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Discovery creates unified marketing solutions

Discovery has unveiled an enhanced marketing solutions offer for brand partners across its international markets that is says unites the company’s sports offering with its real life entertainment portfolio into a single proposition. The move builds on the global launch of Discovery’s subscription streaming service, discovery+, in January For the first time, this gives brand […]

March 11, 2021

STV Player adds 650 hours of content

STV Player is celebrating its extended reach on all major platforms across the UK by adding over 650 hours of drama, true crime and factual entertainment programming to its catalogue of content. The free VoD service – which is now pre-installed in three quarters of the UK’s connected TV homes – has signed significant deals […]

March 11, 2021

HBO Max app launches on Cox platforms

WarnerMedia and Cox Communications have announced that the HBO Max app is now available to Cox Contour customers in the UK via their set top boxes. Cox customers can now access HBO Max via their Contour 2 or Contour Stream Player devices by opening the HBO Max app using their Contour remote or by saying […]

March 11, 2021

Crackle app on Vewd devices

Crackle Plus, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company and an operator of AVoD networks, has announced an agreement to launch the Crackle app on Smart TVs and set-top boxes powered by Vewd, a provider of OTT and hybrid TV solutions. Shipping on almost 40 million connected TVs, set-top boxes, game consoles, and cars […]

March 11, 2021

Disney+ passes 100m subs

Disney+, Disney’s SVoD platform, has surpassed 100 million global paid subscribers since launching 16 months ago. Bob Chapek, The Walt Disney Company CEO, made the announcement during the Company’s virtual Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March 9th. “The enormous success of Disney+, which has now surpassed 100 million subscribers, has inspired us to be even […]

March 10, 2021By Nik Roseveare

France: 78 SVoD services available

There were 78 SVoDs available in France in 2020, up from 63 in 2017, and 22 million viewers (46 per cent of broadband users) accessed at least one platform. According to a joint study by anti-piracy body Hadopi and TV regulator CSA, in association with telecoms regulator Arcep, CNC and the French Competition Authority, SVoD […]

March 10, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

hayu on Samsung TVs

NBCUniversal International (NBCUI) has announced that hayu, the all-reality SVoD service, is now available through Samsung Smart TVs. Reality TV enthusiasts in 27 territories can now watch reality content via the hayu app through Samsung’s in-built application portal. hayu offers over 8,000 episodes of top reality TV content. The service offers extensive choice, with a […]

March 10, 2021

WWE Network joins Peacock on March 18

Starting March 18th, US streaming service Peacock will begin rolling out WWE Network content just before Fastlane, the first WWE PPV event on the service. The new WWE destination on Peacock will feature a range of top content at launch, including all past WrestleManias leading up to WrestleMania 37 on April 10th and 11th – […]

March 10, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Sutter to make feature directorial debut on Netflix

Kurt Sutter, creator of the Sons of Anarchy TV series, will write, direct and produce This Beast for Netflix – his first movie project as a director. Blumhouse will produce the feature film. The movie will tell the story of an 18th century English village besieged by a mysterious and elusive beast. Dozens of innocents are […]

March 10, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Canela.TV now on VIZIO SmartCast TVs

Canela.TV one of the first AVoD streaming services for US Hispanics, has officially launched its app on VIZIO SmartCast, the smart TV platform. Canela.TV is now available to millions of SmartCast TV users in the U.S offering over 10,000 hours of entertainment for adults and children including comedies, docuseries, novelas, cartoons, dramas and action films. […]

March 10, 2021