Nearly a quarter of US subscribers (23 per cent) spend over $100 (€92) per month on streaming and subscription services ($1,200+ per year), according to data from Bango. The Subscriptions Assemble study — which surveyed 5,000 US subscribers — reveals new trends, including Americans swapping their standalone subscriptions for combined ‘bundle’ deals. According to the […]
According to Omdia, online consumer spending is set to reach $4.4 trillion (€4.03tn) in 2025, with the US contributing $1.4 trillion. By 2029, this figure will surge to $6.6 trillion, with the US accounting for $2 trillion of total online expenditure. Maria Rua Aguete, Senior Research Director at Omdia, presented the data at the Connected […]
Prime Video has announced that it will begin offering AI-aided dubbing on licensed movies and series that would not have been dubbed otherwise. Effective immediately, AI-aided dubbing in English and Latin American Spanish is available initially on 12 movies and series, including titles such as El Cid: La Leyenda, Mi Mamá Lora and Long Lost. […]
Digital entertainment and retail association ERA has created a new Future Leaders Programme to celebrate new executive talent in digital entertainment companies and retailers. The objective is to incubate fast-rising young executives, provide networking and mentoring opportunities and to ensure new voices are heard in the fast-changing digital entertainment and retail landscape. The programme was […]
Sky has accused Amazon of not doing enough to stop piracy of its sports rights via so-called ‘jailbroken’ Fire Sticks. Sky’s group COO, Nick Herm, said that illegal viewing of its subscription content, which includes Premier League football, Formula 1 and boxing, was costing “hundreds of millions of dollars” and “about half” was through manipulated […]
Amazon MGM Studios, Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have formed a new joint venture to house the James Bond intellectual property rights, and those parties will remain co-owners of the franchise. Under the terms of the new venture, Amazon MGM Studios will gain creative control of the James Bond franchise following closing of the […]
BCNEXXT, a provider of virtualised, cloud-native systems for Linear, VoD, and OTT publishing, has announced its successful collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver the automated deployment of cloud resources within Vipe. This technology, now in use across multiple channels, dynamically allocates cloud resources based on demand, offering broadcasters unmatched efficiency, scalability, and cost-savings […]
Blue Origin, the rocket launch business backed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, is laying off 10 per cent of its workforce. Some 1,400 staff will go. Positions in engineering, R&D, and programme/project management are being eliminated, and layers of management are being thinned. In a memo to staff, CEO Dave Limp said: “Over the last few […]
LoopMe, a company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve brand advertising performance, has revealed that consumer perception of Amazon Prime’s value for money has dropped by nearly half (47 per cent) since Prime Video introduced ads in February 2024. While in 2024 a similar LoopMe survey found that most people (85 per cent) viewed […]
The USA’s United Launch Alliance (ULA) is bringing forward the launch of its debut Kuiper-1 mission (officially its KA-01 launch). This will be the first operational launch for Amazon’s giant Project Kuiper mega-constellation, and it is expected to launch in the next two months aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket. This will be the first […]