Negotiators for striking Hollywood writers and the major studios will return to the negotiating table at the end of this week as the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike marked more than 100 days. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the group representing studios, is expected to provide responses to proposals from the […]
Disney has unveiled the trailer for the second season of the Emmy-nominated docuseries FX’s Welcome to Wrexham. The award-winning series returns September 13th only on Disney+ in the UK. Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds navigate running the 3rd oldest professional football club in the world. “Welcome to Wrexham” is a docuseries tracking the dreams and […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported Q3 earnings with revenues at $22.3 billion (€20.2bn) – a 4 per cent growth from the previous year. Although SVoD service Disney+ managed to significantly trim losses (down to $512 million from $1.06 billion a year earlier) subscriber numbers still saw a steep decline, falling from 157.8 million worldwide […]
Following the successful ad-tier launch in the US, Disney+ in the UK will introduce its ad-supported subscription plan in November, giving consumers more ways to subscribe than ever before and the ultimate flexibility in selecting a subscription plan that suits their needs. From November 1st, the new Standard with Ads, in addition to Standard and […]
Disney+ has announced that the new Italian Original series “The Lions of Sicily”, the family saga based on Stefania Auci’s bestseller “The Florios of Sicily”, will debut on October 25 with the first four episodes exclusively on the streaming service, while the remaining four will be available from November 1st. From director Paolo Genovese, who […]
On the heels of the Season 3 premiere of Only Murders in the Building (starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd), Hulu is luanching a themed escape room for fans in Los Angeles to play in-store at The Escape Game located within the Century City Mall from August 11th – […]
A long-standing myth in the TV industry has been the idea that viewers strongly dislike ads, and will go out of their way to avoid them. Hub Entertainment Research’s semi-annual TV Advertising: Fact vs Fiction survey refutes that notion, and provides clear evidence that advertising in streaming video is a vital part of the ecosystem, […]
Research from Ampere Analysis shows that ad-supported tiers are growing in the US. Currently, Hulu, Peacock and Paramount+ represent the bulk of subscriptions. However, uptake is growing for players such as Netflix, driven in no small part by its account-sharing crackdown, and for Disney+, which increased its price alongside launching the ad tier. Here’s the […]
Evidence-based insights and consulting company Kantar has released its latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the GB’s streaming market. Kantar’s EoD study in Great Britain uncovers the following behaviours and findings within the Video on Demand (VoD) market between April to June 2023: 7 per cent of British households took out a new streaming […]
The number of unique users of SVoD platforms in Italy was 15.3 million in March 2023, stable compared to the previous month, but down from 16.7 million in the same month in 2022. A report by Italy’s National Communications Authority (AgCom), shows that Netflix maintained the leadership position with an average of 8.9 million unique […]