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iWedia DVB stack certified by Netflix on Hailstorm Hybrid STB

iWedia, a provider of software components and solutions for TV devices for first-class service operators and consumer electronics manufacturers, has revealed that its broadcast stack has been certified on a Hybrid Hailstorm operator STB. Hailstorm is a Netflix device scaling program based on Android TV, that aims for faster time to market and lower engineering […]

February 2, 2021

Sonic the Hedgehog spinning onto Netflix

Netflix, Sega and WildBrain have announced a new animated Sonic the Hedgehog series, titled Sonic Prime, set to debut in 2022. The 24-episode animated series will draws upon the keystones of the brand and features the iconic character exploring a strange new multiverse. The series will be animated at WildBrain’s Vancouver studio, and SEGA and […]

February 1, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Bridgerton a record hit for Netflix

A record 82 million households around the world watched Netflix original series Bridgerton in its first 28 days. Netflix reported that the period drama has made the top 10 in every country except Japan – hitting number one in 83 countries including the US, UK, Brazil, France, India and South Africa. The success of the […]

January 28, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Research: Kids flock to TikTok & Roblox in lockdown

A report from CHILDWISE, an independent market research agency specialising in children and young people, reveals exactly what children have been doing under lockdown and how it is affecting their lives – including how gaming and social media is helping them cope and how many hours they really spend online. The CHILDWISE Monitor Report 2021 […]

January 28, 2021

Netflix orders Tomb Raider & King Kong animes

Netflix and Legendary Television have announced two new anime series, the first based on Legendary’s Skull Island, home of King Kong, and the second on Square Enix’s Tomb Raider global video game franchise. Netflix and Legendary Television are also currently in production on the previously announced anime series Pacific Rim: The Black. Skull Island will […]

January 28, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Booba returns to Netflix for third season

Following a string of international broadcast deals, 3D Sparrow celebrates Netflix’s renewal of Booba, for its third season, along with the new Booba short ‘Food Puzzle’. The season will be streamed internationally from February. Booba, a non-dialogue family show created by 3D Sparrow, features the adventures of a joyful, funny and curious little hobgoblin called […]

January 28, 2021

UK increasingly attracted to AVoD

A report from digital ad verification specialist Integral Ad Science (IAS), suggests that consumer preference is shifting to ad-supported streaming content. The report, UK Streaming Wars, provides insights into UK consumer use and preferences for Connected TV (CTV) devices and ad-supported streaming services, and comes in the wake of stay-at-home orders around the globe in […]

January 27, 2021

Netflix UK pays £3.2m 2019 tax

Netflix paid £3.2 million (€4.1m) in UK corporation tax in 2019. It billed an estimated £940 million (according to Ampere Analysis) to British subscribers in the period. It reported £120 million of revenue and pre-tax profit of £13 million on its operations here; the Netflix services for Europe and production. Subscriber fees from its 11 […]

January 22, 2021

Data: Amazon half of new UK SVoD sign-ups in Q4

Kantar, the data, insights and consulting company has published Q4 2020 results from its Entertainment On Demand service in the UK. With 12.9 million subscriptions taken out last year, the service reveals the following consumer behaviours in the three months to December 2020: Amazon Prime membership jumped again in Q4, with 53.5 per cent of […]

January 21, 2021