Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, is now available on Virgin TV in the UK, offering viewers an array of content with over 8,000 titles on demand, including new releases to rent and buy, 150+ FAST channels and 1,000+ titles. Access to the Rakuten TV app is direct, with no subscription necessary, Virgin TV customers […]
YouTube moved into the top spot among media distributors in the July 2024 Media Distributor Gauge report, Nielsen’s monthly view of total TV consumption across the US by media company. Time spent watching YouTube on television was up 7 per cent compared to June, leading the streaming platform to account for 10.4 per cent of […]
Apple TV+ has announced Widow’s Bay a new 10-episode series from creator Katie Dippold (Parks and Recreation, Ghostbusters), with Emmy Award winner Hiro Murai (The Bear, Atlanta) set to direct the pilot. Widow’s Bay is about a mysteriously cursed New England island and its superstitious citizens, led by a mayor who refuses to believe their […]
Teen comedy Incoming topped Netflix’s English Films List in the week commencing August 26th with 16.9M views, making it the most-watched title of the week. Lee Daniels’ horror thriller The Deliverance, starring Glenn Close, debuted in third place with 14.5 million views. Returning to the list were the action-packed comedy The Union starring Halle Berry […]
Bango has announced an agreement with Disney to expand the reach of the Disney+ subscriber base through select consumer offers with telecom operators and other service providers via its product the Digital Vending Machine (DVM). Through the agreement with Bango, Disney+ will be available in select markets to sell with mobile phone and broadband plans, […]
Prime Video has announced a September 24th premiere date for Evolution of the Black Quarterback. The docu-series will premiere exclusively on the streaming platform in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. From SMAC Productions, Evolution of the Black Quarterback is a three-part series that follows retired NFL Pro Bowl quarterback Michael Vick as he travels across […]
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, a continuation of the celebrated series Wizards of Waverly Place which starred Selena Gomez and ran for four seasons between 2007 and 2012, is coming soon to Disney+. The first eight episodes will be available on the streaming platform from October 30th. Wizards Beyond Waverly Place follows an adult Justin Russo […]
Ad-funded streaming subscriptions (HV0D), continue to grow in Sweden. Currently, close to 400,000 households have chosen to acquire at least one streaming service that is partly financed by advertising. Even though HVoD is a relatively new concept, growth has been strong during the year. Since the beginning of 2024, Mediavision reports a growth of 40 […]
BBC Studios and CDA have announced that BBC Studios’ Player service will launch on CDA Premium from September 1st. BBC Player will be available to the entire CDA Premium subscriber base, providing them with a wide range of BBC programming on-demand. BBC Player is the local on-demand destination for BBC content in Poland. CDA Premium […]
Netflix has announced that its docu-series on WWE co-founder and former CEO, Vince McMahon, will premiere soon on the streaming service. It was widely believed that the project, which has been in production since 2020, was scrapped following allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking made against McMahon in June 2022, which eventually saw him […]