Data: Half of France has Netflix
As of November 2020, Netflix was present in close to 50 per cent of homes in France. According to the CNC’s monthly VoD round-up,
January 8, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris
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Netflix UK raising prices
Netflix is raising the cost of some of its UK subscriptions from next month. The streaming service said the price rises are necessary to cover the cost of content. Its standard monthly package will go up from £8.99 to £9.99 whilst its premium offer will rise from £11.99 to £13.99. The basic plan remains at […]
January 7, 2021
Analyst: “Bundling is next step in streaming evolution”
Bundling will characterise global TV throughout 2021 as the streaming TV boom forces a re-engineering of the TV value chain and the strategies for reaching the end viewer, according to Guy Bisson, Research Director at Ampere Analysis. The breadth of choice in the streaming
January 7, 2021
Data: UK video sector grows by 26%
Figures from trade body the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and based on data from the Official Charts Company, Futuresource Consulting and Kantar, show that the UK home entertainment sector grew by 26 per cent in 2020, bringing the total market value to £3.3 billion. In a year that saw UK consumers staying home […]
January 6, 2021
Netflix approves Sony’s FX6 high-end camera
Sony’s camera division says that its FX6 full-frame 4K camera has been added to the Netflix Approved Camera List. The compact FX6 camera has officially joined nine other Sony cameras already on Netflix’s list of approved cameras, and approved for use as a primary camera in Netflix productions. As part of Sony’s Cinema Line family, […]
January 6, 2021By Chris Forrester
Forecast: 2bn OTT subscriptions in 2025
A report from Juniper Research has found that there will be nearly 2 billion active global subscriptions to on-demand video services in 2025; a 65 per cent increase over the end of 2020. The primary engine for this growth will be from traditional broadcasters, who are increasingly turning to streaming services in order to
January 4, 2021
Italy adds 2.1m SVoD subs in 2020
SVoD services added 2.1 million subscribers in Italy during 2020, taking the total to 10.7 million in October, according to a study by EY in collaboration with Discovery and Fastweb. The study took into account OTT services Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, TIMVision, Infinity, NOW TV, Eurosport Player, Apple+ and DAZN. However, the overall number […]
January 4, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome
Netflix brings Cobra Kai 3 forward
Netflix has announced that it will release the new season of Cobra Kai on January 1st. Previously the streaming platform has planned to launch the third season of the Karate Kid spin-off series on January 8th. The announcement was made via the official Cobra Kai Twitter account, with a tweet declaring: “QUIET! I hear you […]
December 27, 2020By Nik Roseveare
Netflix boss sells $230m of shares
Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings has sold almost a quarter-billion’s worth of shares. Hastings sold $230.6 million’s (€189m) worth of shares in Netflix (437,311 shares) on December 21st at an average price of $527.26 per share, a fraction below their $527.22 value on December 22nd. Hastings released the data on December 22nd. Most of the shares […]
December 23, 2020By Chris Forrester
2020, the end is nigh
At the beginning of this sorry excuse for a year I wrote that predictions were difficult, but I would have a go anyway. Hands up, writing in early January, I didn’t foresee a global pandemic coming along to screw with our lives, companies and economies. At least I wasn’t alone. Has such an unprecedented event, […]
December 21, 2020