WWE returned to UK shores this month for a full scale, live tour, taking in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Brighton, Sheffield, Birmingham, Leeds and Nottingham – the entertainment behemoth’s biggest international tour since the pandemic hit. Advanced-Television spoke to a number of WWE superstars as they descended upon London to find out about their streaming habits […]
The US SVoD market continues to expand and transform, according to research from Kantar. Entertainment on Demand, the solution measuring streaming service subscription levels, reveals the following subscriber behaviours in the US for the third quarter of 2021: The proportion of US households that have a video subscription has dropped to 85 per cent (down […]
RTL Group has published its quarterly statement for the January to September 2021 period. Thomas Rabe, CEO of RTL Group, commented: “In the third quarter of 2021, RTL Group continued to perform strongly. Revenue grew by 17.2 per cent organically in the first nine months of the year, thanks to the ongoing recovery of TV […]
Australians streamed 20 billion minutes of premium online video in January-September 2021, according to a report from Media Partners Asia (MPA) measuring the Australian streaming economy. SVoD platforms drove 70 per cent of premium video streaming, while BVoDs took 30 per cent. The report, titled Australia Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics, leverages MPA’s proprietary […]
The Disney+ Day celebration, a global occasion to mark the second anniversary of the SVoD service, is headed to Springfield in a new short: The Simpsons in Plusaversary. The special episode will see The Simpsons host a Disney+ Day party and everyone is on the list… except Homer. The Simpsons in Plusaversary will debut on […]
Production on the live-action comedy “Hocus Pocus 2,” the haunting sequel to Disney’s Halloween cult classic, is underway in Rhode Island. The Disney+ original film directed by Anne Fletcher (“Dumplin,’” “The Proposal”) will debut exclusively on Disney+ in Autumn 2022. Bette Midler (“The First Wives Club,” “Beaches”), Sarah Jessica Parker (“Sex and the City,” “Divorce”), and Kathy Najimy […]
In a transaction that will bolster ViacomCBS Networks International’s studio production capabilities and complement its portfolio of production assets in Latin America, the ViacomCBS unit has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in the acclaimed Spanish language content producer, Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from The Walt Disney Company and the […]
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) has announced the most extensive US media rights agreement in its history, giving ESPN and ESPN+ exclusive rights in the US and the rest of the world outside Canada for live NLL games. All NLL games will be carried on an ESPN network or platform. ESPN linear networks – with […]
Original and exclusive sports content continues to drive growth for SVoD services in the UK according to Kantar, the data and insights consultancy. While the number of households subscribing to at least one service remained stable, new programming has helped SVoD providers cement their place in consumers’ homes. Can Squid Game boost Netflix’s share of […]
Formed by XR innovator, Martin Taylor, and ex-Disney EP, Alistair Maclean-Clark, Prox & Reverie is a new venture in XR production and immersive entertainment. Prox and Reverie aim to provide a complete service to creatives and brands looking to effectively harness the power of mixed reality technology. This includes an entirely new purpose-built studio system […]