Barb, the industry’s standard for understanding what people watch, has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.1 million UK homes (67.5 per cent) had access to an SVoD service in Q1 2025. This is a slight increase from 20 million UK homes in Q4 2024. The service-level subscriptions data are as follows: Netflix: […]

Little Dot Studios, the production company, social agency and digital media network, has announced the promotion of James Loveridge and Robbie Spargo to Co-Managing Directors of its newly united agency business. Reporting to Dan Jones, CEO of Little Dot Studios, Loveridge and Spargo will take on an expanded remit and jointly lead the core client-facing […]

Prime Video has announced a slate of new Canadian original series and films during its inaugural Amazon Upfronts in Canada. The lineup features returning fan favourites, new series and documentaries spanning sports, crime, music and comedy. Programming includes the second season of the NHL docuseries FACEOFF: Inside the NHL, true-crime docuseries ROMCON: Who the F**k […]

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has reported quarter-over-quarter growth in available programming on Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, Netflix and Paramount+, the top global SVoD services. The total number of unique TV, movie and sports titles offered by these services increased approximately by 4,500, or 5 per cent, from February to May […]

Over 13 million viewers have tuned-in to Prime Video’s debut season of UEFA Champions League (UCL) in the UK & Ireland across the 2024–25 season, setting a new record for the most watched season of sport on Prime Video in Europe. This season’s Knockout Phase also set new record audiences for individual live sporting events […]

Digital i has released its latest Trend Report: Are You Still Watching? exploring the state of the post ‘peak TV’ content landscape, the metrics used to evaluate streaming shows, and how content delivery can impact show success. The report presents case studies examining shows that secured recommissions and those which were not renewed, shining light […]

The French transactional VoD market saw a significant uplift in Electronic Sell-Through (EST) sales with the return of LesVODays, DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International’s flagship campaign in the region. Now in its fourth wave, the January 2025 campaign delivered a 325 per cent uplift in EST sales volume and a 143 per cent uplift […]

Unlike its Big Tech peers, Amazon’s advertising revenue claims only a small share of total company earnings. Paid search formats remain the core of Amazon’s ad offering, but the company has achieved incremental growth through upper-funnel ad spend and is seeing ad revenue, set to exceed $60 billion (€53bn) in retail media alone this year, […]

SVoD platforms in Italy saw 15.5 million unique users in December 2024, a rise of 453,000 from December 2023, according to data from the Communications Authority (AgCom). Netflix, however, experienced a 5.6 per cent decline in average unique users in 2024, down to 8.2 million. Prime Video, Disney+ and Now (Sky) all saw growth, reaching […]

New streaming bundles launched in the US over the past year by both distributors and streamers are generating strong returns in 2025. These bundles feature cable TV packages that include Disney+ and Max, and opportunities to buy competing streaming services directly in new bundles (eg Disney+, Hulu, Max bundle with ads for $16.99). As consumers […]