The rise in original content creation and the proliferation of digital platforms accelerated the global SVoD services market growth. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Global SVoD Services Market, finds that the general growth of digital media consumption has encouraged companies from the sports, film, and television industries to create their own platforms, providing people with […]

Younger adults now watch almost seven times less scheduled TV than those aged 65 and over, according to the findings of the Media Nations 2022 report from UK media regulator Ofcom, as the generation gap in media habits reaches a record high. People aged 16-24 spend less than an hour (53 minutes) in front of […]

Hedge fund Third Point has disclosed a $1 billion (€0.98bn) stake in The Walt Disney Company and plans to push for changes including spinning off ESPN and buying back shares. Daniel Loeb, who runs Third Point, has U-turned on Disney building this new stake not long after exiting his previous position over fears about rising […]

The Walt Disney Company has reported 221m streaming subs across its brands, just topping Netflix at 220.7m. The group declared earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended July 2nd 2022 with revenues for the quarter and nine months up 26 per cent and 28 per cent, respectively. “We had an excellent quarter, with our world-class […]

Research suggests that people in the UK are starting to cut back on the number of streaming services they use, sticking to the ‘Big 3’ of Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+. The personal finance comparison site, finder.com, repeated research from 2019, finding that the number of Brits who have streamed over the past year has […]

Disney+ will introduce its ad-supported subscription offering in the US on December 8th. With the launch, a new slate of subscription plans will be made available across Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ and the Disney Bundle. “With our new ad-supported Disney+ offering and an expanded lineup of plans across our entire streaming portfolio, we will be providing […]

Attest, a consumer research platform, has released the findings from the latest edition of its Quarterly UK Media Consumption Tracker. It provides continuous insights into how Brits’ habits across television, audio, news, and social media continue to evolve. The effects of inflation can be seen in Attest’s Q2 UK media consumption tracker results, with the […]

UK multiplay operator Virgin Media has confirmed the availability of Disney+  on the Virgin TV 360 service. The app joins 360’s line-up as Virgin Media also introduces a new personalised home screen, tailored specifically to customers’ viewing habits, and an updated catch-up catalogue, making it easier for viewers to catch up on shows they’ve missed. […]

The Foxtel Group and The Walt Disney Company are to integrate the Disney+ app on set-top boxes of more than 1.7 million Foxtel subscribers over the coming weeks, boosting Foxtel’s streaming aggregation strategy and bringing what Foxtel calls the world’s best content, all in one place. The Disney+ app integration means Foxtel customers with a […]

Findings from research and advisory group Omdia indicate that nonlinear viewing continues to gain greater hegemony in the daily viewing habits of TV users across the US, Europe and Australia with online long form and social media video viewing growing beyond the previous year’s boom in viewing time. Omdia’s new Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time Report […]