HBO Max has announced that it plans to develop more than 100 local productions in Latin America over the next two years, 33 of which are already in production. All these new programmes will be exclusive to the HBO Max streaming platform under the Max Originals brand. The stories will represent a wide variety of […]

Following the success of Godzilla vs Kong, HBO Max has another streaming hit on its hands. Nearly 3.8 million US households watched the new Mortal Kombat movie during its opening weekend, with viewership peaking at 1.7 million households on April 23rd, according to an analysis by Samba TV. That’s more viewership in just three days […]

Western Europe will have 234 million SVoD subscriptions by 2026, up from 137 million at end-2020, according to the Western Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Despite losing market share, Netflix will remain the largest SVoD platform. Netflix will have 74 million paying subscribers by 2026 – up […]

A report from Ampere Analysis shows the rapid rise of SVoD services in the US. There are now more subscriptions to services including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max and Disney+ than there are people in the US. The pandemic and stay-at-home measures, the launch of new studio-backed subscription services, and

The global pandemic and the shift to remote work/schooling engendered a captive audience that accelerated trends within the media and entertainment industry. Streaming video subscriptions climbed as households stacked subscriptions, driving subscription revenues to over $69 billion (€58bn) in 2020. Gaming in 2020 saw YoY growth of over 22 per cent with ISPs and CDNs […]

The HBO series Game of Thrones was one of the largest events in television history, culminating in 45 million viewers in the US, distribution in 207 territories around the world. This April, to mark the 10th anniversary of the hit series’ premiere, HBO has launched The Iron Anniversary, a month-long celebration to commemorate the series, […]

Eastern Europe’s SVoD sector is finally taking off, prompted mainly by launches by global platforms such as Disney+ and HBO Max, according to the Eastern Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research, who forecast 40 million SVoD subscriptions by 2026; up from 15 million at end-2020. From the 25 […]

One of the ways Americans reacted to pandemic restrictions during 2020 was to load up on TV streaming services to help fill their shelter-at-home time. But according to Hub Entertainment Research’s newest wave of Predicting the Pandemic research, consumers’ reliance on streaming services seems to have shifted from ‘stop-gap’ to established behaviour. Highlights from the […]

During the pandemic year, Americans watched nearly 42 minutes of video per day on their mobile devices, with growth in time spent on video apps paced by Gen Z (up 44 per cent) and Baby Boomers (up 10 per cent). This data comes from The Pandemic Year in Mobile Apps report, obtained through GWS’ OneMeasure […]

HBO Max has launched a new feature that allows users to customise their profile images, either by uploading a photo of their own – a first for a streaming service claims WarnerMedia –  or by choosing an avatar from a selection of more than 120 iconic characters. “With the launch of customisable profile images and […]