The ITV Hub streaming service has announced record breaking viewer performances in its programmes across daytime, drama, entertainment and factual throughout 2020. Love Island’s most recent South Africa series achieved over 130 million requests across the VoD service, becoming the most requested programme across the ITV Hub, while daytime shows Good Morning Britain, This Morning […]
Netflix has announced that it will release the new season of Cobra Kai on January 1st. Previously the streaming platform has planned to launch the third season of the Karate Kid spin-off series on January 8th. The announcement was made via the official Cobra Kai Twitter account, with a tweet declaring: “QUIET! I hear you […]
HBO Max has revealed anticipation for Wonder Woman 1984 was apparent, with nearly half of the US streaming platform’s retail subscribers viewing the film on Christmas Day – the day of its arrival – along with millions of wholesale subscribers who have access to HBO Max via a cable, wireless, or other partner services. HBO […]
Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings has sold almost a quarter-billion’s worth of shares. Hastings sold $230.6 million’s (€189m) worth of shares in Netflix (437,311 shares) on December 21st at an average price of $527.26 per share, a fraction below their $527.22 value on December 22nd. Hastings released the data on December 22nd. Most of the shares […]
Serbian operator mts has upgraded and rebranded its IPTV platform from mts TV to iris TV. The multimedia platform, which can be accessed from various connected devices, features a new design, simplified options and a larger selection of HD channels. It relies on Artificial Intelligence technology to offer subscribers a personalised experience, such as suggesting […]
A Texas court has ruled in favour of Broadband iTV Inc (BBiTV) in its patent actions against DirecTV/AT&T, Dish network and Amazon over the company’s VoD patents which used STB and cellular technology. The Austin Division of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled that BBiTV’s patent infringement actions against the […]
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE is set to launch a new digital platform in 2021 that will include all of its radio and TV content and channels. The new platform will integrate its youth-oriented service Playz and its à la carte offer into one single service that will also include in-house TV content. “We will be […]
The season 2 finale of Disney+’s The Mandalorian had the internet ablaze all weekend, after debuting on the streaming platform on December 18th. Some 1.1 million US households streamed The Mandalorian finale on its launch date, according to Samba TV. That was the largest premier-day viewership of any episode this season, drawing 100,000 more households than […]
STV Player has announced five new deals which will see over 120 hours of new content being added to the free UK-wide service in time for Christmas, and an additional 150 hours coming early in the new year. STV’s VoD offering – which is the exclusive home of the Channel 3 network schedule in Scotland […]
Channel 4 has unveiled its most popular shows, viral social clips and viewing trends of 2020, a year which saw growth in viewing across all key platforms, particularly amongst young viewers. In an unprecedented year of global upheaval, viewers have turned to Channel 4 in significant numbers both to its streaming service, All 4, and […]