The pandemic was the catalyst for streaming services, which gained traction amongst a broader range of consumers, according to The Gauge, research firm Nielsen’s new monthly total TV and streaming snapshot. Over the last year, several traditional media companies entered the streaming space, taking advantage of their vast video libraries and launching just in time […]
Samsung Ads Europe has appointed Sinead Gilbody as European Mobile Development Lead, a new role for the business as it looks to develop a mobile offering in Europe. Gilbody joins the Samsung Ads European team from Activision Blizzard, owner of mobile world interactive entertainment company King. As agency sales director, she supported the AV, mobile, […]
Disney+ has announced that “The Mysterious Benedict Society” will premiere on June 25th with two episodes. Character posters and a new television spot highlighting Tony Hale’s dual roles of twin brothers Mr. Benedict and L.D. Curtain are also now available. After winning a scholarship competition, four gifted orphans are recruited by the peculiar Mr. Benedict […]
Research by FandomSpot reveals that Harry Potter is the most popular movie franchise in the world – number one in a total of 75 countries, including the US, Canada, and Brazil, as well as a majority of Europe, including countries such as France, the UK, Italy, Germany,and Spain. Second is Spider-Man, the most popular franchise […]
The MAVISE Database shows that many of global channels that were based in the UK have now been compelled to move to the continent to maintain their in-EU origin status. In all 250 broadcast licences have, of necessity, been ‘deported’ since Brexit. Broadcasters moving international ops away from the UK include: Discovery, Disney, NENT, NBC, […]
The Walt Disney Studios, Apple Corps and WingNut Films Productions have announced that Disney+ will bring The Beatles: Get Back, a Disney+ Original documentary series directed by Hollywood legend Peter Jackson, to fans worldwide later this year Jackson has spent the past three years restoring and editing The Beatles: Get Back, which will be presented […]
Disney+ has revealed that original series “Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life,” will premiere July 28th. Comprised of three seven-minute stories, each episode follows two tiny troublemakers, Chip and Dale, trying to live the good life in a big city park while having giant-sized, sky-high adventures. Nervous worrier Chip and laid-back dreamer Dale make the perfect […]
Coinciding with its fourth annual Future of Video event, research firm Parks Associates has shared its latest data and insights showing that 46 per cent of US broadband households subscribe to four or more OTT services. Some 82 per cent of the 10,000 US broadband households surveyed in Q1 2021 now have an OTT subscription, […]
Disney CEO Bob Chapek has told an investor conference that the company has no plans to follow the likes of HBO Max and Paramount+ in launching a cheaper ad-supported tier for its Disney+ SVoD service. “We’re always re-evaluating how we go to market across the world, but we’ve got no such plans now to do […]
While pay-TV is largely stable, and SVoD continues to grow, OMDIA’S latest consumer survey (April 2021) suggests that a significant number of users are eschewing AVoD and instead increasingly consuming content via paid alternatives. The launch of Studio AVoD service will draw viewers away from BVoD, reducing the overall number of services that a consumer […]