Premier League matches streamed on Prime Video on October 19th resulted in a record spike in internet usage, according to network data from connectivity provider TalkTalk. The new peak record of 9.105Tbps – the equivalent to downloading 379 hours of HD video per second – was set on TalkTalk’s network at 21:20 on October 19th, […]
As the cost-of-living crisis deepens, 20 per cent of SVoD customers are considering cancelling their subscriptions, with 19 per cent agreeing that these platforms are ‘a luxury I can live without right now’. The research, carried out by Yonder, reveals that 39 per cent of UK SVoD homes are worried enough about rising prices to […]
Findings from technology research and advisory group Omdia show that TikTok has leapfrogged Netflix to become the second most popular service in the US, with only YouTube retaining the crown for under-35s viewing. The service remains heavily skewed by age and occupies sixth place for above 35 years old. The results from Omdia’s latest consumer […]
Research from Ampere Analysis shows that Disney has taken a firm lead for scripted content in North America, having ordered more new scripted content by the end of September than it took in the whole of 2021. Netflix has focused more on international with its scripted output falling by 15 per cent in North America […]
Prime Video has announced that its upcoming unscripted competition series, Dr Seuss Baking Challenge, will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on December 13th. In the UK and the US, Dr Seuss Baking Challenge will also premiere simultaneously on AVoD service, Amazon Freevee. Dr Seuss Baking Challenge invites some […]
Researchers at Technavio suggest that the market for UHD displays will increase by some $313 billion (€321m) and at a CAGR of 22.35 per cent during the period 2022-2026. The report suggests that the APAC region will contribute 50 per cent of that growth. This global growth for UHD displays will expand 21.9 per cent […]
The Jeff Bezos super-constellation, Project Kuiper, will launch two test prototype satellites in early 2023 using a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket. But the launch is later than expected. Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2 will be the first of a massive commitment from Amazon which calls for 3,236 broadband satellites. The licences for the experimental […]
The connected car market is the latest battleground for media companies, as they prepare to fight for a piece of an addressable market that will be comparable in scale to that of pay-TV set-top boxes by 2025, according to Omdia research. Omdia expects connected car numbers to increase from 230 million in 2021 to reach […]
Accedo has integrated Amazon Personalize, a real-time recommendation and personalization service, to its award-winning, no-code SaaS video platform Accedo One, to deliver personalized recommendations to end users while harnessing Amazon Web Services (AWS) machine learning technology. Amazon Personalize is available immediately in the Accedo One Partner Marketplace to all existing and new customers.Amazon Personalize is a fully managed machine […]
Prime Video will co-premiere the fifth season of The Handmaid’s Tale to Prime members in the UK and Ireland later this year. The first four seasons of the critically acclaimed series are available to stream now on Prime Video. The Handmaid’s Tale tells the story of the dystopian Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was […]