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Spain: 58% watch 2+ pay-TV platforms

Some 83.1 per cent of Spaniards have access to pay-TV, up 2.2 per cent in the last quarter, with 58.3 per cent watching at least two different pay-TV platforms, according to a report from consultancy firm Barlovento Comunicación. On average, every Spanish household has access to 2.6 platforms. Netflix leads the market with a 59.9 […]

October 4, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

IMDb TV brings Leverage: Redemption to UK

All 16 episodes of Season One of Leverage: Redemption will be available to stream exclusively in the UK on IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service, from October 22nd. This news follows the recent launch of IMDb TV in the UK. The heist drama series sees reformed criminals put their unique skills to good use by helping […]

October 4, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Portugal: 1 in 4 have SVoD subscription

One in four Portuguese (24 per cent) over the age of 15 subscribe to a streaming platform, according to the first edition of Marktest’s BStream study on SVoD services. The study analysed services operating in Portugal (Apple TV, Disney+, HBO, MEO Filmes e Séries, Netflix, NOS Play, OPTO SIC, Amazon Prime Video), as well as […]

September 30, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Guy Ritchie movie to premiere on Prime Video UK

Amazon Prime Video will exclusively premiere Guy Ritchie’s new action film, Wrath of Man, in the UK and Ireland on December 10th. The movie sees the director reunite with Hollywood star Jason Statham for the first time in 15 years. Based on the French film Le Convoyeur, Wrath of Man also features a cast including […]

September 30, 2021By Nik Roseveare

IMDb TV launches in UK

IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, is now available in the UK. The AVoD service debuts with IMDb TV Originals Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary, Moment of Truth, and Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers, as well as a library of thousands of movies and television shows, including Pulp […]

September 29, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Deloitte, OutSystems extend strategic alliance to include solutions on AWS

OutSystems, a global player in modern application development, and Deloitte Consulting, have expanded their 13-year alliance to include a Center of Excellence (COE) focused on providing cloud-based industry solutions utilising Amazon Web Services (AWS) on a global scale. Together, Deloitte, OutSystems, and AWS provide shared clients with the ability to develop and deploy new, innovative […]

September 29, 2021

Analyst: Does Netflix have the right Africa strategy?

The recent launch of a free offer in Kenya in this exemplifies the recent change in Netflix’s strategy to address the African market’s peculiarities. Over the last few years, OTT and SVoD platforms have been growing steadily on the African continent but not as fast as expected, notes a report from Dataxis analyst Louise Jianoux. […]

September 28, 2021

discovery+ on Amazon Prime Video Channels UK

Discovery UK has announced that discovery+, the subscription streaming platform, is now available on Prime Video Channels in the UK. discovery+, which launched in late 2020, went live in the US and Italy earlier this year, and now expands its rollout on Prime Video Channels with this new announcement in the UK. Viewers can engage […]

September 28, 2021

ATEME joins AWS Partner Network

ATEME, a specialist in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, is now an AWS Technology Partner on the Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner Path. They have also successfully completed the Foundational Technical Review for Titan File MS, ATEME’s multi-codec/format video transcoding software. This unlocks benefits of the new ISV Partner […]

September 28, 2021

Amazon Studios greenlights The Boys spin-off

As rumoured last year, Amazon Studios has ordered a new spin-off series of The Boys, the Emmy-nominated superhero drama from Sony Pictures Television. Set at America’s only college exclusively for young-adult superheroes (run by Vought International), Amazon says the new show will be “an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes […]

September 28, 2021By Nik Roseveare