The Muppet Show, Jim Henson’s iconic variety series, will begin streaming on Disney+ on February 19th. In addition to the first three seasons, fans will be able to enjoy seasons 4 and 5, which have never previously been available on home entertainment. The Muppet Show stars Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, and […]

The start of 2021 has seen viewing surge on BBC iPlayer, with the first full week (January 4th– 10th) breaking records as viewers streamed 162 million programmes – as they flocked to watch programmes such as The Serpent, A Perfect Planet, Traces and EastEnders on iPlayer. That week also saw a record 4.1 million people […]

New data from research firm Roy Morgan shows Australians consumed subscription TV services at an astonishing rate during 2020 as the country endured a nationwide lockdown from late March until late May and Victorians experienced a second, and longer, lockdown soon after. Some 17.3 million Australians (82.1 per cent) watched a subscription TV service in […]

Media Partners Asia (MPA) has announced that total cumulative paying customers to SVoD services across the top 10 operators in Indonesia had reached approximately 7 million as of mid-January 2021, a net addition of 3.6 million new subscribers between September 5th 2020 to January 6th 2021. The research, published by MPA’s consumer insights division AMPD […]

StarHub has unveiled the latest Mobile+, TV+ and Fibre Broadband deals, made available for existing and new customers to enjoy up to two years of access to Disney+ when the streaming service launches in Singapore on February 23rd 2021. StarHub is the official distributor of Disney+ in Singapore, with its mobile, TV and broadband offerings, […]

Apple is extending its free Apple TV+ trial subscriptions again, this time until July. When ‌the Apple TV+‌ SVoD platform launched in November 2019, Apple offered a free 12 month subscription to those who purchased a new Apple device in or after September 2019. They were initially set to expire in November 2020, but Apple […]

Sky and STUDIOCANAL, Canal+ Group’s film production and distribution company, are partnering to bring Sky customers hundreds of hours of movies on Sky Q. The content will also be available to NOW TV customers with a Cinema Pass. Under the deal, STUDIOCANAL’s titles scheduled for release from January 2021 will be brought to Sky Cinema […]

SVoDs will have much slower growth in 2021 after the record-breaking 2020, according to Omdia. While global OTT TV subscriptions rose from 849 million in 2019 to 1.06 billion last year – overtaking global pay-TV numbers – growth is likely to be relatively slower this year, with the overall number rising to 1.14 billion. Traditional […]

Pay-TV revenues for the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region fell by 14 per cent between 2016 and 2020 to $2.74 billion, according to the Middle East and North Africa Pay TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Revenues will continue to fall slowly – to $2.52 billion in […]

Portuguese telcos can now limit or block access to non-linear TV services such as VoD platforms, catch-up TV and online games, to preserve the integrity and security of broadband networks and prevent congestion. This action has been introduced with a decree that regulates the new state of the Covid-19 emergency in Portugal, which comes into […]