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 […]
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 […]
Movies released on online streaming services will be eligible for next year’s Oscars following the closure of cinemas around the globe as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. A statement from The Academy’s Board of Governing laid out the new ruling, saying: “Until further notice, and for the 93rd Awards year only, films that had […]
Findings from research firm Parks Associates reveal an increase in streaming video viewership during the Covid-19 outbreak. The survey of 10,000 broadband households, fielded between March 8th and April 3rd to 10,000 US heads of broadband households, finds 76 per cent of US broadband households subscribe to an OTT service, increasing by roughly six million […]
AMC Networks’ Acorn TV has gone live in the UK. The SVoD service, which has more than one million paid subscribers in the US, touts itself as “the ultimate destination for high-quality, world class dramas, mysteries and comedies from around the world without advertising”. Commenting on the launch, Patrick Morrell, Director, Strategic Publisher and TV […]
Sinclair Networks-owned Tennis Channel has launched an international subscription streaming service, the first-stage roll out for what is intended to become a global tennis-media destination. Initially launching in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with plans for other worldwide markets, the over-the-top (OTT) platform will offer content on the new Tennis Channel International app, with the service […]
Western Europe is forecast to have 197 million SVoD subscriptions by 2025, doubling from 88 million at end-2019, according to the Western Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. About 45 million subscribers will be added in 2020 alone, with the lockdown providing a major boost. Netflix will remain […]
Odeon Cinemas, owned by AMC, has banned all Universal films after the studio said it intends to release future movies on streaming platforms and cinema screens on the same day. AMC boss Adam Aron said the ban will cover its 1,000 cinemas worldwide. It follows comments from NBCUniversal which said the film Trolls World Tour […]
Spaniards are increasingly spending more time watching content on SVoD services. The latest survey by consultancy firm GECA reveals that almost 90 per cent respondants say that they have significantly increased their time using OTT services by an average of 26 per cent. Netflix leads the market with 75 per cent of SVoD consumers having […]
HBO Max, the streaming service from AT&T-owned WarnerMedia, will be available on Apple devices when it debuts in the US on May 27th. Viewers will be able to watch HBO Max on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, as well as the Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD. Those with second- and third-generation […]