Ahead of the release of its report, COVID-19 Impact on Communications and Entertainment, market research and consulting company Parks Associates predicts consumer usage of TVoD (transactional video on-demand) service will increase significantly in 2020. The firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker reports that in Q1 2020, 14 per cent of US broadband households had used a […]
Analysts at research firm Ampere Analysis are publishing a regular podcast discussing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the entertainment industry. Here is a top line summary of the most recent discussing what it means for the entertainment industry now, and for a post-lockdown future. Ups and downs for US operators in Q1: Daniel […]
Disney+ has ordered the 8-episode series Just Beyond from writer Seth Grahame-Smith and produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The horror/comedy anthology, based on the best-selling BOOM! Studios graphic novel series from iconic children’s writer R.L. Stine (Goosebumps), was created by Grahame-Smith, who has a history of moving between horror and comedy as author of […]
From just over a month since its European debut, mobile video traffic for streaming service Disney+ has reached 7 Exabytes per month according to data from Enea. This week, Disney revealed that it had secured 54 million subscribers – providing relief to families stuck at home, and creating headaches for mobile operators who have to […]
Starting May 8th, all customers of UK pay-TV operator Sky will be able to binge popular TV box sets as part of a new ‘ReWatch’ campaign. With people spending more time at home, Sky TV is making iconic box sets such as Game of Thrones, Chernobyl, Parks & Recreation and Intelligence available to all Sky […]
Channel 5 has announced that its AVoD service, My5, has achieved its strongest ever week of viewing, overtaking week 4 of 2016 when Big Brother drove 65 per cent of all streams. For the week commencing April 27th, the streaming platform was up 59 per cent week-on-week and up 184 per cent year-on-year. Drama was […]
Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new SVoD service, is to be available on Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD, when it launches in the US on July 15th, 2020. At that time, Peacock will offer a free tier featuring more than 7,500 hours of movies, shows, and timely live and […]
A new collection of classic Coronation Street and Emmerdale soap opera episodes will be launching on BritBox, the UK SVoD service created by the BBC and ITV, from May 14th. Over thirty of the best episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale will be launched on the service. Episodes have been hand-picked and showcase the most […]
Netflix has announced the introduction of a Made in Africa collection – a curated list of African series, films and documentaries – to celebrate Africa Month and demonstrate Netflix’s commitment to Africa and the African creative community. The collection is available globally and includes over 100 titles – including older licensed films and shows as […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter ended March 28th 2020. The entertainment giant saw its operating income for the three months drop 37 per cent to $2.4 billion (€2.2bn) after it was forced to shutter its theme parks, cancel cruises and delay future productions. Conversely, Disney+, the company’s SVoD […]