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Research: Lockdown, Disney+ changing viewing patterns

Hub Entertainment Research’s latest Best Bundle study, which looks at how US consumers put together TV services to best meet their viewing needs, reveals big changes in the last year, driven by both Covid-inflicted, self-isolating behaviours and the introduction of Disney+ in November 2019. Highlights from the study: Streaming services have seen a jump in […]

May 4, 2020

Atresplayer Premium subs up 88%

Atresmedia’s OTT service, Atresplayer Premium, has seen its subscriber base increase by 88 per cent in the first quarter of the year, reach 235,000 customers as of the end of March. At the end of 2019, the service had 125,000 subscribers and 147,000 by the end of February, Now the Covid-19 crisis has boosted take-up […]

May 4, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

HBO Max on Hulu; offer undercuts Netflix

WarnerMedia and US streaming service Hulu have reached a distribution agreement that will make HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s streaming offering, available to Hulu subscribers when it launches on May 27th 2020. In a press statement, WarnerMedia said: “A valued distributor of our networks for a number of years, Hulu joins our growing roster of distribution partners […]

May 4, 2020

Soap classics debut on ITV Hub

With filming on fresh shows halted, and those in the can likely to run out at some future stage, users of UK commercial PSB ITV’s AVoD service ITV Hub will be treated to classic episodes of their favourite soap operas from Monday May 4th. Vintage episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale will be making their […]

May 4, 2020

Analyst: More opportunity for premium VoD experimentation

The team at Ampere Analysis publishes a weekly podcast discussing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the entertainment industry. These sessions include the latest forecasts and projections which are being calculated by the expert team as the situation evolves. In this fifth episode, the team discussed premium VoD and its impact on theatrical releases, […]

May 1, 2020

AT&T combines WarnerMedia and Xandr

AT&T is taking the next step in its transformation as a modern media company, combining WarnerMedia and Xandr to create what it suggests is a better advertising value proposition for brands, publishers and consumers alike. Gerhard Zeiler, Chief Revenue Officer, WarnerMedia & President, WarnerMedia International will oversee all advertising responsibilities across AT&T. This unification will […]

May 1, 2020

Spain: Over 10m homes have access to pay-TV

Over 10 million Spanish homes have access to either traditional pay-TV operators or SVoD services, according to a report from consultancy firm Barlovento. Overall, more than 23 million people subscribe to a pay-TV service, representing 56.9 per cent of individuals aged 14 and

May 1, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

DPP: “Chaos in the supply of content for VoD”

The DPP, the media industry’s business network, has published the results of an extensive piece of research into the global supply of content to VoD platforms. Supplying the VoD Revolution defines a reference workflow for the supply of content from distributors and aggregators to platforms. It exposes the pain points felt by implementers of these […]

May 1, 2020

History Play, Crime+Investigation Play on Apple TV

A+E Networks EMEA has announced that History Play and Crime+Investigation Play are now available to customers in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria through Apple TV channels on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung and LG smart TVs, and Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices. History Play […]

April 30, 2020

Netflix unveils first original Swedish movie

Red Dot, produced by SF Studios, is set to be the first Netflix feature film coming out of Sweden, with the cast featuring Nanna Blondell, Anastasios Soulis, Tomas Bergström, Kalled Mustonen, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Thomas Hanzon and Anna Azcárate. The movie and will be launched exclusively on Netflix globally on a date TBD. Red Dot […]

April 30, 2020