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This Is Us coming to Disney+, Prime Video

The sixth and final season of critically acclaimed family drama, This Is Us, will premiere on both Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video in the UK & Ireland from January 6th 2022, with new episodes streaming after the US broadcast. The first five seasons will also be available on the same day of the season 6 […]

December 29, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Report: Trends that defined the video market in 2021

Streaming video has exploded and more companies are fighting for a piece of the pie; in an end of year report, Interpret examined the most significant developments impacting the video industry. 2021 brought several welcome changes after a 2020 that was great for subscription streaming services but a challenge for much of the rest of […]

December 22, 2021

Watch Brazil expands reach with Kaltura

Kaltura, the video experience cloud, has announced that internet services and technology provider Watch Brazil launched its next-generation streaming TV service, Watch, powered by Kaltura and hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Demonstrating the appeal of the new service, in its first six months of operation, Watch’s user base has grown by over 25 per […]

December 22, 2021

Spain: 83% have pay-TV

Some 32.2 million Spaniards have a pay-TV service, representing 82.8 per cent of the country’s population, with 59.8 per cent subscribing to at least two different platforms. The latest figures from consultancy Barlovento Comunicacion reveal that each Spaniard has access to an average of 2.7 platforms. Netflix is the leading service with an average share […]

December 21, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Amazon Prime Video India debuts live cricket on Jan 1

Amazon Prime Video in India will start streaming live cricket from January 1st 2022 with a test series between New Zealand and Bangladesh. In November 2020, Prime Video became the first streaming service in India to secure exclusive live cricket rights from a major cricketing board. As a part of the multi-year deal, international men’s […]

December 21, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Forecast: GAMA to take 70% of online ad revenue outside China

Research from market analyst firm Omdia shows that Google, Amazon, Meta (formerly Facebook), and Apple – collectively GAMA – will command 70 per cent of the online advertising market outside of China by the end of 2021. The latest outlook comes from Omdia’s Advertising Intelligence Service, which provides net advertising revenue forecasts split by media, […]

December 21, 2021

Mowry leaves Blue Origin for Voyager

Clayton Mowry has left Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin operation to join Voyager Space as Chief Revenue Officer. Mowry’s credentials include a 15-year spell at Arianespace as chairman and President of the US division. Most recently, he served as VP/Global Sales at Blue Origin where he led global sales, marketing and customer experience for […]

December 21, 2021By Chris Forrester

Kacific migrates to AWS

Kacific Broadband Satellites is going all-in on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to scale up the delivery of its broadband internet for the rural regions of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Kacific plans to migrate its IT infrastructure and critical business applications to AWS by 2022. By migrating its IT support systems to the cloud services […]

December 20, 2021

Australia: SVoD revenue to reach $3.2bn in 2026

SVoD revenue in Australia is forecast to increase at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.3 per cent from $1.9 billion (€1.68bn) in 2021 to $3.2 billion in 2026, driven by solid growth in subscriptions and unique SVoD households, and steady rise in average monthly revenue per unique SVoD household, according to GlobalData, a […]

December 17, 2021

I Want You Back debuts on Prime Video on Feb 11

Amazon Studios will release I Want You Back globally globally on Prime Video on February 11th 2022. The movie tells the story of Peter (played by Charlie Day, star of Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Emma (Jenny Slate, star of Bob’s Burgers and Parks and Recreation) who are total strangers, but when they meet, one thing instantly bonds […]

December 17, 2021By Nik Roseveare