+ reveals UK Originals at Edinburgh TV Festival

At the Edinburgh TV Festival, The Walt Disney Company EMEA has revealed a raft of exclusive announcements including first looks, celebrity contributor reveals and a new documentary as part of their upcoming slate of UK Original titles for Disney+. Sean Doyle, Director, Unscripted, Disney+, EMEA, said: “We’ve spent the past year making ambitious documentaries with […]

August 23, 2023

Heart of Stone holds on to Netflix #1

Action-thriller Heart of Stone starring Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan had a strong second week on Netflix, clocking 35.2 million views, and #1 in 91 countries, to take the top spot on the English Films List in the week commencing August 14th. Animated film The Monkey King starring Jimmy O. Yang and Bowen Yang debuted […]

August 23, 2023

Netflix launching Love is Blind game

Netflix has announced it will launch the Netflix Stories: Love Is Blind game on September 19th, ahead of Season 5 of the popular unscripted series debuting on the service on September 22nd. In the game, users will be able to (virtually) step into the pods as the newest singles on the series and embark on […]

August 23, 2023By Nik Roseveare