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Report: Disney+ struggling to break into ‘Big 3’ US SVoDs

Parks Associates has released its updated list of the top 10 US subscription OTT services, based on estimated number of subscribers through September 2020 from the firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker. Parks Associates notes that recent entrants such as HBO Max, Apple TV+, and Disney+ have rearranged the top ten list. Sling TV dropped out […]

November 19, 2020

Research: Major US pay-TV players slow sub losses

Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 120,000 net video subscribers in Q3 2020, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 945,000 in Q2 2019. The top pay-TV providers now account for about 82.6 million […]

November 18, 2020

Report: US OTT/CTV ad spend grows despite pandemic

Ad fraud intelligence and marketing compliance platform Pixalate’s Q3 2020 State of Connected TV/OTT: Ad Supply Trends Report examines how the programmatic OTT/CTV advertising marketplace changed from Q1 2020 to Q3 2020 during the global pandemic. Key findings:

November 17, 2020

Hulu’s Springborn heads to NBCUniversal

Beatrice Springborn has been named the new president of NBCUniversal’s Universal Content Productions. She replaces Dawn Olmstead, who is leaving to take over US entertainment company Anonymous Content as its new CEO and partner. Springborn most recently served at Hulu as vice president of content development. “If you want to build a winning team, you […]

November 17, 2020

Analyst: Disney+ to hit 194m subs by 2025

Based on September 2020 results, analyst firm Digital TV Research expects five global platforms to have 678 million paying SVoD subscribers by 2025. Disney+ will add 112 million subscribers between 2020 and 2025 to take its total to 194 million. Netflix will increase by 73 million subscribers; revealing strong growth even for the longest established […]

November 16, 2020

Mysterious Benedict Society moves from Hulu to Disney+

The Mysterious Benedict Society, based on the bestselling book series by Trenton Lee Stewart, will be coming to Disney+ in 2021. This series was originally developed for Hulu. The show stars Tony Hale (Veep, Arrested Development) and Kristen Schaal (Bob’s Burgers, Flight of the Conchords), as well as an ensemble of young actors. Placed undercover […]

November 16, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Research: Online sources preferred for favourite shows

Findings from Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Conquering Content study, which tracks how TV viewers discover and watch new TV shows, suggests that a perfect storm of developments – the steady stream of new viewing platforms, the rapid growth in exclusive streaming content, and the continuing decline in MVPD subscriptions – has combined to accelerate the […]

November 9, 2020

Report: Global streaming up 57% in Q3

Conviva has released its Q3 State of Streaming report, revealing that, globally, viewers spent 57 per cent more time streaming when compared to the same period last year, as the ongoing pandemic continues to keep people in their homes. Other highlights from the report include: Connected TV devices lost market share in viewing time but […]

November 2, 2020

Research: Nearly 300 OTT services in US

Research from Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker shows that through Q3 2020, the number of OTT video services in the US has more than doubled since 2014, currently reaching nearly 300 different services. The rate of closure has also declined, from a peak in 2018 when

October 21, 2020

Survey: US users spend $20+a month on app subs

As the mobile app subscription business accelerates, mobile amrketing company Adjust has launched its new Subscription Tracking product to give marketers better visibility into subscription performance. This follows a broader shift toward subscription-based monetisation models, with Apptopia estimates showing that app-based subscriptions generated over $200 million in

October 19, 2020