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Analyst: Disney+ originals rate better than Apple TV+

Disney+’s live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian looks like a key driver for the SVoD platform as interest levels top those of rival Apple TV+ exclusives The Morning Show and See. The Mandalorian maintained a higher relative interest level than The Morning Show throughout its entire run, despite Disney+ being available in only six markets, according […]

January 28, 2020

BritBox launches on netgem.tv

Hybrid TV platform netgem.tv is now offering the BritBox SVoD service through its growing network of ISP operators and enabled netgem.tv devices in the market. To mark the deal with BritBox, the service created by the BBC and ITV, netgem.tv is also adding an extra 15 HD channels to its existing line-up, which already features […]

January 28, 2020

Netflix partnership with Titmouse animation

Netflix has signed a multi-year production commitment overall deal with animation studio Titmouse to produce multiple original adult animated series. Under the terms of the deal, Netflix will also have a first look at adult animated series developed and created at Titmouse. This marks an expansion of the relationship between the two companies, which have […]

January 28, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Sky, Disney+ deal on the brink

Sky is reportedly close to announcing a deal that will make the Disney+ SVoD service available via its pay-TV platform. Disney and Sky are finalising a multi-year deal that could shut out Sky rivals such as Virgin Media and BT – who will still be able to carry the Disney+ app, but unable to offer […]

January 27, 2020

Research: MENA SVoD revenues to triple to 2025

MENA SVoD revenues will reach $2.97 billion (€2.69bn) by 2025; or $2.1 billion more than the 2019 total. SVoD revenues will triple between 2019 and 2025. Turkey will total to $908 million by 2025, with Saudi Arabia adding $563 million and Israel $470 million. Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “We forecast […]

January 27, 2020

Report: Over half of French viewers have pay-TV

Over half (54 per cent) of French viewers subscribe to at least one pay-TV service. This is a nine per cent increase on 2018, according to data from the Harris barometer on French pay-TV, which says the increase is largely due to the growth of SVoD subscriptions. SVoD is seen a complement to existing pay-TV offerings […]

January 27, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Pluto TV adds Brit channels

To mark Pluto TV’s first year in the UK, it has added ‘Pluto TV Made in Britain’, a 24/7 channel filled with UK’s film and TV favourites throughout the years. The AVoD service has also added pop-up channel ‘Pluto TV Brit-pocalypse’, showcasing British mini-series and how these fine ensemble casts deal with the potential annihilation […]

January 27, 2020

France: 7.8m watch catch-up TV daily

Around 7.8 million French viewers now watch catch-up TV on a daily basis, an increase of 13 per cent over the last two years. Catch-up TV is watched for an average one hour and eleven minutes per day according to a study from Médiamétrie. It’s not just repeated content catch-up services. In November 2019, two […]

January 24, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Peacock’s feathers will be bright – but expensive

Comcast unveiled its Q4 numbers on January 23rd, and reported earnings rising an extremely healthy overall 26 per cent helped by broadband growth. The downside drag was its entertainment unit NBCUniversal as well as miserable box office revenues for its latest movie, Cats, and a 49 per cent fall in its film unit’s profits. Chairman/CEO […]

January 24, 2020

Research: Netflix users twice as likely to have Amazon Echo

Analysts at Viant, the advertising tech company, has published research around the differences between Netflix and Hulu users in the US users over the past month. The sample size included 27 million Netflix users and 14 million Hulu users. The data revealed: Who is more likely to have an Amazon Echo, and how used Amazon […]

January 24, 2020