Disney has confirmed that it will launch its Disney+ SVoD service in the UK on March 31st 2020 – as well as in Germany, Italy, Spain, France and “a number of other regions”. Disney CEO Bob Iger made the announcement during the company’s end of year and fourth quarter earnings call. The news was then […]
Despite the Apple TV+ service only being a few days old, Apple has already renewed four of its original series for second seasons. The Morning Show, Dickinson, See and For All Mankind are all set to return for second innings. The Morning Show came to fruition as a two season order, but in the case […]
BritBox, the SVoD service created by UK PSBs the BBC and ITV, has opened for business, bringing what it describes as the greatest collection of British boxsets with the finest homegrown talent to viewers for £5.99 (€6.95) a month in HD and across multiple devices. BritBox has signed a partnership deal with fellow PSB Channel […]
TV consumers who have discovered a new favourite show in the past year are almost twice as likely to watch it online than from a pay-TV set-top box, according to the latest Conquering Content study from Hub Entertainment Research which tracks how TV viewers discover and watch new TV shows. Highlights from the 2019 wave […]
The TV and film production sector is experiencing a period of phenomenal growth, driven by demand for British content from Netflix and Amazon Prime, according to data from Barclays Business Banking. The number of loans taken by SMEs to fund new TV series such as Top Boy, Sex Education and The Crown has increased by […]
According to the BBC, Disney’s SVoD service, Disney+, will launch in the UK in March 2020. During a BBC Breakfast segment unveiling the new Britbox streaming platform, broadcaster Charlie Stayt said that rival service Disney+ would be launching in the UK in March of next year. There has so far been no concrete word on […]
Samsung has confirmed that Netflix will no longer be supported on some of its older smart TV models. From December 1st, the Netflix app will no longer work on some 2010 and 2011 models. Samsung wrote on its support page: “Due to technical limitations, Netflix will no longer be supported on 2010 and 2011 TVs […]
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has announced that NBCUniversal have signed the ASEAN Subscription Video-on-Demand Industry Content Code, joining other industry players including ASTRO, dimsum, DOONEE, HOOQ, iflix, iWant, Netflix, tonton and TVB. The Content Code, first released in June 2018, is a self-regulatory framework that aims to ensure the commitment of online streaming […]
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google (FAANG) are set to account for 63 per cent of global OTT subscription revenue in 2019, a total that will largely hold steady through 2023, when these companies will represent 60 per cent of the market, according to the World Information Series–Service Provider (WIS-SP) service from Ovum. Moreover, FAANG […]
Disney+ may not be launching in UK until 2020, but it already has more interest than the newly-launched Apple TV+. A survey by ExpressVPN reveals that 25 per cent of UK consumers plan to subscribe to Disney+, they are also much more likely to be Millennials. Comparatively, just 16 per cent of UK consumers said […]