The funding of TV of all kinds is under the microscope just now. For example; can public broadcasters justify collecting a tax from whole populations? Or, dare SVoDs run ads, or cut-off password sharers? Tricky. The BBC is the most-high profile of PSBs and, therefore, the alternative that does (or does not) emerge to the […]
In its second week of release, Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1 continued to set new Netflix records: It became the most watched season of English-language TV in a single week on Netflix with 335.01 million hours viewed in the last seven days; The series hit #1 on the Top 10 lists in 91 countries, a […]
Netflix is now at or above 30 per cent European content in nearly all of its major European markets, according to research from Ampere Analysis. The notable exception is the UK and Ireland, where 27 per cent of titles are European. France is also slightly under, as are minor markets Belgium and Switzerland. With European […]
Netflix has confirmed that the hit zombie horror series, All of Us Are Dead, will return for a second season. The first season, which follows a group of students fighting for their lives after a zombie outbreak in their high school, topped Netflix charts around the world, and remains one of two Korean shows — […]
Bisha K. Ali, Netflix and Sky reveal the cohort of six outstanding screenwriters chosen to be part of their first screenwriting talent programme. The year-long fellowship which is now at its halfway point, is spearheaded by screenwriter Bisha K. Ali, part of the writing team for the first series of Sex Education, the Head Writer […]
In 2021, the Latino-American advertising market attracted investments of $14.22 billion (€13.35bn), according to Dataxis. Although the figure meant a recovery of 34.5 per cent compared to the fateful 2020, it was slightly below the 2019 record. The digital format replaced television as the leading advertising vehicle for the first time. The amount of spending […]
Netflix has renewed the hit series, Is It Cake?, where the world’s most talented bakers compete to create hyper-realistic cakes that look exactly like everyday objects, in the hopes of fooling a panel of judges, with cash on the line. The second season will have Mikey Day returning as host and an all new line […]
The much anticipated return of Stranger Things saw Volume 1 of Season 4 rocket to #1 of the Netflix Top 10 in the week beginning May 23rd. The show attracted a record-breaking 286.79 million hours viewed, making it the biggest premiere weekend ever for an English language TV show on Netflix. Stranger Things took the […]
Netgem has announced that its total number of subscribers reached 400,000 at the end of May 2022, compared to 363,000 at the end of December 2021 – an annualised growth rate of 25 per cent. Netgem said it expects more pronounced growth in the second half of the year – due in particular to the […]
In March 2022, the number of Original and Exclusive titles in Netflix’s US catalogue accounted for more than 50 per cent of all available content for the first time in the company’s history. According to Ampere Analysis’s Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) tracking data, there are now over 3,700 Original-branded (i.e., Original and Exclusive) movies […]