StarzPlay, the SVoD service from Starz, has acquired the DC superhero drama Doom Patrol. All 15 episodes of the first season will launch exclusively in the UK on January 2nd 2020. The series reimagines one of DC’s most beloved group of Superheroes; Robotman aka Cliff Steele (played by Brendan Fraser), Negative Man aka Larry Trainor […]
Thousands of users who signed up to the new Disney+ streaming service have reported their accounts being hacked. Since the service went live on November 12th in the US, Canada and The Netherlands, attackers have stolen thousands of customers’ account details and put them up for sale on the dark web, according to a report […]
Consumers today on average pay $22 (€19.90) a month for video streaming subscriptions and are willing to pay an additional $11 a month – or 50 per cent more — for additional services in an increasingly competitive market, according to a report from audit, tax and advisory services firm KPMG. Consumers’ growing use of streaming […]
Online subscriptions cost sharing service Together Price is launching in the UK. Established in Italy, the service is entirely based on the division of cost amongst friends, housemates, family members and colleagues that allows people to reduce the cost, by up to five times, safely and legally of subscription services such as Netflix, Spotify, NOW […]
Netflix will be the exclusive home of Vikings: Valhalla, a new original series from creator Michael Hirst that continues the storytelling of the popular Vikings saga. The new saga begins 100 years after the original series concludes and dramatises the adventures of the most famous Vikings who ever lived – Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Harada […]
A report from Ampere Analysis focuses on one of the globe’s most advanced SVoD markets – the Nordics. Since its launch in the region in 2012, Netflix has been the driving force in the OTT market, achieving 4.5 million subscribers by the end of 2018. However, despite boasting a large catalogue of international content at […]
Amazon is the measure of all things in Germany when it comes to OTT content, suggests TeraVolt, an agency for digital TV products. Meanwhile, Google and Apple are far behind the e-commerce giant in this area. Amazon’s Fire TV devices currently reach almost four million German households and, according to expert estimates, could grow to […]
Ad-funded streaming service Pluto TV has launched four new seasonal pop-up channels to get viewers into the festive mood; Pluto TV Christmas, Fireplace, Holiday Lights and Pluto TV Mistletoe are now available in the UK on all common OTT devices and app stores. Pluto TV Christmas features family-friendly movies and specials that will seeks to […]
SVoD service StarzPlay has signed a multi-year contract with Intigral, a subsidiary of Saudi Telecom Company (STC). The three-and-a-half-year deal represents the second renewal of the agreement, whereby StarzPlay’s full service and content library will continue to be available to STC’s broadband users as well as subscribers of its Jawwy TV, an OTT platform launched […]
At the Stockholm Film Festival, Netflix announced two new excusive movies coming out of the Nordics: Red Dot from Sweden, produced by SF Studios and Cadaver from Norway, produced by Motion Blur. Action-thriller Red Dot and horror movie Cadaver will premiere exclusively on Netflix. Netflix also announced the global acquisition of the Danish feature film […]